June 2008
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Obama: I will never question others’ patriotism
JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others’ patriotism during the race and blames his own “carelessness” for some criticism of him so far. Obama sought to reassure voters about his commitment to the country, choosing the aptly named town of Independence as his backdrop. Questions [...]
Report: NAACP Spent More on Internal Jena Six Activities Than on Youths’ Defense Funds
Sherrel Wheeler Stewart, BlackAmericaWeb.com – Mychal Bell went to his prom this spring in Monroe, Louisiana. He’s working a job and practicing with the football team at Carroll High School in the hopes of getting approval from the state’s high school athletic association to play this fall. And if things go well, he hopes to [...]
Farmers attacked in wake of Zimbabwe election
ANGUS SHAW , Associated Press – Farmers who had protested the seizure of their land were attacked by supporters of Robert Mugabe the same day he was sworn in again as Zimbabwe’s president, the head of a farmer’s union said Monday. On Sunday, the Zimbabwean Election Commission declared Mugabe the winner of Zimbabwe’s widely condemned [...]
Hospital staff more likely to screen minority mothers
Troy Anderson, Los Angeles Daily News – Nearly 90 percent of all children in Los Angeles County’s foster-care system are minorities, drawing growing concern that hospitals and child welfare agencies are performing the vast majority of drug screening tests on low-income, minority pregnant women who seek public health care. While only 10 percent of the [...]
Subprime Mortgages and Race: A Bit of Good News May Be Illusory
Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post – Subprime mortgages have been linked to a meltdown in housing and questionable Wall Street practices, and they may have been the original domino that set off America’s current economic crisis. But the loans — typically made to people with poor credit — have long been hailed for one reason: They [...]
