Friday, January 30, 2009

Perceptions and experiences of homeless youth vary by race, UCSF study shows

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The self-perceptions and life experiences of young homeless people vary significantly by race, according to a new study by researchers at th...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Integrated town that predates Civil War earns landmark status VIDEO

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A remote western Illinois field could someday yield tourists instead of crops, adding to the state’s legacy of racial equa...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Reactions to racism not as strong as we think

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Study finds indifference to racist comments TORONTO – One reason racism persists is that many people imagine they would respond strongly to ...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my pres...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

African-Americans have worse prognosis at colorectal cancer diagnosis

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(PHILADELPHIA) African-American patients with colorectal were more likely to present with worse pathological features at diagnosis and to ha...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Outdoor alcohol advertising and problem drinking among African-American women in NYC

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January -- New research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health indicates that the advertising of alcohol in predom...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Scholar's new book examines cultural forces behind Obama's victory

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Jabari Asim (juh-BAR-ee ah-SEEM) says you could see it coming. He thought a black president was inevitable. Just not quite...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Online racial discrimination linked to depression, anxiety in teens

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In the early days of the Internet, some scholars once predicted a lessening of racism and race-based discrimination in onl...
Friday, January 9, 2009

UGA research explores little-known chapter in college desegregation VIDEO

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Athens, Ga. - Many of the battles to desegregate Southern colleges and universities were fought in public, but efforts to desegregate the st...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Physical activity may not be key to obesity epidemic

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MAYWOOD, Ill. -- A recent international study fails to support the common belief that the number of calories burned in physical activity is ...
Monday, January 5, 2009

Eligibility criteria contribute to racial disparities in hospice use

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ATLANTA, Ga. -- A new study finds that hospice services—care that is provided by physicians, visiting nurses, chaplains, home health aides, ...