African American

Bass Becomes First African-American Assembly Speaker (News10 Sacramento)

13 May 2008

Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass has been sworn in as speaker of the California Assembly, the first black woman to lead either house of the state Legislature.

A Flavoring Seen as a Means of Marketing to Blacks (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

13 May 2008

It is unclear how African-American preference for menthol cigarettes developed in the first place, but it seems the answer involves cultural and taste preferences as well as tobacco industry marketing.

Native American Affairs panel now a reality (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

13 May 2008

DES MOINES --- The Iowa Commission on Native American Affairs was created with the stroke of a pen Monday, as Gov. Chet Culver signed legislation creating the new agency.