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Nursing has long been a ladder up for minority women, but a new state study shows that in New York City, black nurses get paid less than their white counterparts. The Center for Health Workforce Studies at the State University of New York in Albany compared the salaries of nurses with similar experience and credentials and found that black nurses made less in almost all cases. For example, black nurses with 30 or more years of experience earned an average annual salary of about $81,000, while white nurses with the same experience earned an average of almost $90,000—11% more. "That...

OREGON LIBERALS UPSET BY PROGRAM TO KEEP YOUNG WOMEN ADDICTS FROM GETTING PREGNANT COVER STORY:The Fix How do you keep an addict from getting pregnant? Pay her. by AMY ROE Last month, Heather Keithley, 21, went to Planned Parenthood on Northeast Fremont Street. Inside the clinic she lay down on an exam table, her straight, reddish-brown hair splayed out behind her. She tried not to flinch as a small, T-shaped stick was inserted into her vagina and, finally, her uterus. She was getting an IUD. And, because Keithley is a recovering speed freak, she'll also get $200 from a California...