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House honors ‘four little girls’ killed in Birmingham church bombing
The House voted Wednesday to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the four young girls killed in the 1963 bombing ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Race, education linked to differences in HIV mortality rates
"HIV has risen in prominence as a cause of death for blacks while simultaneously falling in prominence for whites."Posted by Sally Lehrman -
Cultural, economic barriers mean higher breast cancer mortality rates for women of color
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George Zimmerman judge OKs question: Who was the real Trayvon Martin?
The new judge in George Zimmerman's second degree murder trial allowed defense attorneys to subpoena social media ...Posted by Pamela Hogle
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Risk of Disenfranchisement High for Ex-Felons
Walter Lomax can still remember the day he cast his first vote in an election. The emotion in his voice changes ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Voter ID Laws Could Disenfranchise 1 Million Young Minority Voters
An estimated 700,000 young minority voters could be barred from voting in November because of photo ID laws passed ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
DNC Conventioneers Worry About Voter-Suppression Laws
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NAACP Official: Romney Flew In Black Supporters To Back Him During Speech To Civil Rights Group
Did Mitt Romney bring in supporters to cheer him on during his Wednesday speech to the NAACP? That's the charge ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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White men have much to discuss about mass shootings
Imagine if African American men and boys were committing mass shootings month after month, year after year. ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Opinion: Romney's 0% black support
Sherrilyn Ifill says GOP attacks on President Obama are experienced viscerally and personally by millions of black ...Posted by Trisha Collopy -
Is the Republican Party Racist?
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Eugene Robinson: GOP is making a voting issue out of one that isn't
What did happen in 2008 was that African-Americans, Hispanics and poor people -- traditional Democratic Party ...Posted by Sally Lehrman
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What to Make of Mitt Romney's Birther Joke?
(Multimedia) Romney is not himself a birther. He was engaging in ironic post-birtherism—showing solidarity with birthers by ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Obama's 2012 Chances and Democratic Demographic Dreaming
The latest report from Ruy Teixeira and John Halpin of the progressive Center for American Progress contains a ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Olbermann Loses It At GOP Rep.
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Study Shows Growing Number of Ethnic Elders in Financial Crisis
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—In a dismal week when the most positive economic news for the United States was Friday’s ...Posted by Warrior Wheatman
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