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Will the Real Rick Santorum Please Stand Up?

Santorum has in the past supported Black communities.
03/15/2012
Black Families Dominate Homeless Shelters  - Black families are seven times more likely than whites to end up homeless, according to new research released by the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness.(Photo: JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)

Want to Eliminate Black Homelessness? Do Something.

African-American families dominate shelters.
03/06/2012
Education - Barack Obama: Obama’s Education Department has instituted the Race to the Top competitive grant program to encourage school districts to create innovative ways to ensure that students graduate from high school college- or career-ready. The administration also has restructured and expanded federal financial aid programs.Newt Gingrich: Gingrich supports the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program, but says he would “dramatically shrink” the Education Department and eliminate most of its regulations.Mitt Romney: Romney favors No Child Left Behind’s federal accountability standards and has reversed an earlier position that would shutter the Education Department.Rick Santorum: Santorum proposes a “significantly” smaller Education Department. He also believes that early-childhood education programs are an attempt by government to “indoctrinate” children.(Photo: MIKE BROWN/Reuters)

Presidential Candidates on the Issues

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Black Homeowners Could Greatly Benefit From Foreclosure Settlement

The foreclosure deal could help Black communities rebound.
02/10/2012
Study Finds U.S. Cities Less Segregated  - A new study from the Manhattan Institute has found that American neighborhoods have become significantly less segregated in the past century. All-white neighborhoods “are effectively extinct,” it found, and the proportion of African-Americans living in so-called “ghettos,” where 80 percent or more of the population is Black, has shrunk to 20 percent.(Photo: Matt Nager/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Study Finds U.S. Cities Less Segregated

Despite less segregation, economic disparities persist.
01/31/2012

Mayors Get Some Quality Time With President Obama

Urban issues aired at two-day White House conference.
01/23/2012

Cecelia Munoz Appointed New White House Domestic Policy Council Director

Munoz replaces Melody Barnes as top domestic policy adviser.
01/10/2012

Commentary: Even a Wealthy D.C. Suburb Is Getting More Segregated

White flight isn't just about poverty and crime.
10/31/2011