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Black leaders give 'The Help' a hand in marketing
The chairwoman of the NAACP is among those spreading the word about the DreamWorks film, which focuses on ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Cornel West's criticism of Obama sparks debate among African Americans
Scholar Cornel West's scathing critique of President Obama's liberal bona fides in a series of recent interviews ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Race Issues Rise for Miami Police
Mr. McNeil was the seventh African-American man to be shot and killed by Miami police officers in eight months. The ...Posted by Seth Roberts Farber -
Americans' Worries About Economy, Budget Top Other Issues
Nearly three in four Americans (71%) say they worry about the economy "a great deal," more than worry about 13 ...Posted by Jon Mitchell
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"News For All The People": Juan González & Joseph Torres On the Epic Story of Race & the U.S. Media
which serves democracy best?" González says. "It turns out that in those periods of time when the government has ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Wealth Gap Between Minorities and White Americans Doubles After Housing Crisis, Recession
A new study of U.S. census data reveals that wealth gaps between whites and minorities in the United States have ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Pygmies
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15 Facts About U.S. Income Inequality That Everyone Should Know
It might have taken a near-historic recession for many Americans to notice our country's rapidly rising levels of ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Michelle Alexander: Jim Crow Still Exists In America : NPR
(Audio - streaming) "Many of the old forms of discrimination that we supposedly left behind during the Jim Crow era are suddenly legal ...Posted by Sally Lehrman -
Herman Cain, a man at odds with the skin he's in
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain neatly encapsulates an article of faith for many white conservatives ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Hate crimes are a national problem
The security camera footage broadcast by CNN shows a grisly scene: a black man in Jackson, Mississippi, being ...Posted by Eddie Louis Harris -
Michele Bachmann signs anti-gay pact that says times were better for black kids during slavery
"Slavery had a disastrous impact on African American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more ...Posted by Barry Grossheim
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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.
(Video) Keith Olbermann was especially feisty during his "Worst Persons" segment on his Wednesday show, going hard after ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Study Shows Growing Number of Ethnic Elders in Financial Crisis
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Writing Teachers: Still Crazy After All These Years
After spending four depressing days this month at a meeting of 3,000 writing teachers in Atlanta, I can tell you ...Posted by Jon Mitchell
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