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Violence Against Asians Grips Harlem
November 27, 2020
New York – Rocked by eight violent muggings in recent days of Asian residents of New York’s predominately Spanish Harlem, calls for better police protection are being sounded. Witnesses report a single male has been seen following Asian people entering local housing projects, board elevators where the attacks take place. After brutally beating the victims, mostly women, the thug then robs them. ...
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NY City Council Probes NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Policy
November 27, 2020
NEW YORK – The New York City Council Civil Rights Committee has started a series of public hearings to investigate the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk tactics. Residents appearing before the panel claim the police procedures mostly negatively impact on minority and gay people. ...
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NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News
November 27, 2020
NEW YORK - The 4000 mostly minority tenants of the Diego Beekman Houses in New York’s South Bronx are receiving some good news today. That news is taking the form of a new, low interest, 30-year mortgage for $19 million dollars. NYC Comptroller John Liu told reporters the funds came from the NYC Employee Retirement System and the Police Pension Fund. ...
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Report: Poverty Linked To Minority Health
September 07, 2011
After a decade-long rise in concentrated poverty, one in 11 residents of metropolitan areas now live in communities where at least 30 percent of their neighbors are poor, according to a pair of studies unveiled today by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The reports, A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisi ...
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Few Blacks Wear Seatbelts
September 06, 2011
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the No. 1 leading cause of unintentional injury death for all Blacks is motor vehicle crashes. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for Blacks ages 1 to 14. Of those killed while passengers in a vehicle, 52 percent of Black children were not restrained at the time of the crash. Though wearing a seat belt is the best way to avoid injury, ...
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Latino Voting Advocates Object To Texas Redistricting
September 02, 2011
Advocates for LULAC that included former Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez, National LULAC Counsel Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Maverick County Judge David Saucedo and John Tanner, former Department of Justice Voting Rights Section ...
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Louisiana Prisons Put Black Voting Power At Risk
September 02, 2011
Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is one of the most notorious prisons in the United States. Sometimes called “The Farm†because of its plantation-like set-up, it houses almost 5,300 men, of whom 3,900 are serving life sentences, 968 face terms of 40 years or more, and 83 are on death row. The prison is located 90 minutes ...
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Confederate Flags Banned In VA City
September 02, 2011
The city council in Lexington, Va., just voted to prohibit flying the Confederate flag on city-owned poles. The decision sparked anger among some Lexington residents, who see the Confederacy as a link to the town's past. After a 2 1/2-hour public hearing, the Lexington City Council voted 4-1 to allow only U.S., Virginia and city flags to be flown. ...
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Researcher: Residential Segregation Declines In U.S. Cities
September 01, 2011
According to University of Michigan research the ideal of equal housing opportunities is closer to becoming a reality in most major U.S. metro areas, "While black-white segregation remains high in many places, there are reasons to be optimistic that 'apartheid' no longer aptly describes much of urban America," said Reynolds Farley, an investigator at the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR) who studies racial segregation in the United States. ...
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Rally Tonight Against Alabama Immigration Law
September 01, 2011
Opponents of Alabama's law on illegal immigration are holding a rally tonight in Birmingham. The demonstration was originally timed to coincide with the law taking effect Earlier this week a federal judge temporarily blocked the law from going into effect, saying she needed more time to consider lawsuits filed by critics who believe the law is unconstitutional. ...
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Report Touts HUD Progress On Discrimination
August 30, 2011
A report released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shows that the agency is resolving individual housing discrimination complaints faster, increasing its focus on complaints that affect multiple people, and launching more investigations using its authority to initiate cases on behalf of discrimination victims where no one has filed a complaint. HUD’s Annual State of Fair Housing Report also illustrates how the agency is helping municipalities and state and local agencies receiving HUD funding to comply with civil rights requirements ...
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BLACK PRO-LIFERS OUTRAGED
August 29, 2011
A new report issued by the Black pro-life group Life Dynamics claims that Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry in the United States target Black and Hispanic Americans by placing abortion facilities in communities with high minority populations. The report, “Racial Targeting and Population Control,†the group claims validates the claims pro-life advocates have made for years showing that abortion advocates have purposefully placed abortion centers in urban areas with high percentages of black and Hispanic residents. Mark Crutcher and Carole Novielli ...
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Study: Blacks At Higher Risk For Death From Stroke
September 01, 2011
Blacks and country folk outside the so-called “stroke belt†are at higher risk for stroke death than other populations, a large new study finds. A stroke occurs every 40 seconds somewhere in the United States, but little has been known about whether stroke mortality disparities exist outside an 11-state region in southeast United States known as the stroke belt. ...
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VOTING RIGHTS HEATING UP
August 25, 2011
Citing evidence that the State of Michigan is failing to provide low-income residents with a legally-mandated opportunity to register to vote, attorneys from Demos, Project Vote, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL), and the NAACP sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Secretary of State Ruth Johnson ...
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NAACP Rally For Black Man Convicted Of Killing White Trespasser
August 23, 2011
The North Carolina and Georgia State Conferences of the NAACP, in conjunction with the national NAACP, will hold press conference and a rally tomorrow to address the Georgia State Supreme Court’s wrongful conviction of John McNeil, a Black business owner and former resident of Cobb County, Georgia. In 2006, McNeil was sentenced to life in prison in the death of Brian Epp. Mr. McNeil was defending his family at his home from Mr. Epp, a trespasser on McNeil’s property. ...
