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Secret Services Mourns Death Of First Black Agent
August 10, 2011
Charles L. Gittens, the first black US Secret Service agent, died on July 27 an agency spokesman confirmed. He was 82. Gittens became an agent in 1956 and was first assigned to the Charlotte, N.C., office. He also worked in the New York City office investigating counterfeiting and bank fraud. After retiring in 1979, he worked for the Justice Department investigating war criminals. Danny Spriggs, vice president of global security for The Associated Press and fellow Secret Service agent, called Gittens ...
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LA Mayor Wants to Close Digital Divide Among Hispanics
August 10, 2011
Technology use among foreign-born Latinos continues to lag significantly behind that of their U.S.-born counterparts. The nativity differences are especially pronounced when it comes to internet use. That may be about to change, with the launch of the pilot program in California, Club Digital. Club Digital is a bilingual, multimedia Internet training program that will reach nearly 3 million Latinos in California during its summer pilot program, which launched on August 1, 2011. ...
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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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Convictions In Post-Katrina Bridge Shootings
August 08, 2011
A federal jury issued across-the-board guilty verdicts against five officers from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) on 25 counts in connection with the federal prosecution of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina and an extensive cover-up of those shootings The incident resulted ...
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Feds Address Drug And Alcohol Abuse In Tribal Nation
August 08, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar today announced a new federal framework to assist American Indian and Alaska Native communities in achieving their goals in the prevention, intervention and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse. ...
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Racial Violence Rocks Midwest State Fair
August 08, 2011
Wisconsin State Fair officials imposed heightened security measures after racial fighting between groups of youths on and around the midway and attacks on police officers resulted in 24 arrests. The violence began with fights between groups of African-American youths at the fair, located between Milwaukee and the suburb of West Allis, fair officials said. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said the fighting later ...
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North American Indians Suffer Disproportionate Climate Impacts
August 08, 2011
North American Indian tribes, who have lived close to the land for generations, are disproportionately affected by climate change, according to a study released by the National Wildlife Federation. There have been eight weather and climate disasters in the first half of 2011. ...
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Byron E. Lewis, CEO of UniWorld, to kick off Diversity Summit
August 08, 2011
The Seventh Annual World Diversity Leadership Summit (“WDLSâ€) will be held September 6th to 8th, 2011 in New York City. The conference will gather chief diversity officers, corporate executives, government leaders and policy makers from around the world to discuss diversity and inclusion challenges and opportunities ...
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16 Nations Ask To Federal Court To Join Immigration Lawsuit
August 05, 2011
Mexico and 15 Central American and South American countries have asked a federal court to consider their briefs in support of lawsuits seeking to overturn Alabama's new immigration law. According to Mexico's brief the law, which is slated to go into effect Sept. 1, undermines U.S.-Mexico relations. "Mexico seeks to ensure that its citizens present in the U.S. are accorded the human and civil rights granted under the U.S. Constitution," the brief states. Mexico goes on to ask that the federal court declare Alabama's law unconstitutional and prevent it from going into effect. ...
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Racial Profiling Concerns At Newark Airport
August 05, 2011
An internal TSA report finding that Hispanic passengers were racially profiled at Newark Liberty International Airport has revived concerns that security screeners may have engaged in racial profiling at airports nationwide, according to local sources. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security ...
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GOOD NEW$ FOR MINORITY DWELLERS
August 05, 2011
The National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc. (NAREB) will announce a historic engagement between the National Association of Real Estate Brokers and Wall Street investors, to launch an $800 Million HomeownerÂfs Assurance Program (HAP) to address the devastating effects of the mortgage crisis on minority families and their communities. The announcement will be made Sunday, following the first NAREB State of Housing ...
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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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Policy Change Aims To Lessen Health Care Disparities
August 04, 2011
To help address serious racial and economic disparities in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in the United States, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released a policy statement that outlines specific provisions of 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that have the potential to reduce these disparities. ASCO’s statement makes recommendations to ensure that such provisions ...
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Manufacturing Giant Settles Bias Suit
August 03, 2011
A business unit of aluminum maker Alcoa has settled a discrimination case with the U.S. Department of Labor for $540,000, the government said. Alcoa Mill Products Inc. will pay $484,656.19 in back wages to 37 Hispanics and African-Americans as well as $35,516.88 to two women who all were rejected for job positions ...
