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The Obama Books Boom

As Barack Obama’s rise to power inspires a flood of books, scholars hope the publishing trend will yield serious analysis.

July 8, 2009

Health

Natives Won’t Be ‘Left Out of the Tent,’ Says Obama Official

The day before he was confirmed as U.S. Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, D-Colo., sought earlier this week to reassure tribal leaders that the Obama administration is serious about Native American issues and promised his department would work “hand in hand” with Indian communities.

January 20, 2009

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Creator of Pell Grants dies at 90

Claiborne Pell, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, died Thursday after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.

January 4, 2009

Students

Beyond Obama-mania: Will Young People Stay Involved Post-election?

Christopher Carter worked hard up until the presidential election to register and turn out his classmates to vote. Carter, a second-year political science student, attends the country’s oldest historically Black college, Cheyney University in Pennsylvania.

November 30, 2008

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Congressional Freshman Class Adds New Faces of Color

Congress picked up five new minority members in the November elections, including two that cannot vote.

November 23, 2008

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Scholars To Analyze Obama Victory

Reflecting on Obama’s victory, scholars say the historic victory leaves a great deal room for political scientists and others to consider in analyzing the Illinois senator’s dramatic ascent in national politics.

November 4, 2008

Latinx

An Obama Win Could Shift Balance in Cuba, Scholar Says

Electing Barack Obama president could significantly change the balance of power in Cuba and among Latinos in the United States because Cuba would be forced to deal with the first American administration in decades that is poised to strengthen ties with the country’s military government, a University at Buffalo scholar predicts.

October 28, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Putting Barack Obama’s Candidacy In Historical Perspective

A host of pre-eminent Black scholars sound off on the historical and sociological significance of Sen. Barack Obama’s candidacy and its aftereffects on Black America.

October 15, 2008

African-American

Chronicling Obama’s Career From Harvard to Tonight’s Debate

As Sen. Barack Obama takes the stage for his second debate as the Democratic presidential nominee, Diverse looks back at its reporting of Obama’s trailblazing feats starting with his days at Harvard Law School.

October 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

University of Illinois Rally Supports Right to Campus Politicking

Claiming their rights to support political candidates are under assault, some University of Illinois faculty and students held a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on campus to make their stand clear.

October 5, 2008

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Cambridge University Official: Social Justice Not Our Role

The government should provide more money for higher education but should not meddle or try to use Britain’s universities to enhance social mobility, a senior official at the University of Cambridge told other educators Wednesday.

September 10, 2008

Disabilties

Protecting Voters’ Rights

The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund unveiled a new nonpartisan voter awareness program, Prepared to Vote, to help reveal and address voting barriers in the upcoming November elections such as: voter ID requirements, voter purges, faulty voter rolls, poorly trained election officials and felon disenfranchisement statutes.

September 3, 2008