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March 29, 2024
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Midea Group releases its first-ever ESG brand story with an unexpected VIP visit highlighting its commitment to sustainability.
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Sypher Secures Strategic Partnership with FAIA to Fuel Growth
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Suffolk Kicks off 2024 “Build With Us @ Suffolk” Program in Boston for Trade Partners, Opening Doors for Minority-,
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Carnegie Learning Named 2024 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist for Best Educational Game and Best AI Implementation in Ed Tech
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Louisiana Prisons Put Black Voting Power At Risk
September 02, 2011
Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is one of the most notorious prisons in the United States. Sometimes called “The Farm†because of its plantation-like set-up, it houses almost 5,300 men, of whom 3,900 are serving life sentences, 968 face terms of 40 years or more, and 83 are on death row. The prison is located 90 minutes ...
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Louisiana Redistricting Draws Fire
May 13, 2011
The organizations argue that Louisiana has failed to meet its burden of showing that the redistricting plan was not adopted with a discriminatory purpose as required. ...
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Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty To Shooting At Hispanic Neighbors' Home
April 28, 2011
“The defendant targeted his neighbors with violence because of their race and national origin,†said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. ...
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Rights Groups Sue Louisiana Over Voting Rights Violations
April 20, 2011
The suit alleges that Louisiana is disenfranchising minority and low-income voters by failing to offer them the opportunity to register to vote. ...
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Louisiana Cops Probe Oil Spill Workers For Immigrant Gangsters
June 11, 2010
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Drug Bust Or Racist Revenge In Louisiana?
May 25, 2010
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Louisiana Justice Institute Joins Struggle Against Illegal Race-Based Coup
March 29, 2010
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Louisiana Justice Institute Wins Victory In Discrimination Inquiry
March 15, 2010
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Louisiana justice under fire for refusing interracial marriage
October 16, 2009
The bride says the case boils down to discrimination. Humphrey told the Daily Star that she called Bardwell on October 6 to ask about getting a marriage license, and was asked by his wife if it would be an interracial marriages. Humphrey said she was told that Bardwell does not sign off on interracial marriages. ...
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Louisiana Man Convicted of Federal Hate Crime for Burning His Neighbors’ Home
October 14, 2009
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American Federation of Teachers, On Exploitation of Filipino Teachers in Louisiana
October 01, 2009
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Groups Call Attention to Conditions At Louisiana Immigration Detention Facility
August 04, 2009
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Louisiana Klan leader accused in initiation slaying 'threatened everybody,’ coerced sons to join Klan, wife says
May 29, 2009
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LOUISIANANS TO GOVERNOR JINDAL: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
May 12, 2009
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Redistricting Louisiana: The Black And White
March 24, 2009
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Louisiana ACORN Slams Jindal's Political Posturing That Hurts Families
February 27, 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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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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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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BLACKS WIN KATRINA SUIT
July 07, 2011
Black homeowners and two civil rights organizations today announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the "Road Home" program. ...
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Stunning Admissions In Katrina Shootings Case
June 29, 2011
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers allegedly fired on two black families on the Danziger Bridge. Two people died. Now the officers are on trial in a case that exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice ...
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Black Baby Boomers Eye Uncertain Retirement
June 08, 2011
Financial planners typically say retirees will need replacement income of 70-80 percent to continue living as well as they did prior to exiting the workforce. ...
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LA. Admission Standards Threaten Black College Enrollment
June 03, 2011
New admissions standards for state universities in Louisiana may have a major negative impact on black enrollments in higher education in the state. ...
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Health Care Quality Gaps And Disparities Persist Nationwide
June 01, 2011
Among minority and low-income Americans, the level of health care quality and access to services remained unfavorable. ...
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SBA Honors National Small Business Champions
May 20, 2011
These small business owners and leaders of small business support organizations were recognized today for their outstanding support of entrepreneurs. ...
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US Labor Dept. Awards $75.8M For At-Risk Youth Programs
May 18, 2011
"Every day in America, 7,000 students drop out of high school. Our nation cannot afford to lose these young people," said Secretary Solis. ...
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