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In 2010, GOP Set to Shake
White-Guy Image

Party has wealth of female and minority candidates on deck

Sep 5, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ongoing shake-up in the Republican Party may see a much more diverse set of GOP candidates up for election in 2010, Politico reports. Viable female and ethnic minority Republicans candidates will be seeking governor's jobs or Senate seats in states across the country, including California and Texas. The candidates,... More »

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GOP • Republican Party • diversity • Meg Whitman • Republican candidate • minorities • Michael Williams

(Newser) - Minority participation in the SAT is up to 40% in 2009, the highest level ever, the Washington Post reports. That's up 2 points since last year and a whopping 10 points since 1999. “More than ever, the SAT reflects the diversity of students in our nation's classrooms,"... More »

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SAT • college admissions • minority • test score • minorities • racial equality • economic disparity • College Board

(Newser) - Increased turnout by minorities in last year's election helped Barack Obama take several swing states and advance in GOP strongholds, new data from the Census Bureau shows. Turnout was 64%, the same as the last presidential election—but a growing population means that 5 million more people voted in 2008... More »

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Barack Obama • race • voting • demographics • minorities • Election 2008 • presidential election • Obama campaign

OPINION

Stimulus Cash Isn't Making
It to Hard-Hit Minorities

African-Americans, Hispanics pummeled by recession

Jul 15, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - With unemployment at 14.7% among African Americans and 12.2% among Hispanics, the recession is hitting minority communities particularly hard. But as is often the case with so-called “colorblind” spending, stimulus funds, intended to be equal-opportunity, aren’t making it to these groups. The government must “start... More »

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recession • unemployment • cities • minorities • economic stimulus package • African-Americans • Hispanics • jobless • economic recovery

 Petitioners to CVS: 
 Free the Condoms! 

Cites particular concern in poor and minority areas

Jul 13, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A labor coalition is sponsoring a petition calling on CVS to stop locking up condoms, the Kansas City Star reports. More than 200 groups across the country have signed the appeal to stop the practice, which the mega-chain says is an anti-shoplifting measure but critics say scares off would-be shoppers.... More »

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contraception • HIV • public health • birth control • condom • CVS • poverty rate • minorities • petition • sexually transmitted diseases

analysis


 Unrest Shines Light on 
 Chinese Ethnic Fractures 

'Monolithic myth' fades after riots

Jul 13, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The government clings to the notion of a “harmonious” country, but China is home to 56 “official” ethnic groups and many unofficial divisions—which are widening as some push for “increased cultural nationalism and resistance to Beijing central control,” writes Dru Gladney in the Wall Street ... More »

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China • minorities • ethnic conflict • ethnic diversity • Han Chinese • Uighurs • civil unrest

Obama Will Try to Rig a Third Term: Limbaugh

Barack, like Honduran prez, just wants to 'rule' for as long as possible

Jun 30, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh says President Obama condemned the military coup against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in order to “lay a foundation for not being a hypocrite when he tries to serve beyond 2016,” RealClearPolitics reports. The army moved against Zelaya when he tried to eliminate term limits—“basically... More »

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Barack Obama • Latin America • Rush Limbaugh • Constitution • minorities • term limits • President Obama • Manuel Zelaya

Obama's Inclusive Message Extends to White House Walls

Call for art includes minority painters, abstract works

May 22, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - More change is coming to Washington, and this time it’s aesthetic. President Obama’s request for works from African-American, Hispanic, and female artists to adorn the White House walls stems from a desire to “round out the permanent collection” and “give new voices” to non-traditional or low-profile... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • art • modern art • minorities • National Endowment for the Arts • Jay-ZTV

Foreclosure Crisis Wallops Minority Neighborhoods

Lenders accused of 'redlining' black neighborhoods for subprime loans

May 16, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The national foreclosure crisis is battering minority neighborhoods with disproportionate force, the New York Times reports. Few areas in the New York region have been untouched by the crisis, but 85% of the worst-hit neighborhoods have a majority of black and Latino homeowners. Experts blame the trend on subprime lenders'... More »

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African Americans • housing market • subprime mortgages • foreclosure • mortgage • minorities • subprime crisis

APPRECIATION

 Kemp 
 Changed 
 GOP Forever 


May 3, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - For Adam Clymer, writing in the New York Times, Jack Kemp won’t be remembered as just a Bills star and Buffalo congressman. He’ll be remembered as the player who boycotted a New Orleans game to protest segregation, and the politician who “moved the Republican Party to a... More »

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race • Buffalo Bills • GOP • congressman • obituary • Republican Party • minorities • Jack Kemp

