Reporting from a new generation of journalists. » oakland http://news21blog.org Election 2008: What's At Stake? Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:40:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Super Tuesday in Oakland http://news21blog.org/2008/02/05/super-tuesday-in-oakland/ http://news21blog.org/2008/02/05/super-tuesday-in-oakland/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:40:29 +0000 santana http://blog.newsinitiative.org/2008/02/05/super-tuesday-in-oakland/ Larry Santana and Sean Aronson traveled to two communities separated by economic and demographic identity: Piedmont, an affluent community near Oakland, and East Oakland, a neighborhood anything but affluent, to gauge voter reactions. Here’s what we found.

]]> http://news21blog.org/2008/02/05/super-tuesday-in-oakland/feed/ -1 The Black Vote in Oakland – Multimedia Presentation http://news21blog.org/2008/02/05/the-black-vote-in-oakland-multimedia-presentation/ http://news21blog.org/2008/02/05/the-black-vote-in-oakland-multimedia-presentation/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:22:23 +0000 Kevin L. Jones http://blog.newsinitiative.org/2008/02/05/the-black-vote-in-oakland-multimedia-presentation/ The African-American vote has become a major focus during this national election with the presence of the first serious black contender, Barack Obama. Black voters are largely choosing between Obama and Hillary Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton, affectionately known as the “first black president.”

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The Black Vote in Oakland - Multimedia Presentation

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