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    Black Communities Struggle with Soaring Energy Costs

    Aug 18, 2008 04:00 PM EST

    ... mortgage or the kitchen lawsuit. DARLENE MANSWELL: The prices got high in addition to struggling. But when you're struggling at one point, when the bill used to be 100 and something dollars, we can pay it. But now that that the bill is $200 or $300, it's just ...

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    What to Pay?

    Aug 01, 2001 04:00 AM EST

    ZENA GARCIA: Couldn't pay the full bill of my light bill this month. I only paid partial. JEFFREY KAYE: So every month you get behind on one thing or another? ZENA GARCIA: Um-hmm. JEFFREY KAYE: To help people like Zena Garcia, advocates for the working poor have campaigned ...

  • Iraq crisis another foreign policy complication for Obama

    Iraq crisis another foreign policy complication for Obama

    Jun 13, 2014 01:39 PM EST

    ... President Obama for what kind of president Clinton would be both have to do with foreign policy -- and both indicate a slightly more hawkish, more interventionist approach. Clinton, a champion of “Smart Power,” also offered this when asked about a “Clinton doctrine”: three Ds -- defense, diplomacy, and development. McCarthy emerges ...

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    Will Taxes Be Sticking Point in Debate Over How to Tackle Federal Budget?

    Nov 09, 2012 11:02 PM EST

    ... of health care, we reduce the readmissions to hospitals, we do a better job on using technology, less tests. We manage the more complicated medical interventions. We reduce hospital infection rates. There's a lot of ways that you can reduce health care costs. By reducing health care costs, we ...

  • Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark

    Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark

    Jul 08, 2021 08:12 PM EST

    ... More directly impeded are community members who, like Angela in Idaho, skipped vaccination because she couldn’t risk having a negative reaction that might require intervention. Although a trip to the doctor is a highly unlikely outcome after a vaccine, it remains a concern for some. “My insurance doesn’t ...

  • Innovative program helps even the playing field for poor students — and boost graduation rates

    Innovative program helps even the playing field for poor students — and boost graduation rates

    Jun 28, 2016 11:11 PM EST

    ... University, just to cite one example, is developing a new system to give small grants to students who might be a little behind on their bills. APRIL BROWN: And educators across the country are taking a closer look at the school's other targeted interventions that have closed the graduation ...

  • WATCH: DC Mayor Bowser testifies to House committee as Congress weighs new laws for city

    WATCH: DC Mayor Bowser testifies to House committee as Congress weighs new laws for city

    Sep 18, 2025 07:50 PM EST

    ... offenses, many of them crimes involving current and former congressional staff members, including the fatal shooting of Congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym. “These high crime rates are largely driven by historically high rates of juvenile crime, which were enabled by ultra-progressive, soft on crime policies enacted by the D ...

  • Michigan lawmakers are considering a state-level MENA category. Here’s what that would mean

    Michigan lawmakers are considering a state-level MENA category. Here’s what that would mean

    Apr 04, 2024 06:57 PM EST

    Two state bills would work in tandem with new federal guidelines for collecting race and ethnicity data for people with origins in the Middle East or North Africa (MENA). Advocates say it's a long overdue change that would better serve these communities.

  • News Wrap: Israeli election exit polls show Netanyahu may return to power

    News Wrap: Israeli election exit polls show Netanyahu may return to power

    Nov 01, 2022 10:55 PM EST

    In our news wrap Tuesday, Israel held national elections and exit polls show former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be returning to power, the man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other state charges and Halloween night gun violence in Texas claimed the life of Grammy-nominated...

  • UK scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil

    UK scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil

    Oct 03, 2022 05:53 PM EST

    The British government has dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners. The move was part of a package of unfunded cuts that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows.