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Today in Black America - February 23

POSTED: February 23, 2010, 12:00 am

The New York Times

In Passage of Jobs Measure, a Glimpse of Bipartisanship

Recession Tightens Grip on State Tax Revenues

Obama’s Health Bill Plan Largely Follows Senate Version

Discrimination Case Raises Old Issues

House Panel Says Toyota Misled Public on Safety

Officers Acquitted in Mineo Trial

Where the Bar Ought to Be

The Christian Science Monitor

Obama's healthcare plan gets chilly GOP reception

Obama proposes new way of uniformly raising academic standards

Even with new credit card laws 2010, Americans are cutting back on credit

How America can create jobs

Blueprint for honing America's entrepreneurial edge

Baltimore Sun

In first State of the City address, mayor warns of 'tough choices' ahead

Proposed budget cuts rile Dixon prosecutor

Detroit Free Press

Kilpatrick's lawyer: 'He's making a good faith effort'

Kilpatrick makes another payment; still $44K short

Judge lets Riddle lawyers quit, sets July 12 retrial

500 jam city hearing on strip clubs

Literacy effort is gaining momentum

The Washington Post

Senate advances job-creation bill with GOP help

Congressional Black Caucus frustrated with jobs legislation

Congress says Toyota misled public about runaway cars, engine electronics

From the bluest of states, a red senator of a different color

Legislative black caucus opposes McDonnell's charter schools proposal

Los Angeles Times

Nine candidates see themselves as attorney general

Federal panel sounds alarm on national hypertension 'emergency'

Related References

books
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- President Bush Addresses the Nation
  A NorthStar Network news report on President Bush's speech on Iraq
- Black Politicians in New Jersey Reach New Low
  NorthStar Network Editorial 2003
- 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
organizations
- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
  Dr. Peter A. Sam, Chairman/CEO
- African Development Institute Inc.
  Lee Cassanelli: Director
- Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society
  P. O. Box 73067 Washington, DC 20056-3067
documents
- HBCU Recruitment Study
  The association representing public Black colleges examines campus recruitment
- Poverty in the United States, 1996
- Black Opposition to the Iraq War
  A look at why Blacks overwhelmingly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the resulting war
- African Americans and Home Ownership Brief
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at home ownership among Blacks in the United States
- HIV/AIDS Today, Issue 8
  Women and HIV

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