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NEWS ABOUT: white men

white men stories: 6 news summaries

White Philly Cop Busted Down to Desk for Cornrows

Hair didn't look 'professional,' though several black officers wear cornrows

Sep 22, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A white Philadelphia police officer with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to cut his hair and was temporarily busted down to desk duty because of the braids, reports the Philadelphia Daily News. Thomas Strain was ordered to cut his hair to look more "professional," even though... More »

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discrimination • Philadelphia • discipline • black • police state • white men • cornrows • police officer

Older White Men Take Big Hit From Recession

Middle-aged workers hurt as unemployment hits 70-year high

Jul 30, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Typically it’s the young who lose their jobs in a recession, but not in the current slowdown. Aging white workers at the theoretical peak of their earning power are losing their jobs this time around—and they can’t find new ones, USA Today reports. The jobless rate... More »

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race • recession • unemployment • white men • financial crisis • recession depression

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation is in the bag, but this week's hearings have a real value, writes Eugene Robinson: They are exposing the Republican Party's "refusal to accept the basic principle of diversity." For the Washington Post columnist, the anger surrounding the judge's "wise Latina" remark rests... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • Jeff Sessions • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • white men • Sonia Sotomayor • Latina

Sunday Morning Shows: 
Parade of the White Dudes

Morning talk doesn't show as much diversity as the nation does

Dec 14, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - As women and minorities increasingly head up the US government, Face the Nation isn't showing a very accurate sample of the nation's faces anymore, and This Week is looking more like Last Century. Across the Sunday morning political shows, 80% of the guests are white, and 80% are men,... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • Fox News • talk show • Colin Powell • Meet the Press • racial diversity • white men • Sunday Morning • Face the Nation • This Week

Obama: Can
He Make White
Men Jump?

Failure to woo subset turned key states to Hillary, pundits say

Mar 17, 08 8:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - White men have become key swing voters in the Democratic race, the Washington Post reports, and Barack Obama has failed to woo them. His success with the subset in Wisconsin and Virginia was a major breakthrough, pundits say, but he couldn't make white men jump in Texas and Ohio—turning... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Ohio primary • blue-collar vote • white men

Poll Sees Texas Dead Heat, Slight Clinton Lead in Ohio

Races close ahead of March 4 primaries

Feb 22, 08 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running neck and neck in Texas, while Clinton holds a significant but tenuous lead in Ohio, according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll. Heading into the crucial March 4 primaries, Clinton leads Obama 48% to 47% in Texas, and 50% to 43% in Ohio... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Texas • primary • Ohio • caucus • US economy • Latinos • Hispanic • Washington Post ABC poll • independents • African-American voters • white men • white women • senior citizens

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