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Amanda Michel, Huffington Post
It seems rare to find a group of nine people anywhere in Iowa a week before the caucuses who hasn’t seen any presidential candidates at all, even in passing, even by accident as they gladhand through a Starbucks or a Hy-Vee supermarket.
But all nine young people settled around a table munching pizza [...]
Daniel Nasaw, Guardian Limited (UK)
Iowa is often described in journalistic shorthand as one of the whitest states in the country, and the small black population of just 2% is largely ignored. But in this city of 67,000, 14% of the population is African American – slightly higher than the national figure of 13%.
In an election [...]
Rinku Sen and Alysia Tate, People’s Weekly World
The problem of fatal police shootings in America goes beyond a few bad apples. It points to persistent and systemic problems that lead to ongoing tragedies for communities of color.
Between 1980 and 2005, close to 9,600 people were killed by police in America — an average of about [...]
Melissa Evans, Daily Breeze
Blacks and Latinos who are depressed may need more than medication to overcome their condition, suggests the nation’s largest study of antidepressant therapy.
The newest findings from the five-year study, led by researchers at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute near Torrance, have significant implications for depressed patients and doctors who may be inclined [...]
JACK ELLIOTT JR., Associated Press
Republican Haley Barbour’s choice to succeed Sen. Trent Lott is Rep. Roger Wicker, a conservative congressman, congressional officials with knowledge of the selection process said Monday.
Wicker, 56, will serve until a special election is held, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been [...]
