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Low Income Communities, People Of Color Most Affected In Recession

Low Income Communities, People Of Color Most Affected In Recession

May 09, 2011
Unemployment for Blacks is 15.5%, more than double of Whites at 7.9%. 15 states have a higher percentage of people of color than the national average of 36.9%. ... read more
How Layoffs Have Affected Black Workers In The Public Sector

How Layoffs Have Affected Black Workers In The Public Sector

April 06, 2011
As governments contemplate additional layoffs, it is important to note that few commentators have examined the racial implications of this reduction. ... read more

Poll: Illegal Immigration Affected Vote

December 14, 2010
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Help For Blacks Affected By Depression

October 01, 2010
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How Katrina Affected The Asian Community

August 26, 2010
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Crime rate Affected By Segregation, Poverty

August 16, 2010
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Opinion On Gay Marriage Not Affected By Wording

August 12, 2010
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The Right Target: How Survival Is Affected By Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status

December 11, 2009
Experts debate whether targeting racial or socioeconomic disparities would have the most impact on cancer survival ... read more

Minority groups more affected by the recession

April 07, 2009
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Minnesota STIs Reach a Record High in 2008; Minorities Remain Disproportionately Affected

April 02, 2009
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U.S. TB Rate in 2008 at Record Low; Minority, Immigrant Populations Remain Disproportionately Affected, CDC Report Says

March 24, 2009
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HUD: Blacks Disproportionately Affected by Predatory Lending in Mortgage Crisis

March 17, 2009
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Workplace Racial Harassment Decisions in US Federal Court Affected by Judges’ Race, Carnegie Mellon Study Finds

February 23, 2009
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9/11 TRIBUTE TO ORLANDO

9/11 TRIBUTE TO ORLANDO

June 16, 2016
Officials and residents of New York have gathered at the site of the 9/11 Memorial in a show of solidarity with Orlando and the mass shooting which occurred there. ... read more
IN SOLIDARITY WITH ORLANDO

IN SOLIDARITY WITH ORLANDO

June 18, 2016
Hundreds of people gathered inside New York’s Grand Central Station to rally in solidarity with the Orlando shooting victims. ... read more
Research: Minority Children Need Strategies To Fight Obesity

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. ... read more
BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS

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. ... read more
Confederate Flags Banned In VA City

Confederate Flags Banned In VA City

September 02, 2011
The city council in Lexington, Va., just voted to prohibit flying the Confederate flag on city-owned poles. The decision sparked anger among some Lexington residents, who see the Confederacy as a link to the town's past. After a 2 1/2-hour public hearing, the Lexington City Council voted 4-1 to allow only U.S., Virginia and city flags to be flown. ... read more
Study Gives Clues To High Rate Of Hypertension In Blacks

Study Gives Clues To High Rate Of Hypertension In Blacks

August 30, 2011
A study published this month in Vascular Health and Risk Management examined a key difference in the way that cells from Blacks respond to inflammation. Tis discovery could provide an answer to why this group is disproportionately affected by hypertension, something that has eluded scientists for many years. Lead author Michael Brown ... read more
Group Updates On Recovery Six Years After Katrina

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 ... read more

ADHD Rates Inch Lower For Latinos

August 23, 2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics official report the rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in US children continue to trend upward. However, Mexican children had consistently lower ADHD prevalence than other racial or ethnic groups. According to Lara J. Akinbami, MD, and colleagues, the percentage of American children diagnosed as having ADHD increased from 6.9% in 1998-2000 to 9.0% in 2007 to 2009. From 1998 through 2009, ADHD prevalence was h ... read more

Survey: 1 In 5 Children Live In Poverty

August 17, 2011
A new survey released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private charitable organization, says that child poverty in the United States increased in 38 states in the last decade. The annual KIDS COUNT Data Book shows the official child poverty rate, which is a conservative measure of economic hardship, increased 18 percent between 2000 and 2009, essentially returning to the same level as the early 1990s. ... read more

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. ... read more

BLACKS-BP PROBLEMS CONTINUE

August 15, 2011
A coalition that advocates for those who were harmed by the April 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Members of Operation People for Peace, are at the world headquarters of BP in the UK demanding compensation. The campaigners say blacks, the most vulnerable and disenfranchised claimants, are being overlooked in favor of those with political connections who have been compensated handsomely. The group submitted more than 10,000 claims and says ... read more

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. ... read more

Pres Approves More Funds For Horn Of Africa Famine

August 09, 2011
Amid the worst drought in East Africa in 60 years, the United Nations has declared that famine now affects five regions in Somalia and predicts that famine could soon expand throughout southern Somalia. ... read more

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. ... read more

Minority Seniors In Crisis

August 05, 2011
Older Americans of color are being financially squeezed as their earnings and savings drop and costs continue to rise, according to a report released today by The Greenlining Institute. African American, Asian American and Latino senior citizens are economically vulnerable and getting more so because they have less access ... read more

Latinos To Obama: "Yes, You Can"

August 04, 2011
In anticipation of the meeting with President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, the Obama Administration announced policy changes earlier this week designed to facilitate foreign entrepreneurs’ entry and permanent residency ... read more

Dermatologists Stress Early Skin Care For People Of Color

August 04, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by the year 2050, more than half the U.S. population will have skin of color. Recognizing this trend, dermatologists are educating the public about the different ways that common skin conditions appear in various skin tones. For people of color particularly, dermatologists are stressing the ... read more

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