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September 2008
- New HIV Study Shows Disease Accelerating
  
  New York Times | Sep 12, 08 7:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new CDC study of Americans with HIV conducted with new technology shows that the virus is spreading faster than previously thought, reports the New York Times . In 2006, more than 56,000 were newly infected with the virus that causes AIDS—40% more than anticipated. The study also showed that whites and blacks tend to contract the virus at different times in their lives. More »
  
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  public health • AIDS • HIV • HIV/AIDS • infection • CDC • African-Americans • STD • whites
- Rice Laments Lack of Black Diplomats
  
  CNN | Sep 9, 08 12:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Condoleezza Rice may be the second African American to become secretary of state, but she remains unimpressed by the number of blacks in the foreign service. "I can go into a whole day of meetings at the Department of State and actually rarely see somebody who looks like me. And that is just not acceptable," said the nation's top diplomat. More »
  
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  Condoleezza Rice • State Department • colleges and universities • blacks • African-Americans
August 2008
- Top Black Donors Emerge as New Force
  
  New York Times | Aug 29, 08 7:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's rise to the top of the Democratic Party has a special resonance for one group: African-American business leaders who, like the candidate, were among the first blacks to enter into all-white industries. As the New York Times reports, black lawyers, bankers, and corporate titans see in Obama an echo of their own climbs—and are expressing their excitement by raising millions for the campaign. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • campaign fundraising • race • blacks • African-Americans • corporate execs
- Yeah, She Made History—What About the Guy Who Won?
  
  New York Times | Aug 27, 08 7:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Last night's Hillaryfest was the culmination of a months-long homage to the New York senator's "historic" achievement of almost winning a major party's presidential nomination. But it's odd, notes Alessandra Stanley, that while an "also-ran" has made her candidacy a milestone, there's been little mention of the "arguably more remarkable breakthrough" of the man who actually won the primary. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • television • Democratic National Convention • race • blacks • African-Americans
- Jesse Jackson Jr.: Obama's Like Jackie Robinson
  
  Politico | Aug 25, 08 3:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is like Jackie Robinson: he’s got to perform despite racist taunts, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., son of the civil-rights leader, said during a Politico-sponsored panel discussion today ahead of the Democratic convention. Like the baseball pioneer, Obama “has to keep smiling,” in the face of vicious rumors “because no one wants an angry African American in the White House,” Jackson said. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • baseball • Democratic National Convention • race • Jesse Jackson • African-Americans • Jesse Jackson Jr. • Jackie Robinson
- It's Not Race That's Holding Him Back
  
  New York Times | Aug 25, 08 12:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama goes into this week's convention in Denver with only the slimmest of leads—or, as some polls suggest, trailing John McCain. In a year when it's widely assumed that any Democratic candidate should be a shoo-in, many in the press have suggested that Obama's race is costing him support. Not so, writes Matt Bai in the New York Times , who says that the candidate "faces genuine obstacles that are more salient than skin color." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • race • Democratic Party • race relations • white voters • African-Americans
- Obama's Run Forces Debate on Black Identity
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 23, 08 12:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's candidacy has drawn overwhelming support from the black community but also sparked debate on how much of a community it really is. The Wall Street Journal examines how Obama's international and biracial heritage highlights the growing diversity of black America, and some of the tensions this has created. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • immigration • African-American voters • black community • African-Americans
- Trouble the Water Vividly Mixes Katrina, Race
  
  Salon | Aug 21, 08 5:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Trouble the Water , a new documentary, is ostensibly about Hurricane Katrina, centered around home-video footage shot during the disaster by a resident of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. But the film, which frames Kimberly Roberts’ footage within a larger context, transcends that one event to put forth a peerless discussion of race in America, Andrew O’Hehir writes in Salon. More »
  
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  Hurricane Katrina • race • New Orleans • racism • African Americans • America • African-Americans
July 2008
- Menthol Debate Splits Black Caucus
  
  New York Times | Jul 25, 08 2:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The exemption of menthol from a bill banning flavored cigarettes is causing a rift in the Black Congressional Caucus, the New York Times reports. Some members of the caucus, which has strong financial ties to tobacco companies, argue that menthol cigarettes cause disproportionate harm to blacks and are pushing for a ban. Others say a ban on menthol would sink the bill. More »
  
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  Congress • smoking • tobacco companies • African-Americans • cigarette • Philip Morris • menthol • Lorillard
- Can Michelle Defy Stereotypes?
  
  Washington Post | Jul 20, 08 10:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It's no wonder Michelle Obama is being criticized from all sides: She's an outspoken, successful black woman, writes Sophia A. Nelson in the Washington Post . "This society can't even see a woman like Michelle Obama. All it sees is a black woman and attaches stereotypes," a prominent female African-American journalist tells Nelson. Society sees categories: the hip-hop vixen, the capable Aunt Jemima, and the "angry black woman." More »
  
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  Michelle Obama • African-Americans • racial inequality • black women • stereotypes • glass ceiling
- White Flight Slows, Stops, Reverses
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 19, 08 7:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - White Americans are reversing a decades-old trend by moving back to big cities, the Wall Street Journal reports. In cities like Boston, Washington DC, Seattle and Atlanta, the white population is rising again as suburbanites flock to live in newly trendy city centers—and affluent African-Americans move to the suburbs. Eight of the 50 largest cities saw the proportion of whites increase between 2000 and 2006. More »
  
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  demographics • African-Americans • cities • suburbs • Gentrification • white people
- Racial Divide Persists Despite Obama: Poll
  
  New York Times | Jul 16, 08 12:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's often hailed "post-racial" run for the White House is, in fact, unfolding in an America still sharply divided by race, a New York Times /CBS News poll has discovered. The lives of most Americans are as racially segregated as they were 8 years ago, the poll says. Black and white Americans differed on almost every question on race relations—although both agreed America is ready for a black president. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • poll • race • race relations • African-Americans • racial inequality • New York Times/CBS News poll
- Obama to NAACP: 'Seize Responsibility'
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jul 15, 08 4:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama stood firm on his message to blacks of personal responsibility in his speech to the NAACP convention yesterday, reports the Chicago Tribune . The candidate, accused by Jesse Jackson last week of "talking down to black people," revisited his theme of personal accountability while stressing that responsibility also must be demanded from Washington and Wall Street. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • civil rights • African-American voters • black community • African-Americans • NAACP
April 2008
- Black Players Drop to 8.2 Percent of Major Leaguers
  
  Associated Press | Apr 16, 08 1:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Major League Baseball received its best grade for racial diversity in hiring, even as the percentage of black players dropped again last year. MLB received its first A- for race Tuesday from Richard Lapchick, director of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports. Its grade was B+ in last year's study. More »
  
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  MLB • baseball • race • African-Americans • diversity • Jackie Robinson