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Black Is Beautiful, But Is It Unhealthy?
August 18, 2011
Melanin protects darker skin from premature aging and UV rays, but its protection increases the risk of other diseases, according to research presented this month. The body naturally produces vitamin D - a nutrient known for keeping bones strong - when skin is directly exposed to UV rays from the sun. However, since melanin blocks those UV rays, it also inhibits vitamin D production in the body, says Dr. Valerie D. Callender, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Howard University. ...
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BLACKS-BP PROBLEMS CONTINUE
August 15, 2011
A coalition that advocates for those who were harmed by the April 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Members of Operation People for Peace, are at the world headquarters of BP in the UK demanding compensation. The campaigners say blacks, the most vulnerable and disenfranchised claimants, are being overlooked in favor of those with political connections who have been compensated handsomely. The group submitted more than 10,000 claims and says ...
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Union Head Blasts GOP Over Black Job Crisis
August 12, 2011
This summer, millions of working families got a front-row seat to the dysfunctional leadership of Republicans in Congress who proved once again that they just don’t get it. The national unemployment rate is 9.1%. For blacks, the unemployment rate is hovering around 16 percent. Instead of creating solutions for the jobs crisis, Republicans are killing jobs and destroying the American Dream. ...
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MASSACHUSETTS MINORITIES DUPED
August 09, 2011
Resolving claims of unfair and discriminatory lending practices, a subsidiary of H&R Block will modify thousands of Massachusetts homeowners’ loans and make a significant payment to the Commonwealth as part of a settlement valued at $125 million, state Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. “Option One made loans that it knew were likely to fail and it discriminated against African-American and Latino borrowers,†Attorney General Coakley said. ...
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Vault.com Ranks US Law Firms On Diversity
August 09, 2011
Vault.com has released its 2012 Law Firm Diversity Rankings, and the more things change, the more they stay the same. For the third straight year, Carlton Fields has claimed the No. 1 spot for its “Overall Diversity†initiatives. ...
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MAJOR NYC MINORITY HELP
August 04, 2011
Two well-known billionaires are helping to launch a new program designed to lift black and Latino men out of poverty. The Young Men’s Initiative is a bold new program that overhauls how government interacts with young black and Latino men by, among other things, establishing job recruitment centers and fatherhood classes in public housing. “This can be a game-changer,†said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “We can take ourselves to a new level ...
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Reputed KKK Member Dies
August 03, 2011
James Ford Seale, a reputed former member of the Ku Klux Klan convicted in the 1964 abduction and killings of two black teenagers in Mississippi, has died in federal prison. He was 75. Seale died on Tuesday in the Federal Correctional ...
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In Arizona Aftermath, States Steer Clear Of Immigration Fight
August 02, 2011
A year after SB 1070 took effect, states nationwide are turning away from similar bills, fearing the financial and political fallout seen in Arizona and the consequences that anti-immigrant legislation could have in their own backyards, according to a New America Media report. “Arizona was a wake up call for other states,†said Elena Lacayo, field coordinator with the Immigration Policy Project at the National Council ...
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Unemployment Effects Black's Eating Habits
July 20, 2011
According to the latest Gallup poll results on American eating habits, the skyrocketing unemployment rate in the black community (16.2 percent) is compelling Black Americans to sacrifice healthy eating, for cheap, caloric foods. Nearly 4.5 million Americans are eating less-healthy foods due to a diminished spending power, ...
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BUDGET WOES THREATEN BLACK WOMEN
July 15, 2011
According to reports, the chained CPI, a Social Security COLA cut on the table in deficit talks between the President and Republicans, could dramatically worsen poverty among unmarried senior African American women. As such, it violates the request of major progressive organizations in a letter to the White House and Congressional leaders to "make sure that deficit reduction is achieved in a way that does not increase poverty." ...
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Lawmaker Blasted For 'Shooting' Immigrants Rant
July 14, 2011
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is pushing back on a Republican lawmaker's rhetoric that he would do anything to stop illegal immigrants "short of shooting them." Texas congressman Charles Gonzalez said in a USA Today report, "words have consequences" as he denounced the comment made recently by Alabama ...
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BLACK TEA PARTY VS. NAACP
July 14, 2011
The newly formed black led South Central L.A. Tea Party group is preparing to rally against the NAACP during its 102nd annual convention in Los Angeles later this month. The group states the purpose of the rally is to bring attention ...
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Fire Near MLK Tomb
July 13, 2011
Quick work by Atlanta firefighters saved a building that caught fire early Wednesday inside the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. The blaze was reported around 6 a.m. at a building in the 400 block of Edgewood Avenue ...
