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Nation's Mayors Speak Out On

Nation's Mayors Speak Out On "Failed" War On Drugs

June 22, 2011
According to the mayors’ resolution, the Criminal Justice commission will produce recommendations to “reduce crime and violence, improve cost-effectiveness, ensure the interests of justice at every step of the criminal justice system…reduce incarceration, reform U.S. drug policy, eliminate racial and gender disparities ... read more
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DID "WAR ON DRUGS" TARGET BLACKS?

June 06, 2011
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New Drugs Encouraging For Blacks Hepatitis C Patients

New Drugs Encouraging For Blacks Hepatitis C Patients

May 26, 2011
“We found a 65 to 75 percent cure rate in both the people who had never been treated and in those who had a relapse and in the third group we found up to a 55 percent cure rate.” ... read more
NJ Alliance Aims To Chart New Course In Fight Against Drugs

NJ Alliance Aims To Chart New Course In Fight Against Drugs

March 18, 2011
Conference will examine the decades-old ramifications of President Nixon’s declaration of the “war on drugs” in urban communities like Newark. ... read more

Obama Changes Stance on Drugs

January 31, 2011
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Hispanics High On Life, Not Drugs, Alcohol

August 03, 2010
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Feds Fight Drugs In Indian Country

April 28, 2010
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowsketoday unveiled a new anti-methamphetamine (meth) ad campaign tailored for Indian Country, launched in New Mexico and in 14 other states with the largest Native American populations. Director Kerlikowske was joined by ... read more

War On Drugs Or War On Mexicans?

February 09, 2010
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First-of-its-Kind Spanish-Language Program To Keep Kids Off Drugs Launched

September 10, 2009
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Drugs, Murder, Race, and Harvard

Drugs, Murder, Race, and Harvard

July 20, 2009
Chanequa Campbell rose from Brooklyn's gritty Bed-Stuy neighborhood to the pinnacle of the ivy league. Then somebody died in her dorm ... read more
BLACK HISTORY NEWS PERSPECTIVE: The Racist Tradition of The War On Drugs

BLACK HISTORY NEWS PERSPECTIVE: The Racist Tradition of The War On Drugs

June 10, 2009
*According to the Drug Policy Alliance (www.drugpolicy.org), African Americans constitute 13 percent of all users of illegal drugs but they make up 35 percent of those arrested for drug possession, 55 percent of those convicted, and a whopping 74 percent of those sent to prison. ... read more

Mexico and the "War on Drugs"

March 26, 2009
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UN HONORS MANDELA

UN HONORS MANDELA

October 05, 2018
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK – Prior to the opening of the annual gathering of the UN General Assembly the world organization took time to honor an historic Black leader. ... read more
MINORITY COMMUNITIES HIT BY NEW DRUG CRISIS

MINORITY COMMUNITIES HIT BY NEW DRUG CRISIS

November 27, 2020
Alarmed that 33 people were severally sickened by an overdose of the synthetic marijuana known as K2, law enforcement have fanned out in minority sections of Brooklyn, NY to locate the sources of the drugs. ... read more
Study: Doctors May 'Learn

Study: Doctors May 'Learn" Bias In Med School

September 06, 2011
New Johns Hopkins research shows that medical students -- just like the general American population -- may have unconscious if not overt preferences for white people, but this innate bias does not appear to translate into different or lesser health care of other races. The research findings, to be published tomorrow in the Journal ... read more
Justice Dept. Finds Florida Inmates Abused

Justice Dept. Finds Florida Inmates Abused

August 30, 2011
A U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the Miami-Dade County jail system has found inmates are routinely abused, refused mental and physical medical care and are constantly at risk for disease. The report details the deplorable conditions within the county’s Corrections and Rehabilitation Department and claims employees ... read more

Money Woes Drive Black Smoker Rates Down

August 22, 2011
A new report in the American Journal of Public Health suggests that increasing cigarette prices combined with other social and economic factors appear to be behind the steep decline in smoking rates among Black youth that occurred between 1970s and the mid-1990s. The report argues that racial differences in parental attitudes, ... read more

