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House easily passes scaled-back measure to ease student debt 
(chicagotribune.com) WASHINGTON — With fanfare and substantial bipartisan support, the House delivered Wednesday on the fifth of six bills Democrats had vowed to quickly pass, voting overwhelmingly to cut the interest rate on some college student loans.
But the bill was much scaled back from House Speaker Nancy [...]

(medicalnewstoday.com) “The remarkable life story of pioneering African American chemist Percy Julian is the subject of a two-hour PBS/NOVA documentary to air Feb. 6 during Black History Month. The grandson of Alabama slaves, Julian won world-wide fame for his accomplishments in organic chemistry, especially in the synthesis of medicinal drugs.
Entitled “Forgotten Genius,” the film, in [...]

From Consumer Reports
“You slather, spray, and paint them on and rub them in. Cosmetics are so much a part of your daily regimen that you probably never think twice about them. If they’re on store shelves, it seems reasonable to figure that they’re safe to use, despite those unpronounceable ingredient lists.
But at least some of [...]

“Is America ready for a Black President?”

“Obama, Black contender for the White House…”
On and on and on
This is all that I have been reading and hearing for the past couple of months on all the hype surrounding Barack Obama. In the comments of this post, I basically made the statement that while Obama has the [...]

I was reading LaShawn Barber’s site this morning where she addressed this issues as it was presented recently in the Washington Post. First, I’ll give you an excerpt of the article and second I’ll provide you with LaShawn’s comments.
Then you will hear from me !
Evangelical Christians say the issue of illegal aliens in [...]

The following is an excerpt from a report put together by SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Market Association):
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{The date of this document is 5/2005}
“Most importantly, as revealed in the 1998 landmark study, The Multicultural American Dream index, African-Americans have experienced accelerated growth, and are out pacing the general market by over 300 percent, in four [...]

(LA Times) “Los Angeles faces a crisis of gang violence that will continue to spread into previously safe neighborhoods unless the city adopts a Marshall Plan-like initiative to provide young people with jobs and other alternatives in gang-plagued communities, a city-financed study warned Friday.
The report by the Advancement Project called for a significantly greater investment [...]