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Weekly Buzz: HIV prevention drug shows promise, Mitt Romney booed at NAACP address and FAMU president resigns

Posted on July 13, 2012 in News

Photograph courtesy of CNN.

Every Friday we’ll round up the week’s most compelling stories about social justice, human rights, public health, and public relations.

  • As blood donations decline, U.S. ban on gay donors is examined [CNN]
     
  • Texas to test 1965 voting rights law in court [Reuters]
     
  • Mitt Romney addresses NAACP, gets booed [ABC News]
     
  • Saudis to Send 2 Women to London Games [The New York Times]
     
  • Judge lets Mississippi's only abortion clinic stay open — for now [CNN]
     
  • NAACP President Ben Jealous urges bloc to keep voting power [Houston Chron]
     
  • Florida and Iowa are making it harder for felons to get their voting rights back after they've served their sentences [USA Today]
     
  • Ohio governor halts death sentence for third time in 13 months [Reuters]
     
  • Florida A&M President Resigns In Wake Of Hazing Scandal [NPR]
     
  • Studies highlight effectiveness of HIV prevention drug [CNN]
     
  • DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray knew of campaign finance violations in January [Washington Post]
     
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