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The Beginning of the End of AIDS
(The Root) — For two decades, the International AIDS Conference has played a vital role in assembling the global community to discuss new scientific advances and to mobilize action around fighting the devastating disease. Taking place in Washington, D.C., this week — the first time in 22 years that the conference has been held in…
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Jamar Rogers: We Need Visible People With HIV
(The Root) — It’s been more than 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the United States. Yet despite decades of awareness campaigns about prevention and the facts of transmission, the national epidemic persists. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 50,000 Americans become newly infected with HIV…
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Vice President Biden Fires Up the NAACP
(The Root) — The speechifying continued at the NAACP Annual Convention in Houston as Vice President Joe Biden took the podium on Thursday. Biden was pitch-hitting for President Obama, who taped a brief video for the convention (and who will appear in person at the National Urban League’s annual conference later this month). Despite Obama’s…
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Romney to NAACP: I'm in Your Best Interest
(The Root) — In his speech at the NAACP Annual Convention on Wednesday, things started off well for Mitt Romney. Addressing the civil rights organization in Houston, the Republican presidential candidate acknowledged the gulf between the GOP and black voters. “With 90 percent of African Americans voting for Democrats, some of you may wonder why…
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Romney to NAACP: I
In his speech at the NAACP annual convention on Wednesday, things started off well for Mitt Romney. Addressing the civil rights organization in Houston, the Republican presidential candidate began by acknowledging the gulf between the GOP and black voters. “With 90 percent of African Americans voting for Democrats, some of you may wonder why a…
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Attorney General Takes on Voter-ID Laws
(The Root) — When speaking about the Justice Department’s work on voting rights and voter protection, Attorney General Eric Holder has tended to be short on details. Over the past year he has repeatedly maintained that the federal agency is reviewing voting changes that have been proposed state by state around the country — including…
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Obama Challenges GOP on Bush Tax Cuts
(The Root) — With the two-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts scheduled to expire at the end of this year, like clockwork the partisan debate over extending them again is upon us. The last time President Obama dealt with this issue, back in late 2010, he agreed to extend the tax cuts for all…
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Slavery to the White House in 5 Generations
(The Root) — In her new book, American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, Rachel L. Swarns digs up the first lady’s family roots. Throughout the meticulously researched tome, Swarns, a New York Times correspondent, uncovers a diverse history that Mrs. Obama hadn’t even known herself — including…
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Black on the 4th of July
Ambivalence toward Independence Day, which commemorates the 1776 adoption of the Declaration of Independence (espousing liberty and equality while most blacks were enslaved), is nothing new for African Americans. The matter of black patriotism has likewise been debated through the years — ranging from solemn, unquestioning reverence for the flag to an angry rejection of…
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House Holds Attorney General in Contempt
(The Root) — Following last week’s House Oversight Committee vote, on Thursday the House voted 255-67 to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents related to the committee’s investigation into the “Fast and Furious” program. Refusing to participate in the vote, most Democrats — led by the…
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