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April 23, 2024
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New LegalShield Data: Consumer Stress in Swing States Currently Suggests a Democratic Win in November
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Statement on the Release of the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
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Blacks Continue To Bear HIV Burden
August 03, 2011
The Center for Disease Control's first multi-year estimates released today from its national HIV incidence surveillance find that overall, the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States was relatively stable. Data show approximately 50,000 new infections each year between 2006 and 2009. However, HIV infections ...
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Communities Of Color, Poverty Bear Burden Of Air Pollution
May 26, 2011
“It’s well known that communities of color and low income communities bear the disproportionate share of the deaths and illnesses associated with pollution. ...
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CDC: Burden Of STDs Fall On Minorities
November 22, 2010
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Urban Minorities Carry Largest Burden In Unemployment Saga
June 11, 2010
The Great Recession has caused millions of job losses across the country. Many families and communities are devastated. While every metropolitan area has experienced some negative economic consequences from the Great Recession, not all areas have suffered equally. Looking just at annual unemployment rates in ...
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Black Mayor Brings Redemption To Town Burdened By Racist Past
April 23, 2010
The day the Ku Klux Klan paid a visit to this cauldron of racial hatred in Mississippi is deeply etched on James Young’s memory. He remembers his father standing in ...
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Black Caucus: Education Bill "Tackles
Twin Burdens"
March 31, 2010
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EDUCATION BILL EASES FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR MINORITIES
March 30, 2010
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Burden Of HIV/TB Infections Falling On Hispanics
February 11, 2010
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Report: Estate Tax Burden Falls Disproportionately On Same-Sex Couples
November 24, 2009
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Cap-And-Trade Would Mostly Burden The Poor
November 16, 2009
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Doctor Works to Reduce Cancer Burden in Africa
June 12, 2009
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Black Women Bear the Burden of Domestic Violence
June 08, 2009
Domestic violence is a problem within every socio-economic group. But nowhere is the problem more acute, more lasting, and more devastating than among African American women. ...
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Easing Small Business Tax Burden Would Spur Jobs
May 07, 2009
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White man's burden? Discrimination suits flourish
April 29, 2009
FILE - In this Monday Sept. 25, 1978 file photo, Allan Bakke is trailed by news and television reporters after attending his first day at the Medical School of the University of California at Davis. Bakke,sued the university for reverse discrimination after his application was rejected in 1973 and 1974. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the university to admit Bakke, deciding that the school had illegally discriminated against him because he is white. The history-making 1978 decision far from decided the bigger issue of whether efforts protect minorities discriminated against the majority. Courts across the nation have grappled with it ever since, but in largely limited ways. (AP Photo/Walt Zeboski, File) ...
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Lawmakers Press IRS to Ease Small Business Tax Burdens
April 02, 2009
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The Burden Of Being Black In America
March 25, 2009
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American Households Would Face Annual Burden of $144.8 Billion Under Cap-and-Trade System; Costs Would Be Disproportionately Bor
March 18, 2009
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REPORT FINDS THAT NON-WHITES ARE BEARING THE HEAVIEST BURDEN IN CURRENT RECESSION
March 16, 2009
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Research: Minority Children Need Strategies To Fight Obesity
September 08, 2011
The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, created by the president as part of the first lady's "Let's Move" campaign, aims to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation, returning the country to a rate of 5 percent by 2030, which was the rate before childhood obesity first began to rise in the late 1970s. ...
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BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS
September 02, 2011
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. ...
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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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CA Passes Law Protecting Minority Voting Strength
August 31, 2011
The California State Legislature is receiving praise for passing legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering. Assembly Member Mike Davis sponsored the bill that will help bring California's redistricting process in line with basic principles ...
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Study Looks At Mental Health Of Gay Black Men
August 31, 2011
The harassment, discrimination and negative feelings about homosexuality that Black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, a new study finds. “Racism, homo-negativity and the experience of violence and discrimination contribute significantly to mental disorder burden and morbidity in this community,†said Louis F. Graham ...
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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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Feds Must Justify Withholding Black Panther Docs
August 11, 2011
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that a federal court rejected a claim of the attorney work product doctrine by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for documents prepared after the government dismissed its case against the New Black Panther Party ...
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Illinois Police Question Traffic-Stop Study
August 11, 2011
The 2010 results for a traffic stop study were just released by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The study is supposed to determine whether minority drivers were being stopped and ticketed more often than white drivers in Illinois. Since 2004, every officer who makes a traffic stop is required to fill out a separate form indicating the driver’s race, the reason for the stop, whether the driver was given a ticket or warning and whether the car was searched. Each department compiles the annual statistics and reports them to the state. ...
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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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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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ACLU Challenges "Pay Or Stay" Prison Policy
August 04, 2011
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan said today that they are challenging “pay or stay†sentences imposed on five persons across the state who were illegally jailed for being too poor to pay court fines. ...
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Feds Sue To Block State Immigration Law
August 02, 2011
An Alabama immigration law that is widely considered the toughest in the nation is being challenged in court by the Obama administration, which contends that the state is overstepping its authority on border enforcement. The Department of Justice challenged the state of Alabama’s recently passed immigration law ...
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