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Black Firefighters Fight Entrance Exam Fee Increase
July 13, 2011
The Vulcan Society, an organization of black firefighters, and The City of New York were back in court this week when the city wanted to charge $54 for the new Fire Department entrance exam, a whopping 80% increase over the last time the exam was given just four years ago. The judge said no, and also found a way to ...
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Illegals Staying Away From Arizona
July 11, 2011
People on both sides of the immigration debate in Arizona are skeptical of new research that shows a national decrease in the flow of illegal immigration from Mexico into the United States. But there is one thing they are certain of: ...
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Natives Want Feds To Look Into Sacred Land Dispute
July 11, 2011
In the latest twist to the saga involving the increasingly likely desecration of sites held sacred by some American Indians, a coalition of Indian citizens has filed a last-ditch legal appeal against the U.S. Forest Service, hoping to change a tide that has long seemed unchangeable. ...
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Obama Admin. Accused Of Misleading Congress On Deportation Cases
July 08, 2011
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Obama Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showing that DHS officials misled Congress and the public about the scope of an immigration enforcement ...
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BLACKS WIN KATRINA SUIT
July 07, 2011
Black homeowners and two civil rights organizations today announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the "Road Home" program. ...
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President Clinton Invokes Jim Crow
July 07, 2011
Former President Bill Clinton compared efforts by Republicans to change voting laws across the country to Jim Crow laws and poll taxes that historically disenfranchised African American voters. Speaking before a group of liberal youth activists Wednesday, Clinton said laws in states like Florida and New Hampshire ...
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Religious Blacks And Their Political Attitudes
July 01, 2011
Very religious white Americans are more than twice as likely to identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, while nonreligious whites are significantly more likely to identify with the Democratic Party. This relationship between religion and partisanship is also evident to a lesser degree among Asians and Hispanics, but does not occur among blacks, who are strongly likely to identify themselves as Democrats ...
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Voting Right Restrictions Under Scrutiny
June 30, 2011
Sixteen U.S. senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday urging it to review new state voter ID laws and scrutinize their implementation to ensure that eligible voters are not disenfranchised. “The civil and human rights community welcomes the senators’ request ...
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Poll: 1 in 5 African Youth Plan To Start A Business
June 30, 2011
Gallup surveys in 27 African countries and areas underscore the interest young people in the region have in entrepreneurship. A median of one in five Africans between the ages of 15 and 24 who are not already business owners say they plan to start their own business in the next 12 months, although they are less ...
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SC Gov Signs Controversial Immigration Law
June 28, 2011
Governor Nikki Haley has signed off on legislation to crack down on illegal immigration. Before Haley signed the bill, the American Civil Liberties Union announced plans to challenge it. Supporters and protesters showed up at the signing to praise and sound off against the new law. The legislation requires police to check the immigration ...
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Redistricting Reform Threatens Minority Voice
June 27, 2011
Few ordinary Californians have been more intensely interested in the state’s new Citizens Redistricting Commission than Berkeley-based Tea Party activist David Salaverry. Back in March, he realized that the fledgling panel, with its 14 citizen ...
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HUD Allocates $240M For Indian Housing
June 24, 2011
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced nearly $210 million in Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG)allocations to 146 tribes in 25 states. These funds are distributed each year based on a formula to eligible Indian tribes or their tribally designated housing entities for a range of affordable housing activities. IHBG funds are intended to primarily benefit low-income families living on Indian reservations or in other American Indian communities. T ...
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Battle Brewing Over New Fla. Voter-Registration Law
June 08, 2011
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), reacting to outrage voiced by her constituents, this week asked the Department of Justice to block the new law. ...
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Redistricting No Longer A Black-White Issue In Virginia
June 08, 2011
The group, Virginia New Majority, says the map approved by Board of County Supervisors in April does not reflect the county’ s demographics. ...
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UN Criticizes US On Women's Rights
June 06, 2011
Inadequate implementation of current policies have “resulted in the continued prevalence of violence against women. ...
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First Lady Brings Native American Kids To Garden
June 06, 2011
Michelle Obama invited a group of Native American children to her plot to help plant what are called the "three sisters" — corn, beans and squash. ...
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Challenge Filed Against GA's "Show Me Your Papers" Law
June 02, 2011
“Georgia's law is fundamentally un-American: we are not a 'show me your papers' country nor one that believes in making certain people ‘untouchables.’ ...
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'Achieving' Women Entrepreneurs Honored By 100 Black Men
June 02, 2011
In the United States, more and more women are taking the leap into entrepreneurship and learning the benefits of owning a business. ...
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