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May 13, 2024
Ørsted and Shipbuilder Edison Chouest Christen First-Ever American-Built, Offshore Wind Service Operations Vessel
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Three Hillsdale College Graduating Seniors Commissioned by U.S. Marine Corps
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Salem Media Group Announces the Sale of its Principal Office in Camarillo, CA
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University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies Releases Mother’s Day White Paper on Skills Findings of Mothers Overcome
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University of Phoenix Announces 2024 Faculty of the Year Award Recipients
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National Institute for Innovation and Technology™ Announces Groundbreaking Pre-Apprenticeship Program During Youth Apprent
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Canadian Canoe Museum Reveals New Location at Water's Edge
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Supporting Mothers with $10-a-day child care
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So Many ‘Dicks’ So Few of Everyone Else: e.l.f. Beauty Encourages More Diversity Across U.S. Corporate Boards
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Baby on Board: Nissan Engineer Documents Pregnancy Using Car Parts
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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mildred L. Oberkotter: Inspiring Thousands of Children with Hearing Loss to Achieve Their Dre
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HEI Reports First Quarter 2024 Results
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"The Tax Master" CARLOS RAMÍREZ PRESENTS FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR USA TAX CONVENTION, THE PREMIER EVENT FOR HISPANI
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Young and old, Jew and Gentile Gather in Texas Cities to Remember the Millions Murdered During the Holocaust (1939-1945)
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In Honor of Mother's Day, LILYSILK Proudly Supports Baby2Baby by Helping The Organization Provide 250,000 Diapers to Mothers and
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Keeping Canadians safe from wildfires
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Hillsdale College Hosts 172nd Annual Commencement Ceremony, Welcomes Keynote Speaker Pat Sajak
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Celebrate Mother's Day with Baleaf: Experience the Comfort of the Freeleaf Collection
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Yara Clean Ammonia and AM Green (Earlier Greenko ZeroC) Sign Term Sheet for Sale of Renewable Ammonia From India to Yara Clean A
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Prominent Female Sales Leader Sues Cynosure And Numerous Executives For Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, And Gender Discrimina
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COALITION URGES SWIFT HOUSE PASSAGE OF BILL TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTION FROM HATE CRIMES
April 24, 2009
A wide coalition of national organizations has called for the passage of the LLEHCPA legislation which enhances federal involvement against hate crimes where necessary and authorizes the prosecution of hate crimes based on sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability, in addition to race, color, religion, or national origin. ...
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Human Rights Campaign Releases Judy Shepard Video as Congress Takes up Hate Crimes Legislation
April 21, 2009
The Human Rights Campaign released a video today as part of the effort to pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (LLEHCPA) featuring Judy Shepard whose son Matthew was murdered in 1998 because he was gay ...
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Immigrant Crackdown Follows Crime and Drug Wars
April 20, 2009
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The New Hate Crime: Immigrant on Immigrant
April 17, 2009
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A Racial Shift in Drug-Crime Prisoners
April 15, 2009
For the first time in 20 years, the number of black Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has fallen sharply, while the number of white prisoners convicted for drug crimes has increased, according to a report released yesterday. ...
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Groups hope Greeley trial brings focus to hate-crimes law
April 14, 2009
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The Angie Zapata Murder: Resources for Media Coverage of Colorado's Landmark Hate Crimes Trial
April 08, 2009
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CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGALS PRODUCES CRIME DECLINE
April 06, 2009
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Human Rights Campaign Launches Website to Kick Off Campaign to Pass Federal Hate Crimes Legislation
April 06, 2009
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Tribes helped with preventing violent crimes against women
March 30, 2009
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Conservatives, Crime Policy, and the Black Vote
March 27, 2009
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Crime. Race. Discuss. Repeat.
March 06, 2009
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NYC STARTS TAKE BACK YOUR STREETS DRIVE
July 11, 2020
NEW YORK - With Black on Black crime growing rapidly, New York City officials have started an "Occupy the Corner" campaign in Harlem and other minority communities. Mayor Bill de Blasio said stopping the violence is a "we thing, not a me thing." The Mayor added "this is a very moving matter to me. This is the people taking back the street. We will solve our own challenges and make something good happen in our community." ...
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IMAM AND ASSOCIATE SLAIN OUTSIDE NY MOSQUE
August 14, 2016
Members of a Queens, NY mosque are expressing shock and outrage today following a gunman who shot and killed the mosque’s imam and his associate. ...
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Fed Report Blasts "Heavy-Handed" Puerto-Rico Police
September 08, 2011
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has engaged in a pattern and practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law. The investigation, launched in July 2008, was conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. ...