Tavis Smiley Examines Black Drop-out Rate

August 16, 2011
Nightly talk show host Tavis Smiley will examine what he calls one of the most disturbing aspects of the education crisis facing America today -- the increased dropout rate among teenagers specifically among black teenage males. In "Too Imprtant to Fail," the fifth installment of his PBS series Tavis Smiley Reports, Smiley investigates the root causes of this calamity as well as what can be done ... read more

Race Doesn't Predict HIV Risk, CDC Says

August 15, 2011
Income and education -- not race -- predicts HIV risk among inner-city heterosexuals, according to CDC data out today. They have determined that low-income heterosexuals in 24 urban cities were up to 20 times more likely to become infected with HIV than the rest of the U.S. population. ... read more

ACLU Issues Report On Reducing US Incarceration Rates

August 09, 2011
Bipartisan reforms in historically “tough on crime” states have significantly reduced incarceration rates, saved taxpayers billions of dollars, lowered crime rates and should be emulated nationwide, according to a new report ... read more

NAACP Calls For End To Drug War

August 01, 2011
The NAACP has passed an historic resolution calling to an end the war on drugs with a majority vote at its annual convention in Los Angeles. The resolution outlines key details of the war on drugs, which the organization notes are crucial failings; the U.S. spends $40 billion annually on the war, and low-level drug offenders ... read more

BLACK MEN SAFER IN PRISON?

July 22, 2011
According to a study, black men are half as likely to die in prison than if they are free. The authors of the study, set to be published in the Annals of Epidemiology, claim that easier access to healthcare, protection from drugs and alcohol, and the ability to avoid deadly Black-on-Black violence leads to a longer lifespan for those who are incarcerated. African-American males are the only group for which these facts hold true, according to the authors of the study. The authors of the research also claim that the study reflects a pattern that those from disadvantaged groups live longer in prison primarily because they are protected from violent injuries and murder that can happen on the outside. ... read more

Traffic Stop Deportations Soar Under Obama Admin

July 22, 2011
The Obama administration set a record in the last fiscal year for the number of criminal immigrants forced to leave the country. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show significant increases in the deportation of people after they were arrested for breaking traffic or immigration laws or driving drunk. Of the 393,000 deportations in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, half were considered criminals ... read more

Black Bankers Take Up King's Fight

July 21, 2011
Atlanta-based radio talk show host Warren Ballentine and the Washington, D.C.-based National Bankers Association believe reinvesting in Black-owned banks could inspire economic healing and strength in every aspect ... read more

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 ... read more
American Indian Infants Death Rate Double That Of Whites

American Indian Infants Death Rate Double That Of Whites

July 06, 2011
American Indian infants in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota are roughly twice as likely to die as white infants, and health officials say the best defense is prevention and education. American Indian infants tend to face greater risks, including being born prematurely, having teenage mothers ... read more
Hackers Target AZ Police Over Immigration Law

Hackers Target AZ Police Over Immigration Law

June 24, 2011
"We are targeting AZDPS specifically because we are against SB1070 law and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona," LulzSec said in a press release. "Hackers of the world are uniting and taking direct action against our common oppressors: the government, corporations, police, and militaries of the world." ... read more
Feds Accuse Gang Of Targeting Blacks

Feds Accuse Gang Of Targeting Blacks

June 08, 2011
“The Azusa 13 gang waged a campaign of hate during a two-decade crime spree in which African-Americans were harassed and attacked.” ... read more
Court Orders New Look At City Immigration Law

Court Orders New Look At City Immigration Law

June 06, 2011
"We are required to intervene when states and localities directly undermine the federal objectives embodied in statutes enacted by Congress." ... read more
Bayer Gender Bias Lawsuit Widens

Bayer Gender Bias Lawsuit Widens

May 25, 2011
According to the amended complaint, there is an entirely new class of plaintiffs and an additional Bayer HealthCare Division now added to the case. ... read more

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