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Health

The Challenge

Dr. Joseph C. Hall credits his wife as the driving force that has kept him involved in research for nearly two decades to develop a male birth control pill.

December 10, 2008

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Professional Appointment

LOUIS BUTLER has been appointed Justice in Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. Butler was formerly a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Butler earned a bachelor’s from Lawrence University and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. DR. GABRIEL CARRANZA has been named assistant vice provost of international cooperation […]

December 10, 2008

Students

Coalition Urges Fixes for Dropout Crisis

Education policies that hold high schools accountable and give schools the resources to adequately prepare students for college and the modern workforce are necessary to improve graduation rates, reverse dropout trends, and strengthen the economy, according to a coalition of educational reform and civil rights groups.

December 9, 2008

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Hispanics Anxiously Lay in Wait for Obama Cabinet Seats

When President-Elect Barack Obama passed over Bill Richardson — the nation’s only Hispanic governor — to tap Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, Hispanic columnists like Rubén Navarrette reacted with searing criticism.

December 9, 2008

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American Folk Music Legend Odetta Dies at 77

Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died.

December 3, 2008

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Richardson longed to return to DC, federal posts

No one believed Bill Richardson was leaving the national stage just because he abandoned his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination last January.

December 2, 2008

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Marine Archaeologists Find Remains of Slave Ship

Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, an accident that set free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands.

November 30, 2008

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CHANGING ROLES IN INDIAN COUNTRY

Women are emerging from positions of authority in traditional tribal culture to more public roles.

November 26, 2008

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Professional Appointment

DR. TRACY FITZSIMMONS is president of Shenandoah University (Va.). Fitzsimmons previously served as senior vice president and vice president for academic affairs and professor of political science at the university. She earned a bachelor’s from Princeton University, as well as a master’s and doctorate from Stanford University. IRENE CHÁVEZ has been named special assistant for […]

November 26, 2008

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Obama Team Counting Senate Votes on Holder as AG

President-elect Barack Obama’s aides have privately asked senators whether Washington attorney Eric Holder would be confirmed as the next attorney general, according to a person involved in the talks.

November 18, 2008

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Fisk University Jubilee Singers Awarded 2008 National Medal of Arts

Washington, D.C. — President George W. Bush today announced the recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest award for artists and arts patrons. The Fisk University Jubilee Singers and eight other recipients will receive medals presented by the President and Mrs. Laura Bush in a ceremony at the White House. The […]

November 17, 2008

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Presidents of Maryland’s Black Colleges Testify About Disparities

No stranger to belt-tightening during tough economic times, presidents from two of Maryland’s historically black colleges attended a public hearing Wednesday to press their case for why the schools need more money.

November 12, 2008