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Grassroots Forces Gather for Impending Welfare Battle

Rinku Sen looks into the internal workings of two promising coalitions. Full article available on ColorLines here.

 
Racing the Welfare Debate

By Gary Delgado. It used to be that we didn't have to do much to smash the racist stereotype about welfare. After listening to some know-it-all drone on about Cadillacs and welfare queens, all we had to do was point out that--uh, incidently, most people on welfare were white, and that would usually shut them up. Full article available on ColorLines here.

 
Persistent Peril

Why African American babies have the highest infant mortality rate in the developed world. By Ziba Kashef. Full article available on ColorLines here.

 
Bush's Proposal to Privatize Healthcare Worsens Race Disparities

By Megan Izen. President Bush's healthcare privatization plan will only worsen glaring disparities affecting communities of color, according to advocates and researchers who argue that public solutions are both possible and necessary to close the racial and economic gap in the nation's deepening health crisis. Full article available on ColorLines here.

 
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