June 2010
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New Research Shows Neighborhoods Have a Major Influence on the Health of African-American, Latino Boys and Young Men
New research funded by The California Endowment finds that African-American and Latino boys and young men are much more likely to experience poor health outcomes than white boys and young men. Most of these differences in health are directly related to the neighborhoods where they grow up. To improve health outcomes for boys and young [...]
NABJ letter to cable news executives about the lack of diversity on prime-time news shows
The following letter was released today by the National Association of Black Journalists: Dear Cable News Executives: It is 2010, but the National Association of Black Journalists sees our cable news networks moving backward when it comes to who they believe is worthy of anchoring prime-time news shows. NABJ was founded in 1975 to encourage [...]
Unable to pass stimulus, Dems push aid for jobless
Unable to deliver more stimulus spending for President Barack Obama, Democrats in Congress are trying at least to restore jobless benefits for 1.3 million laid-off workers. House Democrats moved toward a vote Wednesday evening on a bill that would extend unemployment benefits for people who have been laid off for long stretches through the end [...]
Making History by Running Away From It
Ben Adler, Newsweek – If Tim Scott, the Republican nominee in South Carolina’s first congressional district, wins election in November, he will become the first African-American Republican to be elected to Congress from the former Confederacy since Reconstruction. Scott faces only token Democratic opposition in the heavily Republican district. In fact, his opponent, Ben Frasier [...]
Report: Harvard scholar Gate’s arrest avoidable
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the police sergeant who arrested him last July after a confrontation outside his home both missed opportunities to “ratchet down” the situation and end things more calmly, according to a review of the case released Wednesday. The independent review said “misunderstandings and failed communications” and a “certain degree [...]
