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By Robert Cruickshank In the days after Proposition 8's passage, much was made of a CNN Exit Poll showing 70% of African Americans voted for Prop 8. That poll had a number of problems including a small sample size. But the damage had been done, and it soon became conventional...
November 18, 2008 Press Release A new report by AARP's Public Policy Institute highlights the impact of low vaccination rates for influenza and pneumonia among older black and Hispanic populations. Rates for these groups lag significantly behind whites. Together, influenza...
A new report by AARP's Public Policy Institute highlights the impact of low vaccination rates for influenza and pneumonia among older black and Hispanic populations. Rates for these groups lag significantly behind whites. Together, influenza and pneumonia represent the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, despite the availability of annual flu shots and the one-time pneumococcal vaccination....
Poland has been forced to deny its foreign minister 'joked' that President-Elect Barack Obama's grandparents were cannibals. In an episode that could potentially strain relations between Warsaw and Washington, Radek Sikorski , an Oxford-educated politician who has lived in the US, was reported to have made the jibe by an opposition politician, Ryszard Czarnecki . Writing in his blog, Mr Czarnecki ,...
Press release- African Continuum Theatre Company presents King of My Kingdom: Racism and Cultural Stereotypes of African American Men A symposium that examines key issues related to "pre-dominant" stereotypes" which are of great detriment to African American males and are central themes in Blue Door, African Continuum Theatre's spring production WHO: Tanya Barfield, playwright Walter Dallas, director...
Forgive us for asking, but why should appointing an 'African-American' female in a high position be such a big deal that a company like General Motors has to publish a press release stating the gender and origin of the person in the title? Are we supposed to be surprised or even worse, do we have to congratulate GM for having its "first African...
I would take any of these blond, blue eyed Russians and put them in a political debate with Barack Obama, and would bet my life that he would wipe the floors with them. And I'll be here to watch their blood boil, as Obama goes on to win his second term. And all the nay-sayers that are saying that Obama's election is an abomination for Israel may be right: perhaps we will finally see the end of this...
Via Dan Savage : Savage also draws attention to an article containing this key data point: Sacramento NAACP President Betty Williams said her chapter was so divided it chose not to take a position on Proposition 8, although the California NAACP opposed it. "We were [...]
If her column today is any indication, ancient op-ed mariner Maureen Dowd is not overly familiar with black people. Sure, living in Washington D.C., a city with a high concentration of...
Be sure to read this piece from the Post-Gazette Saturday diary: In this miracle we call America, my own life is a testament to promises made, and kept. I studied and worked hard. I have a good job. I worked in Congress for a well-known senator as the Reagan revolution began, one of only a handful of black Senate staffers at the time. None of the blessings I've enjoyed would have been possible had...