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Today In Black America

Today in Black America - September 28

POSTED: September 28, 2009, 12:00 am

The New York Times

Reid the Quarterback May Call on Obama to Referee

Taking Health Care Courtship Up Another Notch

U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio

Young and Suburban, and Falling for Heroin

On TV, Paterson Repeats His Pledge to Run

Fed Up With War

The Christian Science Monitor

A ‘right-wing conspiracy’ against Obama? Clinton says yes.

Health reform: why stakes for women are especially high

Baucus’s Senate panel whacks away at healthcare amendments

The Washington Post

On Medicare Spending, a Role Reversal

Unions Criticize Obama's School Proposals as 'Bush III'

How They Voted on God, Guns And Gays

Measuring Progress At Shaw With More Than Numbers

Baltimore Sun

For more, 'affordable' isn't so

Dixon lawyers back in court

Detroit Free Press

$25 million in U.S. aid on the way

Policing kids' online behavior

Cop-turned-teacher Foy seeks to rebuild city block by block

Vision, work ethic backed as business woes dog

Cross: 'I want us to be a place of destination'

African-American bishop to make history

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Mayoral candidates lobby for gay vote

Watchdog tells Atlanta candidates to stop e-mailing city employees

Los Angeles Times

Undercurrent of culture clash emerges at GOP convention

If Sen. Wright lives outside his district, it may not matter

Chicago Tribune

Weatherization: Illinois gets $97 million in stimulus funds for homes

Chicago flunks when it comes to special ed

Related References

books
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- Justice for the Central Park Five
  NorthStar Network Editorial from October 2002
- DC Voting Rights
  A NorthStar Network news report on voting rights in the nation's capital
- Hate American Style
  Violence in Iraq is eerily similar to what Blacks experienced in the era of Jim Crow
- White House Seeks to Muzzle Foreign Press
  Bush White House seeks to silence foreign press over criticism of Iraq War
- President Bush Addresses the Nation
  A NorthStar Network news report on President Bush's speech on Iraq
organizations
- Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society
  P. O. Box 73067 Washington, DC 20056-3067
- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
  Dr. Peter A. Sam, Chairman/CEO
- African Development Institute Inc.
  Lee Cassanelli: Director
documents
- Congressional Black Caucus Constituents Profile
  An overview of the constituents served by the Congressional Black Caucus
- Annual CBC Banquet Program, 1974
  The program from the Congressional Black Caucus annual black tie dinner in 1974
- National Opinion Poll on Social Security
  One of the foremost Black think tanks provides a snapshot of Black public opinion on Social Security in 1998.
- Poverty in the United States, 1991
- CBC Sponsors National Town Hall Meeting

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