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America's rise in poverty: The curse of the nonworking class
There was much economic news last week, almost all of it bad, making it a rough September to be president of the United States — or on the unemployment line. At this rate, Barack Obama may get an opportunity to see both sides of that particular...Tags: Minority Groups, African Americans, United States Census Bureau, Poverty, Tea Party Movement
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Educating the family
Poverty, undereducation and disconnectedness to society beget exactly those same things — a problem that has stymied policymakers since the advent of public education, which was supposed to be the solution. Four centuries of publicly funded...Tags: Minority Groups, Northwestern University, Mount Vernon, Colleges and Universities, Harvard University
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Congressional redistricting set for final debate
Maryland's House of Delegates is poised to give final approval Wednesday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to redraw the state's eight congressional districts, but not before lawmakers engage in a final showdown over the controversial map.
Despite...Tags: Minority Groups, Executive Branch, Montgomery County (Maryland), E.J. Pipkin, C. Anthony Muse
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Achievement gap progressively narrows
The achievement gap among Howard County students is steadily closing, school officials have reported. At a legislative breakfast with members of the Board of Education, County Council and county delegates, Clarissa Evans, executive director of school...Tags: Minority Groups, Howard County
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Two congressmen discuss state redistricting with O'Malley
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday night that two Maryland congressmen — one Democrat, one Republican — have asked him to make "substantial" changes in the state's proposed new political map.
O'Malley spoke after back-to-back meetings in...Tags: Minority Groups, Constance A Morella, Mount Airy, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Aging with AIDS: An epidemic's changing face
In the 1980s, when researchers first identified the virus that causes AIDS, a positive HIV test was a virtual death sentence. There was no cure for the disease and no effective treatment; patients usually died within a few months or years of being...Tags: Minority Groups, African Americans, Epidemics and Plagues, HIV, Medical Services
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Senate gives initial approval to O'Malley map
Gov. Martin O'Malley's political redistricting plan earned a quick first stamp of approval from the Maryland Senate on Monday night despite a day full of objections from top Republicans — and a sitting Democratic congresswoman — who slammed...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Michael E. Busch, Delores G. Kelley, Annapolis, Republican Party
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Health disparities found for Baltimore Latinos
Many Latinos in Baltimore lack medical coverage, which contributes to problems such as fewer mothers getting prenatal care, according to a new report that takes the first comprehensive look at the group's health.
The report, released Thursday by the city...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Poverty, National or Ethnic Minorities, Fells Point, Medicaid
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Video: Mo'Nique stands up for marriage equality
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"Gay and lesbian couples, they believe in commitment, family and love."
That's the message Oscar-winning actress — and Maryland native — Mo'Nique puts forth in a new video posted today for the Americans for Marriage Equality...Tags: Minority Groups, African Americans, Marriage, Family, Same-Sex Marriage
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The U.S. military isn't trained to catch illegal immigrants
I don't think my visionary fellow letter writer who wants homecoming soldiers to police the U.S.- Mexico border has thought things through very clearly ("Put Iraq veterans to work on the U.S.-Mexico border," Oct. 26). Soldiers are trained to kill bad...Tags: Minority Groups, Mexico, Wars and Interventions, Pakistan, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Frederick Co. wants to create laws to deter illegal immigrants
Blaine Young, president of Frederick County's board of commissioners, has plans to make Frederick "the most unfriendly county in the state of Maryland to illegal aliens." And while he said some localities might cringe at such a title, "we wear that with a...Tags: Minority Groups, Migration, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Lawyers, Illegal Immigrants
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Looking for hard labor for low pay? Alabama's got a deal for you
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." -- Matthew 9:37
Good news. The jobs crisis is over.
You read that correctly. There is plenty work available for downsized, furloughed and involuntarily separated laborers whose inability to land jobs...Tags: Minority Groups, Work Relations, Illegal Immigrants, File Sharing
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