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Today in Black America - Feb. 23

POSTED: February 23, 2009, 6:40 am

The New York Times

Explaining a ‘No’ Vote on Stimulus in Michigan

Obama to Tell Congress How Agenda Will Aid Economy

Philadelphia Newspapers Seeking Bankruptcy

Conceding Errors, Paterson Vows to Regain Trust

The Washington Post

Government Gets Chance To Prove It Can Work

Legal Experts Propose Limiting Justices’ Powers, Terms

Supporters Upbeat About Bill to Give D.C. a Vote in Congress

The Right Call

The Christian Science Monitor

Some states may shun stimulus funds

Obama aims to cut deficit in half by ‘13

Is it time for Burris to go?

Chicago Tribune

Stimulus may be just 1st chapter

Sen. Roland Burris questioned in probe of former Gov. Blagojevich

Boston Globe

Obama to name Interior Dept. official to lead stimulus oversight

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Perdue: Ga. Might turn down some stimulus funds

Atlanta could lose $11.3 million in jobs funding

Los Angeles Times

New checks, balances coming to financial industry

Obama stimulus: More old school fix-ups, less New Deal grandeur

Detroit Free Press

Candidates take to pulpits to get Detroiters to polls

Granholm: Dibs on unwanted stimulus

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- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- President Bush Addresses the Nation
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- Black Politicians in New Jersey Reach New Low
  NorthStar Network Editorial 2003
- Justice for the Central Park Five
  NorthStar Network Editorial from October 2002
- DC Voting Rights
  A NorthStar Network news report on voting rights in the nation's capital
- Hate American Style
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organizations
- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
  Dr. Peter A. Sam, Chairman/CEO
- African Development Institute Inc.
  Lee Cassanelli: Director
- Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society
  P. O. Box 73067 Washington, DC 20056-3067
documents
- HIV/AIDS Today, Issue 4
  Routes of transmission
- Attitudes and Behavior of Young Black Americans
  A rare look at the attitudes and behavior of young Black Americans
- Directory of Members of the House of Representatives
  A directory of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 110th Congress
- HIV AIDS Fact Sheet
  A fact sheet on HIV/AIDS
- Poverty in the United States, 2002

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