OPINION

 A Tough Guy for Everyone 

Why Wolverine has had such lasting appeal

May 3, 09 4:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wolverine has endured. The character has two comic-book series, a new blockbuster movie, and his own exhibit at New York’s comic museum 35 years after being introduced as a sidekick. Why has Wolverine had such long lasting appeal? With a dark, mysterious past, and a “penchant for berserker... More »

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superhero • racism • comics • minorities • Wolverine • action movie • X-Men

ANALYSIS

Obama Brings Ethnic Media
Into Loop

Latino, black outlets
see better access
to White House

Mar 9, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - From phoning Hispanic radio hosts to appearing on Telemundo, President Obama has shown a willingness to connect with the Latino community many feel his predecessor lacked. And while Obama’s first print interview as president was with Black Enterprise magazine, the White House and ethnic media outlets are approaching this... More »

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African Americans • immigration reform • Telemundo • minorities • Obama administration • Hispanics • news organization • President Obama

OPINION

 Housing Meltdown
 Not a Racial Issue 

Conservative commentators have chosen the wrong scapegoat

Sep 27, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some conservative commentators have bypassed greedy Wall Street firms, reckless lenders, and a government asleep at the wheel to blame minorities for the credit crisis, Cynthia Tucker observes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This a misguided move for many reasons, she writes. For starters, the affirmative action lending programs they... More »

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subprime mortgages • affirmative action • Neil Cavuto • credit crisis • minorities • subprime crisis

 GOP Throws a Very White Party 

Diversity not strong for GOP

Sep 4, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scan the faces in the Xcel Energy Center, and you’ll see a sea of white. This year’s Republican National Convention is the whitest on record, the Washington Post reports, with just 36 black delegates —out of 2,380. “It’s hard to look around and... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • race relations • Republican Party • minorities • black voters • Republican National Convention

Minorities Becoming Majority
Across US

2007 census reveals dramatic trend

Aug 7, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The white population has declined in more than half of US counties, marking a dramatic shift in America's human landscape, reports USA Today. The data from the 2007 census, released today, reveals a continuing trend of immigration and growth within minority populations, coupled with slow or no growth among... More »

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United States • population • demographics • US Census • minorities • Census data • white people

 Minority Kids Sink at Swimming 

Push on to get children in the swim

May 2, 08 2:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than half of black and Latino children never learn to swim, according to the governing body of US competitive swimming, which is trying to encourage more minority involvement in the sport. Nearly 60% of black and Latino children can't swim—compared to a third of white kids—and they're... More »

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children • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • University of Memphis • minorities • Cullen Jones • USA Swimming

Comic Artists Plan Black and White Protest

'Minority' strips not interchangeable, say fed-up cartoonists

Feb 6, 08 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Sick of seeing colleagues turned down by newspapers that already have their fill of cartoons depicting minorities, artists of color are planning a draw-in Sunday, the Washington Post reports. The minds behind strips like "Candorville," "Herb and Jamaal," and "Cafe con Leche" will wield their... More »

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cartoonist • minorities • comic strips

Hispanic, Black Nevadans Split Over Dems

Latinos went for Hillary, blacks backed Barack

Jan 20, 08 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - White women and Hispanics may have helped Hillary Clinton to her victory in Nevada, but black voters overwhelmingly picked Barack Obama, a trend that may have big repercussions in upcoming primaries, says Politico. Minority groups traditionally side with the establishment candidate, which makes Obama's 83% support by African Americans in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • African Americans • Hispanic • minorities • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • minority vote • young voters

Minorities Denied Potent Painkillers, Study Finds

ER docs prescribe more drugs to whites

Jan 2, 08 4:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Minority patients are less likely than white patients to receive powerful painkillers in hospital emergency rooms, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that 31% of white people in pain were given opioid drugs—narcotic painkillers like morphine and codeine—while Hispanic patients got them 24% of the time and... More »

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drugs • opioids • emergency room • prescription drugs • painkiller • Hispanic • minorities

US Race Record Is 'Abysmal'

Katrina, profiling, education—minorities still lag, study says

Dec 10, 07 9:42 PM CST
(Newser) - From racial profiling to voting discrimination and Hurricane Katrina, US race relations are "abysmal," according to a new report. The Human Rights Network, an umbrella organization of some 250 nonprofits, found that minorities aren't given the same educational resources and are disproportionately represented in prisons. The findings counter... More »

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United Nations • Hurricane Katrina • discrimination • racism • minorities • racial profiling • Human Rights Network

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