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Color-Blind Adoptions?

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 19:04 | Family
According to a report released by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, transracial adoption of children isn't working well for children of color raised in white families.
 

Off Limits?

Sun, 05/25/2008 - 21:54 | Politics
Sen. McCain's wife was pressured to release her tax returns. Sen. Obama's wife has been the target of negative TV ads; Sen. Clinton's husband has been chastised on a number of issues. A USA Today Op-Ed piece suggests spouses are not entitled to blanket immunity:
It's natural that candidates want to shelter their spouses, who aren't on the ballot, from scrutiny and criticism.
 

New Leadership—Different Results?

Mon, 05/19/2008 - 20:54 | Civil Rights
After a year-long search, the NAACP's 64-member board selected Benjamin Jealous as president of the nation's oldest civil rights organization.
 

Why Not Now?

Wed, 05/14/2008 - 16:53 | Politics
With only a handful of remaining primaries before the Democratic convention, why won't superdelegates choose now?
 

Civil Rights 2.0

Sun, 05/04/2008 - 21:09 | Civil Rights
A Washington Post article says that a new generation of Blacks, critical of the old guard, is taking activism online, in a big way:
The new black revolution, as singer Gil Scott-Heron famously predicted, is not being televised. It is raging online. A growing cadre of young black activists is using the Internet in an attempt to eclipse traditional civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and hit the refresh button on the civil rights movement.
 

TV and Children’s Health

Mon, 04/28/2008 - 08:20 | Health
A recent study found that watching television raises blood pressure in obese children:
Watching too much television may not only help make children fat, it may also raise their blood pressure, U.S.
 

The War in Iraq

Sun, 04/13/2008 - 10:46 | Tavis Talks
Iraq has faded dramatically on all the network newscasts, except for a brief "comeback" after the 4,000th American died in the war and renewed fighting broke out in Basra and, again, following the update from Gen. Petraeus. Have people in the U.S. lost interest in the Iraq war, in deference to other issues, such as the economy and the presidential race?
 

Mortgage Aid

Mon, 04/07/2008 - 09:17 | Economy
While Congress and the administration grapple with whether, and how, to deal with the growing number of defaults on home mortgages, a Los Angeles Times article addresses the issue of who should get aid:
The House and Senate are beginning to consider proposals for federal intervention on a massive scale.
 

Were They Serious?

Wed, 04/02/2008 - 22:20 | Crime
Media are buzzing about a thwarted plot by a group of Georgia 3rd-graders to attack their teacher:
A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher, bringing a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job and assigning children tasks including covering the windows and cleaning up afterward, police said Tuesday. The children, ages 8 and 9, were apparently mad at the teacher because she had scolded one of them for standing on a chair…A prosecutor said they are too young to be c
 

Blacks and Medical Research

Sun, 03/30/2008 - 20:09 | Health
A recent AP story reported on the possible lingering impact on a new generation of Blacks of the government's infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study. It specifically looked at a possible role of the experiment in Blacks' participation (or not) in clinical trials:
Two separate studies by Johns Hopkins University physicians took opposing sides on whether the Tuskegee experiment remains a significant factor in turning blacks away from clinical trials at a greater rate than whites.
 
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