Topic: American Studies

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Gang Violence Grows on an Indian Reservation
Image by jimmywayne via Flickr By ERIK ECKHOLM PINE RIDGE, S.D. — Richard Wilson has been a pallbearer for at...

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Starting Points | Topics: Native..., American..., gangs, minority...

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A Nobel winner who went wrong on rights
Image via Wikipedia By Joshua KurlantzickSunday, December 13, 2009 In accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday,...

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Starting Points | Topics: American..., human rights, foreign...

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Government to settle suit over Indian land trusts
Image by Alex E. Proimos via FlickrACCOUNTING MISMANAGED$1.4 billion in payments to end 13-year-old battle By David A....

6 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: Native..., American..., judicial..., land claims

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Sex Trafficking of American Indians in Minnesota
The Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (MIWRC) of Minneapolis, MN has released its ground breaking...

7 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: women, Native..., American..., Minnesota

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Struggles of the second generation
U.S.-born children of Latino immigrants fight to secure a higher foothold By N.C. AizenmanWashington Post Staff WriterMonday,...

8 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., minority..., immigrants, Mexico

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Devices to Take Textbooks Beyond Text
Image by nDevilTV via Flickr By ANNE EISENBERG NEWSPAPERS and novels are moving briskly from paper to pixels, but...

9 days ago

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US: Remote Detainee Lockups Hinder Justice
Image via WikipediaTransfers of Detained Immigrants Interfere with Lawyer Access and Right to Challenge Deportation ...

9 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., ICE, detentions, minority...

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Afghan Plan Faces Sharp Questioning From Senators
By ELISABETH BUMILLER and BRIAN KNOWLTON WASHINGTON — Defense secretary Robert M. Gates, Secretary of State...

13 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Congress, Muslim World, Afghanistan

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Iraq Deadline Helped Elect Obama; On Afghanistan, It Could Hurt His Chances for Re-Election - Capital Journal - WSJ
By Peter Brown Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, is a former White House...

13 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Obama, elections, Afghanistan

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Seeing History Through Arab-American Eyes - VOA
Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 01 December 2009 Photo: Mohamed Elshinnawi Author Alia Malek...

13 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Arab world, minority...

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Lithuania investigates possible CIA ‘black site' - washingtonpost.com
Image via WikipediaTownspeople tell of secretive Americans at mysterious building By Craig WhitlockThursday, November 19, 2009...

26 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., CIA, prisons

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N.A.A.C.P. Prods Obama on Job Losses - NYTimes.com
Image via Wikipedia By STEVEN GREENHOUSE With unemployment among blacks at more than 15 percent, the N.A.A.C.P. will...

28 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., unemployment, blacks, minority...

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A Racial Divide Is Bridged by Recession - NYTimes.com
Image via Wikipedia By SHAILA DEWAN McDONOUGH, Ga. — During the housing boom, Henry County, a suburb of Atlanta,...

28 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., recession, whites, poverty

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MSNBC Not Shy About Criticizing Obama - NYTimes.com
Image by dipdewdog via Flickr By BRIAN STELTER If President Obama happened to glance at “The Rachel Maddow Show”...

29 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., MSNBC, freedom of...

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Final edition: Twilight of the American newspaper—By Richard Rodriguez (Harper's Magazine)
Image by Steve Rhodes via FlickrA scholar I know, a woman who is ninety-six years old, grew up in a tin shack on the American...

30 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: journalism, American...

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Elder Care by Remote - BusinessWeek
Image by cactusbones via FlickrBy Arlene Weintraub For three months early this year, 63-year-old Ronald Lang was one of the...

30 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., aging, technology, Public health

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The Return of the House Call - BusinessWeek
Companies eager to cut health-care costs may do well to consider the home doctor visits Microsoft offers By Michelle Conlin ...

30 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Medicine, health care

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The Known World of Edward P. Jones - washingtonpost.com
The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author may be the most celebrated writer Washington has ever produced. He also may be the most...

31 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., blacks, minority..., literary...

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Obama presses Congress to rework immigration laws - washingtonpost.com
Image via Wikipedia By Spencer S. HsuWashington Post staff writerSaturday, November 14, 2009 The Obama administration...

31 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: immigration, American..., Congress, Obama

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White House counsel steps down, will be replaced by Bob Bauer - washingtonpost.com
Tenure marked by struggles over closing Guantanamo By Anne E. Kornblut and Ellen NakashimaWashington Post Staff writerFriday,...

32 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: White House, American..., Guantanamo, lawyers

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Rep. Kennedy and Bishop in Bitter Rift on Abortion - NYTimes.com
Image via Wikipedia By ABBY GOODNOUGH Representative Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island was to meet Thursday with...

33 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Congress, Catholics, interest...

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N.Y. elections reflect city's shifting racial landscape - washingtonpost.com
Image by Marvin (PA) via FlickrFor first time, whites will be in the minority on the City Council By Robin ShulmanWashington...

34 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., New York, minority..., governance

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Muslims in the military seek bridge between worlds - washingtonpost.com
Image via Wikipedia By Michelle BoorsteinWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, November 11, 2009 U.S. Muslim service...

34 days ago

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Ezra Klein - The $900 billion mistake
Image by Getty Images via Daylifeby Ezra KleinBarack Obama has not given much in the way of specifics for health-care reform....

34 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: budgets, American..., Congress, Obama

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The Stupak Stupor
Image by ge'shmally via Flickrby Emily Douglas We know that the House healthcare reform bill passed after an eleventh-hour...

35 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Congress, abortion

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Donaldson Institute Study Details Struggles of Korean Adoptees - NYTimes.com
Image via Wikipedia By RON NIXON As a child, Kim Eun Mi Young hated being different. When her father brought home...

36 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Korean..., minority..., adoption

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News Analysis - Medical Industry Grumbles, but It Stands to Gain From Overhaul - NYTimes.com
Image by Lionel Fernández Roca via Flickr By DUFF WILSON and REED ABELSON For any industry, there has to be at...

36 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Medicine, Congress, health care

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For Abortion Foes, a Victory in Health Care Vote - NYTimes.com
Image by infowidget via Flickr By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — A restriction on abortion...

36 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., Congress, Public health, abortion

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Unemployment Rate Rises to 10.2%, Offering Little Reassurance to Job Seekers - NYTimes.com
Image by Getty Images via Daylife By PETER S. GOODMAN The American unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in...

39 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: American..., unemployment, economic...

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Kimberly Munley, Officer Who Shot Fort Hood Suspect, Is Firearms Expert - NYTimes.com
Image via Wikipedia By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. KILLEEN, Tex. — The police officer who brought down a gunman after he...

39 days ago

Starting Points | Topics: women, American..., killings, military

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What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
Synopsis:A collection of essays written by Gladwell and published in the New Yorker.Review:Bite-sized is how I like Malcolm...

56 days ago

reading is my superpower | Topics: American..., 21st Century, American..., Biography

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