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The 'Obama Foodorama' and other tales of cookingIn the spring of 2009, first lady Michelle Obama and students from Bancroft Elementary School broke ground on the White House lawn to create a vegetable garden - the first of its kind since Eleanor Roosevelt's wartime Victory Garden in 1943. More » |
NYC program draws praise, questionsNEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement last week of a $127 million project to help young black and Latino men was met with praise, but also some criticism over its funding. More » |
Obama proposes tax credits to hire jobless vetsWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama proposed tax credits Friday to help companies hire America's 1 million unemployed military veterans and vowed to press Congress harder this fall for legislation to provide more jobs for all. More » |
Marine Corps seeks award for first blacksSAN DIEGO - The top leader of the Marine Corps said last Tuesday that he wants the first black members of the Marines to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and hopes their story will inspire more black men and women to join the Corps and rise through its ranks. More » |
Dems, GOP cite '65 voting law in remapping debatesRICHMOND, Va. - When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law in 1965, it was an antidote to Jim Crow-era efforts to suppress the black vote in Southern states still fighting bloody battles over racial equality. More » |
