Today's Date: June 21, 2021
Diversity at Private Equity Firms, Hedge Funds See A Boost This Summer, Thanks To New 'Women In Alternatives' Talent Pipeline Cr   •   Sharjah Honours Kenyan Humanitarian Outfit, RefuSHE, for Pioneering Contributions in Child and Girl-Focused Refugee Development   •   Aiming High: St. Louis Scott Gallagher Awards Soccer Scholarships In Memory of 14 Honorees, More Than 80 Living Legacy Scholarsh   •   Veteran Journalist Cherie Grzech Joins NewsNation as Vice President of News, Managing Editor   •   Black Bear Sports Group Hires First Ever Female Junior Hockey Coach for 2021-22   •   Our time is now: Pow Wow Pitch Calling all Indigenous Entrepreneurs   •   Accessibility Standards Canada 2020-2021 annual report: Keeping our focus on an accessible Canada   •   Welltower to Acquire Holiday Retirement's 86-Property Seniors Housing Portfolio for $1.58 billion in conjunction with Atria's Ac   •   Health Net Assisting Members Across California During State of Emergency   •   Bob Evans Farms Teams With Actor Gary Sinise To Pay Homage To Military Heroes And Their Families   •   Coca-Cola North America Steps up Spending With Minority-Owned Media Companies   •   Holiday Retirement To Join Atria Senior Living's Management Services Business   •   carafem Expands Telehealth Abortion Care to Connecticut Offering Personalized and Medically Supported Abortion Pill by Mail Serv   •   FDA Approves First Oral Blood Thinning Medication for Children   •   Eaton Workshop Takes Pride in its Results for the LGBTQI Community   •   FIBRA Prologis announces changes in the Technical Committee   •   Alliant Celebrates 2021 Elite Women Honorees   •   Exploding Kittens Launches New Game, Exploding Minions   •   Canada's oath of citizenship now recognizes First Nations, Inuit and Métis rights   •   Shoe Carnival Announces Two-For-One Stock Split
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NY CABBIES SEEK RELIEF

NY CABBIES SEEK RELIEF

NEW YORK - Hundreds of New York City taxi drivers, many of them minorities, today took their yellow cabs to City Hall to seek help. They want financial support from the City because of the sharp decline in ridership resulting from the COVID-19 impact. They also are complaining about the increased competition from Uber and Lyft and the fact that their taxi licenses have substantially decreased in value. The taxi licenses, which are issued in limited numbers by the City, once were valued at about one million dollars, but today are only worth a fraction of that amount. The drivers demanded debt forgiveness. ... read more
NYC Students Demand End To Job Bias

NYC Students Demand End To Job Bias

NEW YORK – Students and graduates from the Borough of Manhattan Community College, joined by members of the NY City Council, are demanding an end to credit checks by employees, which they charge unfairly blocks qualified students and recent graduates from needed jobs. ... read more
NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News

NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News

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. ... read more
BLACKS EYE OBAMA'S JOBS SPEECH

BLACKS EYE OBAMA'S JOBS SPEECH

Ahead of President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress tonight, Black California Congresswoman Maxine Water's is putting the pressure on the president to make clear just what it is he plans to do to help the communities suffering the most in this bad economy. In a statement issued today, Waters challenged the president to, "spend as much energy working to create jobs in the black community as he is campaigning for votes in one of the whitest states in the nation." ... read more
Despite Bleak Jobs Market Minorities Still Optimistic

Despite Bleak Jobs Market Minorities Still Optimistic

- Findings from the Blair-Rockefeller Poll challenge long-held assumptions about the impact of the economy on political attitudes and voting behaviors, according to a new report released today by political scientist Todd Shields. The report, “The Economy Across Race and Region: Unemployment Fails to Dampen Positive Outlook Among African Americans ... read more
Food Insecurity Higher In Minority Households

Food Insecurity Higher In Minority Households

The USDA today released a new report of Food Security in the U.S.. The report showed that food insecurity rates were substantially higher than the national average for households with incomes near or below the current federal poverty line ($22,350 for a family of four), households with children headed by single women ... read more
Report: Poverty Linked To Minority Health

Report: Poverty Linked To Minority Health

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 ... read more
CA Black Community Rallies For LA Sports Complex

CA Black Community Rallies For LA Sports Complex

Citing Black unemployment, minority rights groups in the Black community are calling on California Senator Alan Lowenthal and all California legislators to stand up for jobs, especially for those hit hardest by the recession. The protest is co-sponsored ... read more
Study Debunks Minority Financial Aid Myth

Study Debunks Minority Financial Aid Myth

A new report by financial aid and college planning author, Mark Kantrowitz, challenges the assumption that college grant money flows disproportionately to members of minority groups. Kantrowitz, an ABD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, says his paper presents data concerning the distribution of grants and scholarships by race. It debunks the race myth, which claims that minority students receive more than their fair share of scholarships. ... read more
Report: Black Males Unable To Hold On To Middle Class

Report: Black Males Unable To Hold On To Middle Class

According to a new report by Pew’s Economic Mobility Project, a middle-class upbringing does not guarantee the same status as an adult, The report, Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking Up from the American Dream, considers potential factors that cause a third of Americans who grow up in the middle – defined ... read more
Chicago Minority Caucuses Push For Casino

Chicago Minority Caucuses Push For Casino

Chicago City Council’s Black and Hispanic Caucuses this week joined the battle between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn over a land-based casino and slot machines at O'Hare and Midway airports. The City Council members said a ... read more
BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS

BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS

The Labor Department released the August jobs report today showing that while unemployment figures remained unchanged from July's 9.1 percent. Black unemployment climbed to 16.7 percent. This is the highest its been since 1984. The unemployment rate for Black males rose a whole percentage point to 18.0 percent and the rate for Black youths aged 16–19 jumped from 39.2 to 46.5 percent. ... read more
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