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Political Scholar Ronald Walters Dies of Cancer

Ron Walters was a man on a mission.

Whether working on a book about President Barack Obama, granting interviews about TV personality Glenn...
African-American Voter Turnout in 2010 May Hinge on the President Who Happens to be Black

An African-American friend told me that "Obama is not the African-American President. He's a black man who happens to be the President." Will that...
Time Warner Cable Releases Essays on Future of Digital Communications

Time Warner Cable announced that it has released five essays on the future of digital communications, policy and technical perspectives based on...
Washington’s Whitewashed Social Security Review

President Obama’s deficit commission is a mess. Just for example, former Sen. Alan Simpson, the body’s 78 year-old co-chair, infamously compared...
Meek Prevails in U.S. Senate Primary

With 99% of precincts reporting, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Florida) handily won his state’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, beating...

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Blacks and the 2012 Elections: A Preliminary Analysis
David A. Bositis, Ph.D.

December 2012

Place Matters for Health in the South Delta: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All
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November 2012

Place Matters for Health in Baltimore: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

November 2012

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