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KAISER HEALTH DISPARITIES REPORT: A WEEKLY LOOK AT RACE, ETHNICITY AND HEALTH
March 06, 2009
Kaiser Weekly Health Report focuses on the important issues regarding health and wellness for all minorities. ...
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Black Press Week To Salute The Obama Family, Civil Rights & Political Leaders
March 06, 2009
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House Passes Lee Multiple Sclerosis Week Resolution
March 06, 2009
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Martin to fill-in for CNN's Campbell Brown; gets own weekend show
February 26, 2009
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HUD ALLOCATES MORE THAN $10 BILLION OF RECOVERY ACT FUNDING ONE WEEK AFTER BILL SIGNING
February 26, 2009
Recovery Act investments in HUD programs will generate tens of thousands of jobs, help the families and communities hardest hit by the economic crisis, and modernize homes to make them energy efficient ...
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PRESIDENT OBAMA on Newsweek Cover
February 23, 2009
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PROTESTS IN TIMES SQUARE
July 07, 2016
A number of civil rights demonstrators have been arrested in New York’s Times Square while protesting the police-related shootings nationally of two black men this week. ...
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NYC HOLDS RACIAL SUMMIT WITH CLERGY
August 20, 2014
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FAST FOOD WORKERS STRIKE FOR BETTER PAY
September 04, 2014
NEW YORK - Thousands of workers from McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and other fast food outlets nationally are striking today to seek better wages ...
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Mourners Protest Black Youths Death By NYPD
November 27, 2020
NEW YORK – One year after a white New York police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old black youth, the victim’s friends and family took to the streets of the Bronx, NY over the weekend to protest police bias. Ramarley Graham was killed from a single shot fired by police officer Richard Haste who followed Graham into his home. The cop was part of a narcotics detail. Haste said he fired his weapon believing Graham was reaching for a gun. He had no weapon. ...
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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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BLACKS EYE OBAMA'S JOBS SPEECH
September 08, 2011
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." ...
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Black Contractors To Protest Mississippi Bridge Project
September 07, 2011
Work on the new $700 million Mississippi River Bridge north of downtown St. Louis could come to a halt next week. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks and the Metro-East Black Contractors Organization announced their plans ...
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Latinos Eye Texas Redistricting Trial
September 06, 2011
Texas Republicans will face off against Democrats and minority advocacy groups this week in the first trial related to contested redistricting maps approved by the Legislature earlier this year. The trial will combine several federal lawsuits, The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) will present its case seeking equal representation for Texas Latinos in the congressional and State House redistricting plans. ...
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Chicago Minority Caucuses Push For Casino
September 02, 2011
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 ...
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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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Judge Reviewing Black Farmer Settlement
September 02, 2011
U.S. Federal District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington is reviewing the $1.25 billion settlement in a class action stemming from allegations the government discriminated against black farmers in loan processing. Friedman met for about eight hours with the plaintiffs' team, government lawyers and farmers, some of whom traveled ...
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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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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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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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OBAMA REACTS TO BLACK CRITICS
August 30, 2011
Under fire from Black lawmakers for allegedly ignoring rising unemployment in their communities, President Obama took to the radiowaves saying he understands their concerns. Obama appeared on the popular Black-oriented Tom Joyner show today as part of an effort by his administration to remind Black voters that the country’s first Black president is fighting for them. The president reminded the show's primarily Black audience that Martin Luther King's efforts regarding unemployment took time ...
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Al Gore Compares Climate Change Skeptics To Racists
August 30, 2011
In an interview with FearLess Revolution founder, Alex Bogusky, former U.S. vice President Al Gore compared the debate over climate change to the Civil Rights movement in the US in the 1960s. This comparison has sparked negative reaction from members of the black leadership network, Project 21. The group condemned Gore’s attempt to "injected race into the debate over emissions regulations by comparing those ...
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Group Updates On Recovery Six Years After Katrina
August 30, 2011
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law remains concerned about low-income and minority communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina six years ago and presently. "We are still committed to fighting for racial justice and ongoing recovery efforts in the Gulf," said Lawyers' Committee Executive Director Barbara Arnwine. "There is still much work to be done and it is quite disheartening that these vulnerable ...
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Feds Announce Minority Enterprise Conference
August 29, 2011
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency today announced the opening of registration for the 2011 Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week) Conference, which will be held Sept. 27-30 ...
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Hispanic Media Holds Its Ground Against The Mainstream
August 29, 2011
A Pew Research Center’s study released today reveals Spanish-language media remains important to the nation’s growing and changing Hispanic population. The report, Project for Excellence in Journalism, shows in the last year, this media sector tended to fare better overall than the mainstream English-language media Hispanic newspapers overall lost circulation in 2010, but not nearly to the extent of the English-language ...
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Irene Cuts MLK Festivities Short
August 26, 2011
A planned weekend dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall has been postponed until September or October due to approaching Hurricane Irene. The Sunday event would have been the culmination of a five-day celebration of the newest monument in Washington. Harry E. Johnson Sr., chief executive ...
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Hurricane Irene Threatens MLK Dedication
August 25, 2011
As the East Coast braces for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, Washington is preparing for the dedication of The Martin Luther King, Jr National Memorial on Sunday. Mayor Vincent Gray unveiled street signs designating “Martin Luther King Jr. Drive†today and told The Washington Times he and council member Marion Barry were undeterred by the inclement forecast ahead of a Saturday morning march for D.C. autonomy and a Sunday dedication that could draw 250,000 visitors. Mr. Barry noted the protesters of the 1960s ...
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Hall Of Fame To Honor Aretha Franklin
August 24, 2011
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, will be honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University during the 16th annual American Music Masters series this November. Franklin will be the subject of a week-long celebration that will tell the story of the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In conjunction with the Museum’s latest special exhibit, Women Who Rock ...
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Poll: Civil Rights Advancements Is MLK's Most Important Legacy
August 23, 2011
-Most Americans believe the "most monumental" facet of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, legacy is the advancement of civil rights in the U.S, according to the Northwestern Mutual Foundation's "Monumental Legacy" survey, The survey was presented prior to the dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., monument on the National Mall in Washington this weekend. When asked "which aspect of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy is most monumental," half of respondents (47%) chose "his advancements in civil rights ...
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PHILLY CURFEW ANGERS BLACKS
August 22, 2011
Black Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has announced a Friday and Saturday night curfew for those under 18 will be extended until school begins in two weeks. On Aug. 8, Nutter announced a 9 p.m. curfew in the downtown and university areas after flash mobs of mostly black youth engaged in random attacks on people as well as property damage. Despite a weekend of protests from members of the community who claim the curfew targets Blacks, the mayor credited support from parents and business owners for the success of the curfew. Protestors called ...
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Company Pulls Racist Skin Care Ad
August 19, 2011
Skin care company Nivea has apologized for an advertisement they placed in Esquire that featured a clean cut Black male throwing a mask of a face with an Afro and beard with the title “Look Like You Give a Damn. Re-civilize Yourself.†The ad for Nivea for Men appeared in the September issue of Esquire magazine. Reactions came ...
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