By The Admin on July 31, 2008
- Anticipating the largest voter turnout in history – and ensuing problems at the polls – the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) hosted a three-day Operation Big Vote Training Academy in New Orleans last week to train field organizers on voter registration, education, mobilization, and voter protection.
“Our job is to make sure each [...]
Posted in 2008 Elections
By The Admin on July 31, 2008
Michael H. Cottman, BlackAmericaWeb.com
- Democrats are spending an unprecedented $20 million to mobilize Hispanic voters around the candidacy of Barack Obama, whose campaign has already spent more on Latino outreach than any presidential campaign in history.
The news comes as a new Pew Hispanic Center survey finds Obama holding a substantial lead over Republican John McCain [...]
Posted in 2008 Presidential Candidates
By The Admin on July 31, 2008
Sherrel Wheeler Stewart, BlackAmericaWeb.com
- Tuesday’s apology for slavery and Jim Crow segregation from the U.S. House of Representatives is a necessary step toward healing some of America’s racial ills and could open the door for serious dialogue on reparations, some observers say.
“When you admit to guilt, the next thing people say is, ‘what are you [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on July 31, 2008
- National Minority Donor Awareness Day (NMDAD), August 1, is an annual event designed to increase awareness about the need and importance of organ, tissue, marrow, and blood donation among all minority communities. Launched in 1996, National Minority Donor Awareness Day also focuses on how to prevent end organ failure through healthy living.
Every 14 minutes [...]
Posted in Featured, Health
By The Admin on July 31, 2008
- As CNN explores many of the aspects of the African-American experience in its “Black in America” series, a new report shows that the vast majority of African-American and Latino families who have entered the middle class are either borderline or at high risk of falling out of the middle class altogether. The 2008 study [...]
Posted in Money & Finance
