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Just below the political radar there’s a basic democratic question being discussed or fiercely debated among academics, civil rights leaders and politicians from both political parties. The question? Is the individual right to vote guaranteed in our Constitution?

Roshanda Billingsley had good reason to be proud of herself – as did many of her friends and colleagues at the UNITY gathering of journalists in Washington, D.C., this week. Her poems won top honors at the Chrysler-Group sponsored $10,000 contest. More than 700 journalists from around the world attended the D.C. gathering.