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The End Equals the Beginning: There Is No Black America, Says the President
The Root, Commentary, Posted: Jan 13, 2016
Obama told both houses of Congress Tuesday night that he is only tangentially connected to King and the struggle he is so fond of symbolizing.
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The End Equals the Beginning: There Is No Black America…
The End Equals the Beginning: There Is No Black America, Says the President
The Root, Commentary, Posted: Jan 13, 2016
Obama told both houses of Congress Tuesday night that he is only tangentially connected to King and the struggle he is so fond of symbolizing.
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Digital Age Killed World Journal in Canada: Experts
Digital Age Killed World Journal in Canada: Experts
New Canadian Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 13, 2016
Just weeks before its 40th anniversary one of the three major Chinese daily newspapers in North America has ceased printing in Canada.
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ADVANCE CARE PLANS: African American Seniors and Life&#…
ADVANCE CARE PLANS: African American Seniors and Life’s ‘What-I…
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2016
A new study found three reasons African Americans are less likely than whites to benefit from Advance Care Planning in case of debilitating illness.
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Obama's Final State of the Union: ‘I’m Out&…
Obama's Final State of the Union: ‘I’m Out’
The Root, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 12, 2016
Here are five things to watch for in President Obama’s final State of the Union speech tonight.
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Letter To My Sikh Son: Be Proud of Your Identity
Letter To My Sikh Son: Be Proud of Your Identity
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2016
Bay Area resident Jaskaran Singh is dismayed that Sikhs in the U.S. are once again being mistaken for Muslims and becoming the target of hate crimes.
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Fiction, Fantasy and Reality Blur in Mexico's Narcodram…
Fiction, Fantasy and Reality Blur in Mexico's Narcodrama
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2016
A strong current of skepticism runs through public opinion in Mexico concerning the official story of El Chapo's recapture.
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Q&A: For Native Community, Irony and Shaky Claims in Or…
Q&A: For Native Community, Irony and Shaky Claims in Oregon Standoff
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 09, 2016
Writer Jacqueline Keeler says the standoff in Oregon "shows a lot of ignorance" about legal claims by the U.S. government over the land it claims to own.
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California Governor’s Budget Plan Excites, Dismay…
California Governor’s Budget Plan Excites, Dismays Health Care Advoca…
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 07, 2016
California Governor Jerry Brown’s $170.7 million proposed budget, which he unveiled Thursday, is being greeted with mixed emotions by health care advocates.
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Raids on Central American Families Spark Fear in SF
Raids on Central American Families Spark Fear in SF
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 07, 2016
If I am deported today, tomorrow I will be killed, said Marvin Franco, who recently fled El Salvador with his family.
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Is Half an Internet Better Than No Internet at All?
Is Half an Internet Better Than No Internet at All?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 07, 2016
Is net neutrality just a right for the West and a luxury for the rest. And must poor countries be told, be grateful, half an internet is better than no Internet…
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Consumer Scams in 2015: A Year-End Review
Consumer Scams in 2015: A Year-End Review
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2016
The FTC closed 2015 by shutting down alleged fraud in high-complaint categories such as debt collection and services related to employment and immigration.
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A Look Back at Obama in 2015 and What’s Ahead in…
A Look Back at Obama in 2015 and What’s Ahead in 2016
The Final Call, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 06, 2016
Despite a long list of major political victories in 2015, many “friends” feel President Barack Obama’s performance last year was mediocre.
Philippines Offers 8 Bases to US, Including Clark, Basa, and Lumbia
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2016
Top diplomats and defense officials of the United States and the Philippines met on Tuesday to discuss arrangements for expanded US mil…
Arthur J Pais of Rediff.com Passes Away
Rediff News, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2016
Rediff.com regrets to inform you that our dear colleague Arthur J Pais passed away in New Jersey on Friday.
How The System Fails Grandmothers Raising Kids
Northstar News Today, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2016
Increasing numbers of grandmothers across the United States are raising their grandchildren, many of them in poverty and grappling with…
Blacks Are the Most Victimized by Consumer Fraud
New America Media / Northstar News Today, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2016
Research by the FTC shows that a higher proportion of blacks are victims of fraudulent transactions.
New China Row Unsettles Vietnamese Communist Party
Vietnam Right Now, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 03, 2016
Vietnam has responded angrily to the landing of a Chinese aircraft on a reclaimed island in the disputed Spratly Islands.
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ADVANCE CARE PLANS: African American Seniors and Life’s ‘What-Ifs’
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2016
How The System Fails Grandmothers Raising Kids
Northstar News Today, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2016
Too Old to Be President? Ageism a Political Undercurrent in U.S.
Viet Tide/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2016
Immigration
GOP's Two Different SOTU Reponses, in English and Spanish
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2016
Dems Stand Against Raids
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2016
What to Expect From Congress on Immigration in 2016
Immigration Impact, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2016
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In many of the transcendental stories of Mexico, fiction, fantasy and reality cr…
Governor Nikki Haley Seen as Potent…
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Filipinos Now Health-Conscious, Say…
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DiCaprio Shares Golden Globe for &#…
Leonardo DiCaprio accepted the Golden Globe at the 2016 Golden Globes 73rd award…
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Obama Publicly Announces Executive Actions to Redu…
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Bay Area Low-Income & Homeless Residents Push to B…
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Bundy Militia Musters Again Over Paiute Land
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Prayers to Allah from Alabama
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Florida Study: Blacks Least Apt to Get Shingles Pr…
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Black Lives Matter: A year of Anger, Activism and…
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Recapping Progress and Pollution in 2015
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Comfort Women Deal Backfires for President Park Ge…
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California Latest State Requiring Hospitals to Kee…
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Trigger Happy Chicago Cops Still Run the City
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Here Is how 'President' Trump Will Govern
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Jeh Johnson, Michael Nutter and Donald Trump -- Pe…
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India Questioning Deportation of Indian Students f…
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U.S. Policy Shifts From Detente To Deterrence in…
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Richmond Residents Show Support for Local Mosque
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Indian MPs Greet Plea To Amend Section 377 With J…
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FTC to Texans: Never Wire Money to Strangers
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Oakland Accepts Obama’s Challenge
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How Beijing Missed Out On a K-Pop Cultural Event
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Program That Flags Chicago Cops At Risk of Miscond…
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