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Latinos Become Majority In Federal Prisons
September 08, 2011
A new report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission reveals, for the first time, Latinos make up more than half of all federal felony offenders sentenced so far this year. The report shows that Latinos comprised 50.3 percent of all federal felony offenders sentenced in the first nine months of fiscal year 2011. Felony immigration crimes accounted for most of the increase. Hispanics outnumber all other ethnic groups ...
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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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COURT SAYS NYPD BIAS SUIT A GO
August 31, 2011
Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin has given the go ahead to a lawsuit that challenged the city's stop-and-frisk policies as biased, especially toward Blacks and Hispanics. Judge Scheindlin said the allegations in the lawsuit were supported well enough to justify a trial to decide if New York's stop-and-frisk policies are legal. She said the trial can determine whether quotas prompted officers to stop suspects without just cause. She said the trial can also decide whether police leadership has failed to adequately train officers. ...
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Seattle Intervenes In Latino Gang War
September 01, 2011
King County plans to spend $1.4 million in reserve funds to combat the growing Latino gang problem in South King County, using both law enforcement and community outreach resources. The Sheriff’s Office believes there are over 10,000 gang members among an estimated 140 street gangs in King County. Gang related crime has gone up 165 percent since 2005 and has shifted from ...
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama Immigration Law
August 30, 2011
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked a controversial immigration law that was set to go into effect Thursday in the southern U.S. state of Alabama. The law would allow Alabama police to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally when that person is stopped for any other reason. It would also make it a crime to knowingly ...
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Latinos Want Apology From McCain
August 29, 2011
U.S. Senator John McCain is under fire today for his refusal to apologize for speculating earlier that a wildfire in Willow Arizona had been caused by illegal immigrants. McCain’s office has told the press he won’t apologize and say his earlier remarks were not specific to this fire but merely that perhaps illegal immigrants cause fires. The National Tequila Party, which claims to be a counter movement to the Tea Party said: ...
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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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U.S. To Begin Case-By-Case Review On Deportation
August 19, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responded Thursday to the April 13 letter by 22 Democratic Senators that asked the President to use his executive authority to grant relief from deportation and deferred action to DREAM Act eligible youth. In the letter, DHS announced that it will provide field guidance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) ...
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MINORITIES: END FINGERPRINTING
August 16, 2011
Activists are demonstrating outside the state Democratic Party's headquarters in Atlanta today calling on the Obama administration to scrap a federal fingerprint-sharing program aimed at deporting illegal immigrants. The demonstrators complained the “Secure Communities†program is tearing families apart and distracting local police from other crime-fighting priorities. They timed their demonstration to coincide with protests in Chicago and other cities across the nation. ...
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Tavis Smiley Examines Black Drop-out Rate
August 16, 2011
Nightly talk show host Tavis Smiley will examine what he calls one of the most disturbing aspects of the education crisis facing America today -- the increased dropout rate among teenagers specifically among black teenage males. In "Too Imprtant to Fail," the fifth installment of his PBS series Tavis Smiley Reports, Smiley investigates the root causes of this calamity as well as what can be done ...
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NAACP Wants Probe Into Race Attack
August 12, 2011
The white Mississippi teens who beat up and ran over a black man with a pickup truck may also be responsible for attacking homeless black men in the area. The head of Mississippi’s NAACP, Derrick Johnson said the civil rights group is trying to determine if the teens assaulted poor blacks based on an ...
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NAACP Outraged By Murder Of Black Man By Mississippi Teens
August 11, 2011
NAACP President Ben Jealous commented on the violent death of James Anderson of Jackson, Mississippi: “I am saddened that a horrific act like this, which appears to be motivated by hate, can still occur in 2011,†stated Jealous. “We are glad that two of the alleged attackers have been charged, and hope all individuals ...
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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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How Crack Cocaine Transformed Hip-Hop
August 09, 2011
Crack cocaine. In the 1980s, it was the newest thing. By 1986 it was raging through the inner cities of America, like wildfire, leaving pain, grief and death in its wake. Now, after 25 years, a new documentary explores how the drug also transformed pop culture, especially hip-hop. “Planet Rock: ...
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ACLU Issues Report On Reducing US Incarceration Rates
August 09, 2011
Bipartisan reforms in historically “tough on crime†states have significantly reduced incarceration rates, saved taxpayers billions of dollars, lowered crime rates and should be emulated nationwide, according to a new report ...
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Travel Warning For Haiti
August 09, 2011
The Department of State strongly urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully all travel to Haiti. Travel fully supported by organizations with solid infrastructure, evacuation options, and medical support systems in place is recommended and preferable to travel in country without such support. U.S. citizens traveling to Haiti ...
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