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DREAM Act May Make Immigration Difficult For Many, Research Shows

July 19, 2010
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Controlling Hypertension Difficult For Hispanics

May 26, 2010
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Quitting Smoking Especially Difficult For Some Groups

February 12, 2010
Evidence-based smoking cessation treatments are addressed in another article in this special section ... read more

Help for Patients with a Difficult Blood Cancer

July 06, 2009
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NCCP Fairness Initiative on Low-Wage Work addresses difficult choices low-wage families make

March 04, 2009
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Fed Report Blasts

Fed Report Blasts "Heavy-Handed" Puerto-Rico Police

September 08, 2011
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has engaged in a pattern and practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law. The investigation, launched in July 2008, was conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. ... read more
Food Insecurity Higher In Minority Households

Food Insecurity Higher In Minority Households

September 08, 2011
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
Sharpton Aide To Black Journalists: Get On Board

Sharpton Aide To Black Journalists: Get On Board

September 06, 2011
Tamika Mallory, executive director of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, has some words of warning for Black reporters. In a column for NewsOne.com titled, “Time For Black Journalists To Stop Criticizing Rev. Sharpton,” Mallory addresses her open letter style column “to all the Black journalists out there.” "Whenever I hear people question Reverend Sharpton’s new show, ‘Politics Nation’ on MSNBC, I find myself thinking ... read more
Al Gore Compares Climate Change Skeptics To Racists

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 ... read more
Man Who Infiltrated KKK, dies

Man Who Infiltrated KKK, dies

August 29, 2011
Author and folklorist Stetson Kennedy, who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan six decades ago died yesterday at Baptist Medical Center South near St. Augustine, Fla. He was 94. Kennedy exposed the KKK's secrets to authorities and the public but was also criticized for possibly exaggerating his exploits. “Stetson Kennedy was a man of the utmost integrity who led a storied life fighting for equality and justice. His difficult ... read more
96% Of Latinos Want College For Children

96% Of Latinos Want College For Children

August 25, 2011
A new impreMedia/Latino Decisions poll reveals when it comes to their children’s education, Latino voters have clear and high aspirations. The poll shows that 96% of Latino parents would like to see their kids earn a college degree, whether it is a bachelor’s, master’s or professional degree. What is not so clear ... read more
VOTING RIGHTS HEATING UP

VOTING RIGHTS HEATING UP

August 25, 2011
Citing evidence that the State of Michigan is failing to provide low-income residents with a legally-mandated opportunity to register to vote, attorneys from Demos, Project Vote, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL), and the NAACP sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Secretary of State Ruth Johnson ... 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

Black Caucus Jobs Fair In Florida

August 22, 2011
Black Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings will be participating in the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) “For the People” Jobs Initiative event today, in Miami. Fellow South Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson 7is hosting the town hall meeting on August 22nd as well as a jobs fair on August 23rd. The CBC has been bringing town halls and jobs fairs to cities during the month of August as part of the ... read more

How Race Played Role In Post-Emancipation Era Hangings

August 19, 2011
An examination of post-emancipation executions in the South is revealing how race played a significant and under-examined role in executions. Annulla Linders, a University of Cincinnati associate professor of sociology, will present the research on Aug. 21, at the 106th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Las Vegas. Linders combed through newspaper archives in the Library of Congress ... read more

Giving Birth Linked To Cancer In Blacks

August 16, 2011
Black women are at higher risk for hormone receptor-negative breast cancer, one of the most difficult subtypes to treat, but this risk could be ameliorated somewhat by breast-feeding their children. “African-American women are more likely to have had a greater number of full-term births and less likely to have breast-fed their babies,” said Julie Palmer, Sc.D., professor of epidemiology at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University. “This study shows a clear link between that and hormone ... read more

NY Lawmakers Push For Urban Jobs Act

August 16, 2011
With more than one-third of the nation's minority youth unemployed, a group of politicians and community activists today stood at Make the Road New York in Jackson Heights today, to continue their push for federal legislation aimed at increasing employment among at-risk youth. The Urban Jobs Act, they say, would provide federal funding to nonprofit organizations, allowing them to carry out programming ... read more

Civil Rights Training Conference Brings Together American Indians

August 12, 2011
About 500 people attended the University of Northern Colorado’s second annual Pathways to Respecting American Indian Civil Rights training conference Wednesday and Thursday. The focus of the conference was to educate on the issues affecting American Indians. Topics included violence against women, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and environmental justice. ... read more

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 ... 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

Black Radio Mogul Dies

August 05, 2011
Dorothy Brunson, the first black female radio station owner in America, died this past weekend after complications from ovarian cancer. She was 72. Brunson got her start in 1962 as the assistant controller of New York City's WWRL-AM (1600). She rose through the ranks to become GM, and later joined WLIB-AM. ... read more

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 ... read more

SCLC To Carry On Fallen Leader's Vision

August 03, 2011
Following the sudden death of Southern Christian Leadership Conference president, Rev. Howard Creecy Jr., other SCLC leaders expressed shock but vowed to continue the work he started. Creecy died of an apparent heart attack on Thursday, he was 57. Creecy was elected president of the civil rights group in January ... read more

Rosa Parks Memorabilia Missing

July 21, 2011
The memorabilia collection of civil rights icon Rosa Parks - medals, papers, even the hat she wore on her historic bus ride - is in the hands of a New York auction house, its ownership in limbo, with a value once pegged at $US10 million. Her estate, valued at $US372,000 at the time of her death, is mostly gone - eaten up by lawyers' fees. ... read more

Postal Service Honors Black Publisher John H. Johnson

July 21, 2011
As part of its Black Heritage Stamp series, the United States Postal Service is honoring legendary black publisher John H. Johnson. “We are proud to immortalize John H. Johnson as our latest inductee in our Black Heritage stamp series,” said Stephen Kearney, manager, Stamp Services. “He was the trailblazing publisher of Ebony, Jet and other magazines as well as an entrepreneur. In 1982, he became the first black person to appear on Forbes magazine’s annual list of the 400 wealthiest people in America. His magazines portrayed black people positively at a time when such representation ... read more

CA Redistricting Angers Minorities

July 19, 2011
Redesigning new political boundaries in California has given minority observers a bigger headache then they expected. The spotlight centers around Los Angeles. A big problem is that the upcoming August 15 deadline for approval of the ... read more
Treasury Expands Small Business

Treasury Expands Small Business "Main Street" Program

July 07, 2011
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that six community banks received a total of $123 million as part of the first wave of capital provided by the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF). The SBLF, which was established as part of the Small Business Jobs Act that President Obama signed into law ... read more
Asian American Navigating The College Admissions Process

Asian American Navigating The College Admissions Process

July 05, 2011
The existence of obstacles to Asian Americans gaining admission to elite universities stems from the perception that, as a group, they have performed relatively well in higher education. From 1976 to 2007, the percentage of Asian American college students increased from 1.8 to 6.7 percent ... read more
Voting Right Restrictions Under Scrutiny

Voting Right Restrictions Under Scrutiny

June 30, 2011
Sixteen U.S. senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday urging it to review new state voter ID laws and scrutinize their implementation to ensure that eligible voters are not disenfranchised. “The civil and human rights community welcomes the senators’ request ... read more
Was Mark Twain A Closet Racist?

Was Mark Twain A Closet Racist?

June 29, 2011
In the wake of the unveiling of a commemorative stamp depicting iconic author Mark Twain, a Baylor University scholar says there was more to anti-racist Twain than most people know — including a stint as a Confederate soldier and a boyhood in which he believed that slavery was right and righteous. ... read more

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