Posted on November 15, 2007 by thestateofblog
“This is an educational crisis,” said R. Owen Johnson Jr., chairman of the school board. “This is a public health and a children’s rights issue.”
The parents of more than 2,300 Prince George’s County students who failed to get needed vaccinations could face fines of $50 a day and up to 10 days in jail [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2007 by thestateofblog
A Pew poll shows that poorer, less educated blacks are more likely to view all black Americans as not being of the same race.
By Juan Williams:
“Conventional wisdom about black America is being turned on its head. Nearly two out of five black people (37 percent) surveyed in a new Pew poll, done in association with [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2007 by thestateofblog
“The incidence of gonorrhea, which had declined sharply, has risen in the last two years in this country while the number of chlamydia and syphilis cases continue to rise, federal health officials said yesterday.
“The three reported sexually transmitted diseases affect African-Americans disproportionately. The black to white ratios are gonorrhea 18 to 1, syphilis 6 to [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2007 by thestateofblog