By The Admin on November 30, 2011
African Americans are experiencing the sharpest edge of layoffs of government and other public workers across the country. The worst of these job cuts were at first avoided by the Obama administration’s federal stimulus package that was designed to prevent state and local layoffs.
Black public workers are one-third more likely to be laid off than [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on November 30, 2011
“Black in America,” the long-running CNN exploration of the successes and struggles of African-Americans in this country, has given Americans a look into many aspects of the black experience, but it has yet to take an in-depth look at what it means to be a young black woman.
Since 2008 the successful documentary series and companion [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on November 29, 2011
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired two Ku Klux Klan robes that will be exhibited in its future home on the National Mall.
One of the robes donated Monday comes from the family of the late writer Stetson Kennedy, who died in August some six decades after he infiltrated the [...]
Posted in Federal Government, Race
By The Admin on November 29, 2011
African-American Catholics are much more engaged in their church on a variety of levels than are white Catholics, concludes the first National Black Catholic Survey.
Whether in a majority black church, a mixed or mostly white parish, the survey found African-American Catholics feel satisfied and fulfilled in their parishes, explained retired Bishop John H. Ricard of [...]
Posted in Religion
By The Admin on November 29, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says programs to help the world’s poor should be seen as national security priorities as global economic turmoil leaves millions struggling to find work and food.
Her message Wednesday at the world’s premier development aid forum comes as leaders urge donors to boost aid despite tight budgets and the growing [...]
Posted in International News, Policy & Issues
