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Health Care, Not Assimilation

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

TruthOut - By Frank Joseph Smecker - Nov. 14 (Opinion) - While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, America's indigenous peoples suffer from some of the worse conditions imaginable.

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A call for Obama officials to improve Native voting rights

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

indiancountrytoday.com - By Rob Capriccioso - Oct. 12 (News Report) - Voter rights advocates are calling on the Obama administration’s Justice Department to improve the system for Native Americans.

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Minority Groups Raise Voices on Reform

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Krissah Thompson - Oct. 08 (Special Report) - In the debate over revamping the health-care system, there are the doctors and nurses, the insurance companies and industry lobbyists, and the patients with preexisting conditions, among others. With so many interest groups, the conversation is loud and getting louder.

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Minority groups to air health care ads

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

USA Today - By USA TODAY's Congress Team - Oct. 06 (News Report) - A coalition of African-American and Hispanic groups said today it will launch an advertising blitz on health care this week. The groups expect to spend as much as $500,000 on television and print ads targeted at lawmakers who represent large black and Latino populations in support of changing the nation's health care system.

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ACORN Loses Its Funding From Big Foundations

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Susan Kinzie - Oct. 02 (News Report) - The liberal political organizing group ACORN, battered by the release of embarrassing videos and allegations of financial mismanagement and fraud, has also been losing support from several major foundations

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Can Mere Existence of Obama Administration Reduce Test Stereotype Threat

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - Apr. 24 (News Analysis) - Research of Culture blogger Sameer Pandya writes about The Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice at Stanford University, which has just released a study on the effects of the California High School Exit Exam on graduation rates that found negative effects of the CAHSEE fall disproportionately on minority and female students.

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