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Kansas City Initiative Focuses on Prosperity, Health and Safety, and Education

Good nutrition can be good business when it comes to providing healthy food options in low-income neighborhoods, according to a national health...
Unemployment Lowest Point Under Obama

After receiving poor marks for his performance in his nationally-televised debate with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, President...
Was Obama Trying to Avoid Being the Angry Black Man in Debate?

While pundits and Obama supporters were moaning Thursday morning about how Mitt Romney gained momentum by aggressively going after the president...
Will Black Voters Give Obama What He Needs in Southern Swing States?

When then-candidate Barack Obama won North Carolina by 14,000 votes in 2008, a lot of the credit went to the eye-popping 76 percent turnout rate...
Obama’s Debate Performance Surprises, Disappoints Local Supporters

Even though the First Baptist Church of Georgetown was having a revival meeting a visiting pastor abbreviated his message so that people attending...

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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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