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Joint Center Citations June 2008

 

June 21 - 30, 2008

U.S. black maternal hazards tied to social stress, in Women's eNews

Black, youth turnout can win Florida, 8 other states for Barack Obama, in Florida Courier

Can Obama win any former confederate states? in San Francisco Chronicle, and Indiana Gazette

Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick's campaign takes a hit, in The Detroit News

Single parent households: Economic as well as racial dimensions, in The Poynter Institute

Victor Landa: Time to really see the city's West Side San Antonio Express-News

Mortgage crisis hurts black,
Latino economic progress, in West Orlando News

Turnout boost could favor Obama, in Chicago Tribune, Calibre and The Swamp

Obama campaign targets black voters - carefully, in Los Angeles Times, The Detroit News, The Hartford Courant and The Seattle Times

The housing crisis: An assault on black and Latino economic progress, in Facing South

In Jacksonville, African-Americans find inspiration in Obama's promise, in St. Petersburg Times and The Ledger

Mortgage crisis hurts black, Latino economic progress, in AFL-CIO and Black Agenda Report

Reconciliation: Analysts predict low cost to pro-Clinton black officials, in Afro

June 11 - 20, 2008

Can Georgia be Obama's Ohio? in Time

The myth that “blacks only vote black” in All Other Persons

Obama prepares to choose running mate, in The Weekly Challenger, CityNews Ohio, Amsterdam News, and Carolina Peacemaker

June 1 - 10, 2008

New battleground states for Obama and McCain, in AlterNet

Campaign adds to complicated Clinton legacy, in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Austin American-Statesman, The State, and PressDemocrat.com

Clinton announces hearty endorsement of Barack Obama after suspending her campaign, in BlackAmericaWeb.com

Barry's next big decision, in New America Media

Blacks optimistic, anxious about Obama, in USA Today

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies president applauds presumptive Democratic nominee, in Houston Chronicle, The Earth Times, Ticker Technologies, InterestAlert, and Calibre

Obama's win marks new era, in WordPress, am New York, LA Daily News, The Columbus Dispatch, The Bryan-College Station Eagle, Amherst Daily News, WTOP News, Daily Herald, Daily American News, and Times Herald

As brutal primary races end, a question lingers: Should Obama pick Clinton as his V.P.? in BlackAmericaWeb.com

With Michigan, Florida decision past him, Barack Obama inches closer to Democratic nod, in BlackAmericaWeb.com

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