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May 25, 2012
Mark Clayton: Is Hillary's State Dept. hacking Al Qaeda? Not quite
Erika Bolstad: Temple cancels Wasserman Schultz speech
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May 24, 2012
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The Kosher Gourmet by Penelope Wall: PHILLY CHEESE STEAKS --- hold the steak!
May 23, 2012
Tony Pugh: More private colleges offering tuition discounts
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The Kosher Gourmet by Emma Christensen:A simple way to do fish right
May 22, 2012
Warren Richey: Can US group challenge overseas surveillance act? Supreme Court to decide
Thomas M. Anderson: Walking Away From a Mortgage
The Kosher Gourmet by Megan Gordon: Enjoy a celebration of the most rich and layered flavors: Black bean, sweet potato and quinoa chili
May 21, 2012
Mark Clayton: Cybersecurity: How US utilities passed up chance to protect their networks
Howard LaFranchi: NATO summit: Who will foot the bill for long-term Afghanistan security?
Chris Farrell : Earn Dividends in Emerging Markets with This WisdomTree ETF
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The Kosher Gourmet by Mario Batali: Famed chef's veal shoulder farsumagru: A festive meat course for late spring
May 18, 2012
Rabbi Berel Wein: Striving: The People of the Book's Book for (All of) the People
Steven Goldberg: 5 Great Stock Picks and the Exchange-Traded Fund that Owns Them
Mary Pickett, M.D.: Ask the Harvard Experts: Don't be forced into gluten-free lifestyle based merely on a doctor's false-positive test
The Kosher Gourmet by Carolyn Malcoun: DIY healthy lunchbox treats: HOMEMADE FRUIT BARS for kids and brown-bagging adults alike
May 17, 2012
Warren Richey: Teacher fired for being unwed and pregnant can sue religious school, court rules
Josh Mitnick: Netanyahu's 'centrist' coalition is already proving it's anything but
Steven Goldberg: Earn Dividends in Emerging Markets with This WisdomTree ETF
Amina Khan: Research links coffee to lower death rates
The Kosher Gourmet by Faith Duran : Cheesy Potato Breakfast Casserole with Cheddar and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
May 16, 2012
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Melissa Healy: National strategy on Alzheimer's disease aims to halt it by 2025
The Kosher Gourmet by Joyce White : GOODNESS GRACIOUS: GREENS! 4 winning recipes that are no longer just for down-home folks (Includes expert tips & techniques)
May 15, 2012
Kristen Chick: Obama administration resumes arms sales to Bahrain despite serious unresolved human rights issues. Activists feel abandoned
Pat Mertz Esswein: Homes are now affordable again and mortgage rates are low. What you need to know before you buy
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Sue Hubbard, M.D.: The Kid's Doctor: Lactose intolerant young child? Check again
The Kosher Gourmet by Kathy Hunt: Spread a Little Excitement with EXOTIC CONDIMENTS (4 RECIPES)
May 14, 2012
Lisa Gerstner: How to Protect Your Identity, Finances If You Lose Your Phone
Harvard Health Letters: Heart disease and dementia
The Kosher Gourmet by Megan Gordon: MANGO COCONUT OAT MORNING MUFFINS are a bright but hearty delight
May 11, 2012
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The Kosher Gourmet by Chef Mario Batali: The famed chef's vegetable dish that tastes true to the season: FAVAS AND SUGAR SNAP PEAS WITH POTATOES AND TARRAGON
May 10, 2012
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The Kosher Gourmet by Betty Rosbottom: Gleaming with its golden, crimson, and snowy white hues, this silken smooth and creamy STRAWBERRY ORANGE TRIFLE looks impressive, but is easy to prepare
May 9, 2012
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Jewish World Review
NAACP cries foul over tougher voter qualifications
By
Melanie Eversley
Report cites large number of minorities having felony convictions, not possessing government-issued photo identification
JewishWorldReview.com | (GNS)
The NAACP launches a campaign today against new state laws that tighten voter qualifications.
The NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, two separate organizations, will release a report that finds the laws tend to suppress minority voting — a trend the report says emerged after unprecedented minority turnout in the 2008 election and Census figures that show people of color gaining a larger share of the population.
The groups will send the document to congressional leaders, state attorneys general, secretaries of state and the Department of Justice in hopes of prompting legislation to roll back laws requiring government-issued identification at the polls and reducing the number of early-voting days and other measures they say could disenfranchise as many as 5 million voters. The NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will lead a march to United Nations headquarter in New York on Saturday to draw attention to the issue.
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The report says 14 states have passed 25 laws in roughly the past year that put new restrictions on voters or voting. It suggests the measures are a reaction to the minority voter turnout in the 2008 general election, in which African-American voters had a higher turnout rate than white voters, as well as a reaction to Census figures that show that from 2000 to 2010, the white population grew by 1.2% while the black population grew by 12.3% and the Hispanic population by 43%. State officials have said the laws are meant to prevent voter fraud and make elections more efficient.
Voter ID laws are at the heart of the debate, according to the report. The authors maintain that such laws disproportionately target minorities. The report says about 25% of black Americans and about 16% of Latinos do not possess government-issued photo identification, compared with 8% of whites.
The report cites other types of voter restrictions as blocking minorities from voting. Measures that prevent those with felony convictions from casting ballots affect minorities in larger numbers because higher percentages of the black and Hispanic populations have felony convictions, the report notes. Laws that reduce the number of early-voting days are restrictive because in 2008, black Americans took advantage of those voting periods in large numbers, according to the report.
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a non-profit group in Washington working toward limited government, has said in a written statement, "ALEC supports citizens providing a voter ID when voting in order to reduce voter fraud. A photo ID is required to rent a video from the store, so why not to vote?"
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, has said the new laws are necessary to protect the integrity of ballots cast in the wake of the controversy involving the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. ACORN was a coalition of community-based organizations that closed in 2010 after hidden-camera video showed employees instructing clients how to avoid paying taxes and how to hide prostitution activities.
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous says the restrictions are damaging.
"It is impossible to overestimate the magnitude of this attack on the right to vote that our country has experienced in the last year," he says. "We as a democracy have to move quickly to correct these incursions, or history will judge our nation and the states who have done this very harshly."
The report says most of the measures have been passed in Southern states, including Florida. There, Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill this year that, among other things, reduces the number of early-voting days from 15 to eight.
Chris Cate, director of communication for the Florida Department of State, notes that although the days are reduced, the number of hours for early voting — 96 — remains the same. He denies there is any attempt to suppress any group of voters.
"It's absolutely not true, and I don't see any evidence that would suggest that," he says.
Jealous says he hopes the report serves as an educational tool.
He says, "We want to move the conversation out of the suites in Washington and out of the power centers of the country down to the streets and churches and the barber shops."
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