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J.C. Watts: Boosting Black Home Ownership

NPR

Published August 24, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Tavis Smiley and former Republican Congressman J.C. Watts discuss how President Bush's promise to increase minority home ownership by 5.5 million households by 2010 is progressing.

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Supreme Court to consider whether Catholic group is exempt from religious taxes

Nina Totenberg

At issue is whether the charity Catholic Charities is qualified to be exempt from state unemployment taxes as a religious institution.
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Three years ago, councilmembers in Washington, D.C., approved a tax hike on the wealthy as a way to raise the wages of child care workers. It's led to big gains for the city's child care workforce.
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Stephen Thompson

This year marks 30 years since the release of Mariah Carey's hit, "All I Want for Christmas is You." But have any other pop singles been able to enter the holiday music canon since?

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