Posted on August 13, 2007 by thestateofblog
We had buffalo for food, and their hides for clothing and for our teepees. We preferred hunting to a life of idleness on the reservation, where we were driven against our will. At times we did not get enough to eat and we were not allowed to leave the reservation to hunt. We preferred our [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2007 by thestateofblog
If you live in the DC area and you listen to talk radio you may be familiar with Casey Lartigue’s show on XM Radio. He’s a radio host and former analyst for the conservative CATO Institute. On June 23, 2007, he posed the question of whether black talk radio is too focused on [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2007 by thestateofblog
“African-Americans are moving to the South in large numbers and trading some northern cities for their suburbs. Those are among the population trends highlighted by demographic data released today by the Census Bureau.
“Among counties with more than 100,000 residents, those that gained the greatest number of blacks from 2000 to 2006 are in Georgia, Florida, [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2007 by thestateofblog
“But the multi-billion dollar arms deal has some inconsistencies that could cause the two secretaries problems. The most immediate one is the policy message represented by the sheer size of the arms deal. Washington has been insisting that there is no military solution to the region’s trauma. Yet it is proposing not only $20 billion [...]
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