July 4, 2012
President Barack Obama campaigned at Jackson State University in 2008.
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Business
US Unemployment Falls to 7.8 pct., a 44-month Low
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years and giving President Barack Obama a potential boost …
National
Obama Campaign Focusing on Strong Base: College Students
Obama's campaign said it registered 10,000 voters on college campuses in Ohio last week and signed up 300 new volunteers at colleges in Iowa.
Education
Obama Criticizes Romney, Ryan on College Funding Cuts
President Barack Obama told Ohio students Tuesday that proposed Republican cuts to college aid show that opponent Mitt Romney "does not think investing in your future is worth it."
Health Care
'Obamacare' Still Might Not Cover Many Working Mississippians
Many working parents are below the federal poverty line but don't qualify for Medicaid, a decades-old state-federal insurance program. That's especially true in states where conservative governors say they'll reject …
National
Obama's Welfare Waiver: Gutting Rules or Tweaking?
Welfare is causing a ruckus in the presidential campaign. But the program is a shadow of its old self from the 1970s, when Ronald Reagan used the image of "welfare …
Health Care
ACA: 'Great But Not Perfect'
If anything, last week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the federal health-care overhaul—the Affordable Care Act—provided one more reason to mobilize for the November presidential election.
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