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What Obama and Romney Say About the Missing Campaign Issue of Civil Rights

Jay Murdock

Sep 13, 2012
4 min

What Obama and Romney Say About the Missing Campaign Issue of Civil Rights

President Obama and GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney have spent countless hours slamming each other over the economy, the deficit, joblessness, health care reform, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and Energy policy. They have made references to gun control, immigration, education, regulatory reform, and foreign policy issues on the campaign trail. They have even revived and wrapped their conventions around the standard wedge issues of gay marriage, abortion, religion an

Colossal Disaster for Minorities in Supreme Court’s Scrap of the Health Care Law

Jay Murdock

Apr 4, 2012
4 min

Colossal Disaster for Minorities in Supreme Court’s Scrap of the Health Care Law

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Author and political analyst Posted: 04/ 2/2012 1:36 pm There was never much doubt that if the Supreme Court ever got a chance to decide the constitutionality of the health care reform law that it would be in for rough sledding from the court’s five conservatives. The half week of court questioning on the law more than bore out that dire prediction. From the tone and temper of the four conservatives biting questions about the law, and the already well k

Minority Children Four Times More Likely to Start Poor, Stay Poor

Jay Murdock

Apr 10, 2011
5 min

Minority Children Four Times More Likely to Start Poor, Stay Poor

Janell Ross – Janell.Ross@huffingtonpost.com Become a fan of this reporter Children of color are four times more likely than their white peers to be born into a poor family and suffer a lifetime of consequences, ranging from diminished academic standing to increased financial insecurity, a report released Thursday found. Beyond financial comfort, even practical dreams of education and savings remain an elusive idea for many nonwhite Americans. The nation’s racial wealth dis

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"Do not seek to follow the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."

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What Obama and Romney Say About the Missing Campaign Issue of Civil Rights

Colossal Disaster for Minorities in Supreme Court’s Scrap of the Health Care Law

Minority Children Four Times More Likely to Start Poor, Stay Poor

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