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Today In Black America

Today in Black America - Dec. 1

By NSnewstv Staff

POSTED: December 01, 2008, 12:00 am

The New York Times

Obama’s Choice for U.N. is Advocate of Strong Action Against Mass Killings

Turning Around the Idea of Student Loans

A Breathtaking Aspiration for AIDS

A High Achiever Poised to Scale New Heights

Washington Post

Senate Could Give New President Early Legislative Victories

Survey Finds Growing Deceit Among Teens

East-West Divide Shadows Debate Over Purple Line

Los Angeles Times

First AME pastor apologizes to congregation for alleged misspending

African heritage and an American dream

Baltimore Sun

Obama’s picks mirror his multicultural background

The Christian Science Monitor

Africa’s AIDS fight: Fresh focus on issue of multiple partners

Black comedians adapt to Obama era. Is ‘angry’ out?

Detroit Free Press

Beatty plea deal could be finalized today

Liberal voters to keep pressure on Obama

Chicago Tribune

Michelle Obama’s family tree has roots in a Carolina slave plantation

Like race, addressing bias is complex and essential

USA Today

President-elect Obama’s actions perk up stock market

Boston Globe

Asthma rate higher in US born blacks, Dorchester study finds

AIDS and the unknown

Related References

books
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- 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
- White House Seeks to Muzzle Foreign Press
  Bush White House seeks to silence foreign press over criticism of Iraq War
organizations
- African Development Institute Inc.
  Lee Cassanelli: Director
- 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
documents
- Black Milestones on Capitol Hill
  A look at the achievements of Black Americans on Capitol Hill
- African American Males and Criminal Justice, 1990
  The Sentencing Project explores the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system on Black males
- Blacks and the Economy
  A snapshot of Black Americans and the economy
- CBC Newsletter, April 1975
  The April 1975 newsletter of the Congressional Black Caucus
- HBCU Achievement Study
  A look at student achievement on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities

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