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The Distorted View from Capitol Hill - New York Times (blog)

Sun, 01/01/2012 - 21:01

New York Times (blog)

The Distorted View from Capitol Hill
New York Times (blog)
The poor in the District of Columbia are overwhelmingly black. The city's white population has a 6 percent poverty rate, lower than the white rate in every state, according to data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The national average is 13 ...

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Vincent H. Cohen, prominent DC lawyer, dies at 75 - Washington Post

Sat, 12/31/2011 - 18:59

Vincent H. Cohen, prominent DC lawyer, dies at 75
Washington Post
(His son, Vincent H. Cohen Jr., is the principal assistant US attorney for the District of Columbia.) “He was a godfather to young black lawyers around town and was recognized as a kind of guru,” his longtime friend, retired Washington Post columnist ...