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Black and Hispanic adults who are terminally ill are less likely than their white counterparts to have a plan in place for end-of-life care, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that among patients with advanced cancer, African-American and Hispanic patients were about one-third less likely to have an advance care plan — documented preferences for end-of-life [...]
White House contenders Barack Obama and John McCain called on Tuesday for urgent efforts to revive a $700 billion financial bailout, warning of catastrophe for ordinary Americans if Congress fails to act.
So far the Democrat Obama and Republican McCain have had little impact on the debate surrounding the Wall Street rescue, which was torpedoed in [...]
The National Association of Black Journalists presents the 2008 Watergate Conference on Political and Congressional Reporting: Did Politics Change Media or Did Media Change Politics? The three-day conference will take place Nov. 21-23 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
“Following a historic primary campaign and general election, the country’s top political reporters, correspondents and columnists will [...]
JONI B. HANNIGAN & JAMES A. SMITH SR., Florida Baptist Witness
- Filling the pulpit before a backdrop of about 40 Tampa Bay area pastors, a coalition of African-American pastors Sept. 24 announced their support of a state constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage.
Urging support of Amendment 2, the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment, pastor of the [...]
Martina Stewart, CNN
- An African-American congressman from Florida is apologizing for his comment that black and Jewish voters should not support Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.”
“I regret the comments I made last Tuesday that were [...]
