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White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse
The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders. That is not reassuring,...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups, Recreational Substance Use, Native Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans
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A book too embarrassing to read
A story for Black History Month.
Bryan Stevenson is director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a Montgomery, Ala.-based organization he founded in 1989 to provide legal representation for the indigent and incarcerated. The EJI (www.eji.org) doesn't charge...Tags: Politics, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Civil Rights, World War II (1939-1945), Prisons
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Sondheim Prize finalists engage senses, issues
Every year at this time, the Baltimore Museum of Art showcases the finalists for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The exhibits invariably reveal "energy, imagination and engagement with the significant issues of our time," says BMA director...Tags: Cell Phones, Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Libraries, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Investigation shows suburban mayor's spending frenzy
WGN NewsThe 16,000 residents of south suburban Country Club Hills are struggling through this economy just like you are. Taxes are up, homes are for sale, some are in foreclosure. Yet a joint investigation by WGN-TV and the Better Government Association found the...Tags: Better Government Association, Theater, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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A discriminating disease
Breast cancer unites women of all color and creed under a common banner of hope. But not all breasts are created equal.
Different minority populations, as well as subgroups within those populations, face distinct challenges and risk factors when it comes...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Research, Breastfeeding, Blood, Diseases and Illnesses
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Fracking: Don't let fear hold us back
Maryland's 7.2 percent unemployment rate is below the national average but still too high. Families need help. Aging roads, sewer systems and other infrastructure need repair. Revenue projections for 2012 and beyond will not cover these programs, along...Tags: Business, Environmental Politics, Natural Gas, Energy Resources, Labor Markets
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Historic film details days at the beach for African-Americans
A 70-year-old film that captures annual summertime excursions to Carr's Beach in Annapolis will debut at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Walbrook Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 2302 W. North Ave. The original footage, found on E-Bay and made into a...Tags: Minority Groups, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Annapolis
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Police search for missing schizophrenic patients
Chicago police this evening were searching for two missing schizophrenic adults who are without their medication in separate missing persons cases.
Efrem Lewis, 49, was last seen Saturday in the 11600 block of South Yale Avenue, according to a...Tags: Minority Groups, Minnesota
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John R. Burleigh 2d., civil rights activist, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterJohn R. Burleigh 2d., a civil rights activist who had been chairman of the employment committee of the Congress of Racial Equality and retired from the city housing authority, died July 9 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime...Tags: Politics, Social Security, Restaurants, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Homes
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Elk Grove Walgreens Held Up
FOX40 NewsThe Elk Grove Police Department is searching for a man who robbed a Walgreens store early Tuesday morning. Police say the suspect entered the Laguna Boulevard store at 1:42 a.m., armed with a handgun, and ordered the store employee to open both...Tags: Minority Groups, Mass Media, Arts and Culture, Facebook
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John R. Burleigh 2d, civil rights activist, dies
John R. Burleigh 2d, a civil rights activist who had been chairman of the employment committee of the Congress of Racial Equality and retired from the city housing authority, died July 9 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The longtime Hunting...Tags: Politics, Social Security, Restaurants, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Homes
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