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Call To Honor First Black Marines
August 03, 2011
Marine Corps Commandant General James Amos issued a call for the first black marines to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Speaking at the National Naval Officers Association meeting in California this week, Amos said he hopes their story will inspire more blacks to "rise through the ranks." The top US Marine told hundreds of Corps officers that it is time for Congress to honor the group known as ...
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Katrina Bridge Killing Case Goes To Jury
August 03, 2011
After nearly seven hours of closing arguments, the landmark case of several current or former New Orleans police officers accused of shooting unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina has been placed in a jury's hands. A federal jury began their deliberations Wednesday after U.S. District Judge ...
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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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NJ Settles Police Dept Discrimination Suit
August 02, 2011
The federal government has reached a settlement with the state of New Jersey in a lawsuit alleging the state discriminated against black and Hispanic police officers. The Department of Justice argued a written test New Jersey used since ...
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CA Kindergarten Law Creates Barriers For Ethnic Parents
August 01, 2011
Like thousands of other California parents, Khu Yang Lee is anticipating the day when her two children can start kindergarten. But, Lee, a member of the growing Hmong community in the state’s Central Valley, was surprised to learn that a new state law might place her children in different programs depending on when they were born. ...
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Illinois Gov Signs Immigrant Education Law
August 01, 2011
Illinois governor Pat Quinn signed legislation giving undocumented immigrant students access to educational benefits today. This makes Illinois the second state in less than a week to pass legislation aimed at bolstering education for undocumented immigrants. The "Dream Act" will establish a private fund, administered ...
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Stigma Prevents HIV Testing By Black MDs
August 01, 2011
Social stigma is the largest barrier to routine HIV testing by African-American frontline care physicians, according to a new National Medical Association survey. Despite the belief by most physicians surveyed (93 percent) that HIV is either very serious or a crisis in the African-American community, findings suggested that ...
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Lawsuit To Block Alabama Immigration Law
July 22, 2011
The Southern Poverty Law Center and a coalition of other civil rights groups filed a motion today asking a federal judge to block Alabama’s anti-immigrant law from taking effect Sept. 1. The motion for preliminary injunction, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, follows a federal lawsuit the groups filed earlier this month that charged the law is unconstitutional on multiple grounds. ...
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Obama Talks Higher Taxes In Address To Latino Group
July 22, 2011
Black Radio Network will be carrying the webcast of the National Council of La Raza's annual convention live from Washington as President Barack Obama will join national leaders from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors. The conference will be held July 23–26 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel ...
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THE NAACP HEADS TO LOS ANGELES
July 21, 2011
With the theme of "Affirming America's Promise," the NAACP-- the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization--- opens it 102nd annual convention in Los Angeles tomorrow. The four-day gathering is expected to generate an economic impact of $11.4 million citywide, with a total of nearly 13,000 hotel rooms expected to be booked for the occasion. ...
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Obama To Address Latino Convention
July 21, 2011
Black Radio Network will be carrying the webcast of the National Council of La Raza's annual convention live from Washington as President Barack Obama will join national leaders from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors. The conference will be held July 23–26 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel and will feature issues vital to the Latino community and all Americans: education, the economy, health care, immigration reform, and more. ...
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Study Dispels Myths About Minorities Borrowing Meds
July 21, 2011
A study led by Temple University researchers revealed that despite warnings about borrowing medication prescribed to other people, past studies have demonstrated that many Americans say they have used someone else's medication at least once in a given year. In low income, urban populations, this rate was ...
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Call For Outside Council In Black Lawmaker's Ethics Review
July 20, 2011
After details surrounding the ethics investigation of black California Congresswoman Maxine Waters leaked earlier this week, her lawyer is calling for a swift end to the case. Politico’s coverage of now-disclosed House Ethics ...
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Hunger Stalks California's Rural Minority Areas
July 18, 2011
Across California and beyond, rural unemployment is higher and incomes lower, than in nearby urban areas. Imperial County's unemployment rate in March was 30 percent, probably the state's highest. The county's economy is almost entirely dependent on agriculture and farm labor. Orange Cove and San Joaquin ...
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New Orleans PD Under Fire In Corruption Case
July 18, 2011
In New Orleans’ federal courthouse, five police officers are currently facing charges of killing unarmed black civilians who were escaping floods from the failed levees that buckled during Hurricane Katrina. The police are also charged with conspiring to cover up their crimes. Local sources say, ...
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CO Native American Confab To Address Key Issues
July 18, 2011
The University of Northern Colorado will host a national conference that addresses Native American issues Aug. 10-11 at its Greenly campus. The second annual "Pathways to Respecting American Indian Civil Rights Conference" ...
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