Colleges say they are eager to find and enroll low-income students, but with the cost high, some do a lot more than others.
African-Americans experience longer delays between diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/HQ0GNRQcK4o/130528100133.htm
Among men with prostate cancer, African-Americans experience longer treatment delays after being diagnosed than Caucasians. That is the finding of an analysis that suggests that efforts are needed to reduce racial disparities in prostate cancer care in order to provide earlier treatment for African-Americans.
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May 30 Sandy/FEMA meeting in Atlantic City
A Dream Foreclosed
Blacks Professionals’ Progress Stalls
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/us/texas-firm-highlights-struggle-for-black-professionals.html
A Supreme Court case on considering race as a factor in university admissions has reignited debate on African-Americans’ progress in sought-after professions.
2-Year Colleges Getting a Falling Share of Spending
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/education/2-year-colleges-getting-a-falling-share-of-spending.html
Even as their student bodies have become poorer, many community colleges are “receiving minimal federal support,” said a senior fellow at the group publishing a new report.
Blacks, Conservatives and Plantations
Why do Republicans keep endorsing African-American voices intent on comparing blacks who support the Democratic candidates to slaves?
Fearlessness Grows From the Grass Roots
As more people see that the government represents Wall Street and concentrated wealth, instead of them; that the government continues to give the banksters who crashed the economy a break while cutting access to basic necessities, that the government continues to put big energy profits ahead of protecting the planet – more people are becoming fearless.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16453-fearlessness-grows-from-the-grass-roots
NJ Clean Air Ambassadors (2013)
http://earthjustice.org/50states/2013/robert-harper-jr
Check out the website for this environmental initiative: www.50statesunited.org