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Latinos Flock To Boston
August 22, 2011
According to data rankings compiled by bilingual television network mun2, Boston topped the recent top 15 cities for young Latinos despite having the lowest percentage of Latino residents of all the cities on the list. Mun2, broadcasts reality shows and dramas aimed at a youth demographic. The network considered 4 main areas in gathering ...
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Feds Launch Bias Probe Into LA Sheriff's Dept.
August 19, 2011
The Justice Department today announced it has opened a civil investigation into allegations of discriminatory policing by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) members based in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, Calif. Deputies have been accused of discriminating against mostly minority residents of government-subsidized housing. The Justice Department will seek to determine whether there are systemic violations ...
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Study: Suburban Schools Keep Disadvantaged "Down"
August 18, 2011
A new study by University of Kansas researchers shows as suburban school districts have gained advantages over their urban counterparts, they have tenaciously clung to them, often at the expense of urban districts. While urban schools’ not keeping pace with suburban schools is an acknowledged problem, few have studied the causes of the discrepancies. ...
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NY Lawmakers Push For Urban Jobs Act
August 16, 2011
With more than one-third of the nation's minority youth unemployed, a group of politicians and community activists today stood at Make the Road New York in Jackson Heights today, to continue their push for federal legislation aimed at increasing employment among at-risk youth. The Urban Jobs Act, they say, would provide federal funding to nonprofit organizations, allowing them to carry out programming ...
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Minorities Cheated By Redistricting
August 17, 2011
The Athens-Clarke Commission's and the state legislature's new districts are drawn to disenfranchise African-Americans, said black voters and elected officials at a town hall meeting on redistricting. The state legislature convened in a special session Monday to approve new state House and Senate district maps released Friday, as well as forthcoming new congressional districts. ...
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Diversity Report Card: WNBA Earns Top Score
August 10, 2011
According to the 2011 Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Racial and Gender Report Card released by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), the WNBA received an A+ for race and an A for gender. The WNBA has consistently been the industry leader for all professional sport when it comes to diversity. The 94.7 points earned for race was the highest total for race in the history of the WNBA. The WNBA received a combined A+ in the 2009 and 2010 Report Cards. In the 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006â€07, 2008, 2009, 2010 and now the 2011 Racial and Gender Report Cards. ...
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BLACK VIOLENCE = PHILLY CURFEW
August 10, 2011
Black Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is fed up with flash mobs that have been taking place in the area over the past year. Young black teens have been harassing, harming and looting local businesses and residents in the Center City area of the city. Mayor Nutter had some choice words for the parents of the kids ...
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LA Mayor Wants to Close Digital Divide Among Hispanics
August 10, 2011
Technology use among foreign-born Latinos continues to lag significantly behind that of their U.S.-born counterparts. The nativity differences are especially pronounced when it comes to internet use. That may be about to change, with the launch of the pilot program in California, Club Digital. Club Digital is a bilingual, multimedia Internet training program that will reach nearly 3 million Latinos in California during its summer pilot program, which launched on August 1, 2011. ...
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GA Redistricting May Limit Minority Voting Power
August 09, 2011
The passage of HB 87, state legislation clearly targeting immigrants, has given rise to an increasing awareness among Georgia’s ethnic minorities about what’s at stake for their political empowerment under the ongoing ...
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Civil Rights Icon Eleanor Josaitis Dies at 79
August 09, 2011
Eleanor Josaitis was a stay-at-home mom, raising five kids in Taylor, Michigan in the 1960s, when she decided she wanted to help build racial harmony in Detroit's segregated communities. So she packed up her family and moved them to Detroit's Sherwood Forest neighborhood after the 1967 riots. ...
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Ethnic Californians Are State's Environmental Champions
August 08, 2011
A new Public Policy Institute of California survey reveals a majority of Californians want to move forward with environmental regulation, despite a tough economy, with the strongest support coming from minorities and those with the highest joblessness rates. “People of color are the strongest environmentalists in California,†said Roger Kim ...
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Diversity Is the New Trend in Plastic Surgery Atlanta Surgeon Says
August 08, 2011
Throughout the economic downturn, Atlanta patients have continued to seek out plastic surgeons. Centers like the Swan Center have found only a slight downward trend reflecting the economic struggle. In the past, those who were pursuing treatment were of the same basic demographic, but this is starting to change. ...
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Navajo Nation Settles Land Royalty Case
August 05, 2011
The Navajo Nation's allegations that a coal mining company conspired with others to cheat the tribe out of millions of dollars has been settled in federal court. The Navajo Nation, Peabody Energy, Salt River Project and Southern California Edison today announced they have reached a settlement agreement on the 1999 Navajo royalty litigation. ...
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US Sues Illinois City For Housing Discrimination
August 05, 2011
The federal government has filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against the city of Joliet in Illinois. The lawsuit filed in Chicago claims Joliet hasn't offered an affordable housing plan to accommodate the mostly black residents who'd be displaced by the planned condemnation of the Evergreen Terrace housing complex. The Department of Justice lawsuit alleges that the city violated the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act by taking a series of actions, culminating in the taking through eminent domain ...
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Group Wants 2nd All Latino District in Calif.
August 04, 2011
The Los Angeles Redistricting Committee’s new constituency lines was met with fierce opposition by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). At issue for the group is the fact that the Los Angeles County Board ...
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Major Companies Woo Latino Consumers
August 04, 2011
Some major companies are developing marketing strategies that target Hispanic consumers, a fast-growing and lucrative market in the U.S. According to the U.S. Census, one in about every six U.S. residents is now Hispanic. Hispanics also accounted for more than half of the nation’s population increase over the last decade. ...
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