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The Census and Democracy: Maryland Fixes a Major Error

In the wake of the 2010 Census, Maryland passed a law yesterday that fixes a major problem. Maryland will now count people in prison where they actually live, not where they are confined. This first-in-the-nation law will improve the fairness and accuracy of Census data used to draw legislative boundaries. more »

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Ten New Years Resolutions for the Obama Administration

Ten New Year’s Resolutions for The Obama Administration

In 2010: more »

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Not Arrested For Trying to Break into a House Not My Own

huffingtonpost.com — It was 11 p.m. The keys didn't work in the front door. Or the back door. Then a cop appeared. It's fair to say that what happened next is a story that could not be told by any black man in America.

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Rush and Reparations

thenation.com — Rush Limbaugh says when you think of President Obama's economic policy, "think reparations. Think forced reparations here if you want to understand what actually is going on." The use of the term here is interesting, given that reparations are not solely, or even mostly, about race. They are about giving back to those who have been wronged in order to make them whole again.

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NEW PROJECT TO STUDY AND COMBAT UNCONSCIOUS RACISM

04/13/2009

WASHINGTON - The election of President Obama shows how far America has progressed in overcoming the racial divides that for so long scarred this country. But while overt racism is less and less acceptable in America, unconscious racial bias still plays a large role in our politics and society, as a new project launched today by the Institute for America's Future seeks to explore.

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Minority Women Face Large Economic Gap

For women of color, they earn about 60 cents for every dollar a white man makes.

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Universal patterns within cultural diversity: Patriarchy makes men crazy

Islamabad, Pakistan – Some lessons learned while spending time in a different culture come from paying attention to the wide diversity in how we humans arrange ourselves socially. Equally crucial lessons come from seeing patterns in how people behave similarly in similar situations, even in very different cultural contexts. more »

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