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Survey: Obama's Base Focused on Jobs
As he prepares to give the State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama has reason to be cautiously optimistic about the support he will get from his base for his re-election bid. However, to cement their support, he will need to focus on the issues that are most important to them in the…
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Rating Obama: Take Our Poll
Jan. 20 marks the third anniversary of President Barack Obama’s historic inauguration as the nation’s first African-American president. From health care reform to the economy, education and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the president has faced a number of tough decisions since being sworn into office. How’s he doing? How would you grade his…
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Student Lending: Wall Street's Next Bubble?
Amanda Winston, a junior at Temple University in Philadelphia, juggled three jobs and an unpaid internship this summer in an effort to keep her head above water financially while continuing to make key contacts in the public relations field that she hopes to call her own once she graduates. Tiffany Black, an aspiring veterinarian and…
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L.A. Banks: Losing a Literary Shape-Shifter
It was the image on the book cover that first captured my attention during one of my many trips to the bookstore: a view from the rear of a sepia-toned woman with thick, black curly hair piled atop her head and what looked like a peacock of some sort tattooed on the small of her…
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Daily Job Lead: Green Group Seeks Lawyer
Are you a lawyer who cares about clean water and other environmental issues? Waterkeeper Alliance is looking for an advocacy director for its New York City office (link). Waterkeeper Alliance (link) is an international agency that works on issues involving the world’s waterways, from pollution to climate change. The advocacy director will serve as chief…
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Daily Job Lead: Campaign Coordinator Sought
With gasoline prices approaching $4 a gallon, cleaner, greener cars may be good for the wallet as well as the environment. The Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists is hiring a clean-vehicles national outreach coordinator (link). The person in this position will create and implement campaigns to focus attention on the need to…
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Daily Job Lead: Home Health Aide in Missouri
If you have a caring and gentle manner and enjoy taking care of people, Pyramid Home Health Care may have the job for you. Pyramid Home Health is hiring homemaker aides to assist residents at their homes in Missouri. The company has positions open in Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Miller, Boone and Howard counties. Homemaker health…
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Why We Tip: Survey Shows Racial Divide
When African Americans dine out, the service had better measure up if the server is expecting a good tip. That’s among the findings of a recent poll by The Root on attitudes and habits regarding tipping. African-American respondents were much more likely than whites (30 percent vs. 15 percent) to say that one should tip…
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Daily Job Lead: Hospital Seeks Groundskeeper
If you like getting your hands dirty and working in the great outdoors, becoming a groundskeeper may be just the job for you. The Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Hospital in Baltimore is looking to hire a groundskeeper. In addition to caring for the appearance of all hospital grounds, including lawns, sidewalks and parking lots, the…
