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Joint Center Citations May 2008

 

May 21 - 31, 2008

Obama's coattails may drive record black turnout in House races, in Bloomberg

'White working class' is less important for Obama, in The Tennessean

San Francisco Democrats and California dreaming, in Black Voices

Voter ID proponents are ready to battle, in Black Enterprise

Illinois group aims to trim maternal health gaps, in womensenews.org

Barack's run is fruit of civil rights fight, in Daily News

After Oregon win, Barack Obama less than 100 delegates away from claiming nomination, in BlackAmericaWeb.com

Hard times hit Blacks, Latinos first and worst, in The Final Call, Mathaba News Network, and New America Media

May 11 - 20, 2008

Race, the GOP, and the vote, in Black Political Analysis

In America, Nigerians' education pursuit is above rest, in Houston Chronicle

The Republican strategy backfires, in The Boston Globe, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Saudi Gazette

Voting rights advocates: America not prepared for big turnout Nov. 4, in Amsterdam News, Atlanta Daily World, Baltimore Times, BlackPressUSA.com, Birmingham Times, Carolina Peacemaker, Milwaukee Courier & Southeastern Star, New America Media, New Pittsburgh Courier, The Louisiana Weekly, The New York Beacon, The St. Louis American, The Weekly Challenger, and The Wilmington Journal

A delegate situation, in Black Enterprise

Does Obama put the South in play? in The Institute for Southern Studies

In the South, a force to challenge the G.O.P., in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Joint Center urges new responses to disaster preparedness, in The Louisiana Weekly, Forbes, News Blaze, The Earth Times, and Calibre Macro*World

Obama still standing after attacks by opponents, in The Final Call

Many Hispanics are hit hard by economic slump, in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, HispanicBusiness.com, Herald Tribune, and The Ledger

John Lewis steps into fray, seeks to fend off challengers, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Barack Obama faces an untested set of hurdles, in Los Angeles Times, The Telegraph, and South Coast Today

Don't expect Clinton to be Obama's running mate, in The Tennessean

Obama will be the Democratic nominee for president this Fall, and he just may win, in Black News Weekly

Democrats Aim to Take Miss. Seat from GOP, in NPR

May 1 - 10, 2008

Clinton name to be tested, as primary race nears its end, in Fox News

GOP … on road to 2010 Georgia governor’s race, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

GOP nervous about trends in special house races, in NPR

Obama weathers pastor's inflammatory remarks, on NPR (audio)

Superdelegates left to second-guess November, in San Francisco Chronicle

Obama wins big in N.C., nearly ties Clinton in Indiana, in The Dallas Morning News, The Kansas City Star, and Enquirer-Herald

Obama's big win in North Carolina, strong showing in Indiana hurt Clinton, in The Seattle Times

Leader of Black State Legislative Group calls on Capitol Hill, in The St. Louis American, and Frost Illustrated

Black backlash could hit Clinton, in Commercial Appeal, Marshall News Messenger and Austin American Statesman

Sentiment of many black voters is Obama or bust, in Pioneer Press and Houston Chronicle

Dems seek better way to pick nominee, in Detroit Free Press

Guam picks Obama by razor-thin margin; spotlights turn toward Indiana, North Carolina, in BlackAmericaWeb.com

If Obama loses nomination, will blacks stay home? in American Thinker

Whither the black vote in a Hillary nomination? in Hot Air

Some blacks may sit out if Obama loses nomination, in The Charlotte Observer

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Did You Know?

In 2006, blacks made up 22 percent of the U.S. Army overall, but comprised only 12.3 percent of the officer corps and between seven and eight percent of the combat arms officers. The combat arms branches represent the principal pipeline to the Army's senior ranks. In 1990, blacks were 29.1 percent of the Army, but only 11 percent of the officer corps.

Source: Lt. Colonel Anthony D. Reyes, Strategic Options for Managing Diversity in the U.S. Army, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, June 2006