http://news.stlpublicradio.org en http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/capturing-diverse-america-challenges-and-opportunities <p>Earlier this year the Corporation for Public Broadcasting <a href="http://www.npr.org/about/press/2012/080212.NPRInitiativeCPBGrant.html">awarded NPR a $1.5 million grant</a> to launch a major journalism initiative to deepen coverage of race, ethnicity and culture, and to capture the issues that define an increasingly diverse America.</p> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:01:00 +0000 Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh 5705 at http://news.stlpublicradio.org Capturing A Diverse America: Challenges And Opportunities http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/analysis-suggests-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-stroke-care <p>A <a href="http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/gca?sendit=Get+All+Checked+Abstract%28s%29&amp;gca=STR.0b013e3182213e24v1 ">new analysis</a> suggests racial and ethnic minorities are not getting equal treatment when it comes to strokes.<br /><br />At the request of the <a href="http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/">American Heart Association</a>, a group of stroke experts led by Saint Louis University neurologist Dr. Salvador Cruz-Flores examined the scientific literature for racial and ethnic disparities in stroke care.<br /> Thu, 26 May 2011 21:55:34 +0000 Véronique LaCapra 1315 at http://news.stlpublicradio.org Analysis suggests racial and ethnic disparities in stroke care