Backed Into Corner by GOP, Obama Ramps Up Electronic Snooping
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
Proposed regulations would give government and law enforcement agencies greater access to Americans' private email.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: bush, election, gop, obama, patriotic act, surveillance
Fed-Up Stockton Homeowners Seek Foreclosure Help from HUD
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Four of the 10 U.S. cities with the highest rates of home foreclosures are in the Central Valley, with Stockton currently ranking a dismal No. 5.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: california, central valley, crisis, economy, homeowners, housing, hud, stockton
Black Leaders Call Out Paladino
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
New York state’s Black leaders released a statement after last Tuesday's primary addressing a new enemy: the Republican candidate for governor.
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Bishop Eddie Long: “I am not a perfect man. But this thing I’m gon' fight.”
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Bishop Eddie Long told his congregation that he will “fight very vigorously” against allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Tags: atlanta, bishop eddie long, mega church, sexual misconduct, young men
After 20 Years in Jail, Torture Cop Accuser Set Free
Final Call , News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Despite the lost years, Victor Safforld said he is not going to waste any time being bitter. Instead, he wants to become a community activist.
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Tags: burge, chicago, jail, torture, victor safforld
How LeBron James Unmasked Mass Hypocrisy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 27, 2010
LeBron James was attacked for his televised “decision” to leave Cleveland for a better team, but the show raised millions for youth.
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Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers, Dwayne Wade, ESPN, football, LeBron James, Miami Heat
Bishop Eddie Long: Victim, Hypocrite or Both in Sex Scandal?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
The recent sex scandal accusations against Bishop Eddie Long highlight how he has made gay-bashing a growth industry in black churches.
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Tags: black church, Eddie Long, homosexuality, sex scandal
Sarah Palin Plays Race Card (Without Mentioning Race)
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Sarah Palin is the latest in politicians who pretend to be color-blind but stoke racial fires by speaking in code.
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Tags: Obama, race, race card, Sarah palin, Tea Party
Bridging the Achievement Gap—or Not
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
This week on YO!Radio we take a look at the achievement gap, where many young people are left with the short end of the stick.
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Tags: achievement gap, education, youth
Civil Rights Activist Revealed As FBI Informant
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
According to a report by Democracy Now, Ernest Withers worked closely with the FBI to monitor civil rights activists during the 1960s
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Tags: civil rights, ernest withers, fbi, informant, photography
Videotaped Beating by Philadelphia Police Stirs Storm of Protest
San Francisco Bayview, Video, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
A video showing Philadelphia police officers beating a man for two minutes has taken the Internet by storm.
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Tags: askia sabur, beating, police, videotape, west philadelphia
March Remembers Unarmed Blacks Shot by New Orleans Police
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
Activists, religious leaders, politicians and others commemorated the Danziger Bridge shootings by having a wreath laying ceremony.
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Tags: danziger bridge, katrina, new orleans, police, shooting
Ethnic Californians Know Little About Health Care Reform, Poll Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
A new poll finds that ethnic adults believe Obama's health care reform law will benefit them, even though they don’t know much about it.
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Tags: ethnic Californians, health care reform law, insurance, poll, President Obama, small business
Prof. Ron Walters, Leading Black Political Expert, Dies at 72
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
Dr. Walters, 72, died the evening of Sept. 10 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., after a long battle with cancer.
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Immigrant Advocates Pin Hopes on Dream Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
After a summer focused on fighting off Arizona’s hard-line SB 1070, immigrant advocates are seeking to regain momentum with an all-out push on the Dream Act.
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Tags: Arizona, Dream Act, immigrants rights advocates, immigration reform, SB 1070, washington
The Global Crisis: Gun Violence and Children
NNPA, Commentary, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
The United States joins Somalia as the only two countries in the world not to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Tags: children, guns, soldiers, somalia, united nations, united states
Sexual Ignorance/AIDS "Is Killing Us" Says HIV Survivor
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Many African Americans with HIV are leading healthy happy lives. But more than half of the people who died of AIDS last year were Black
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Tags: aids, church, condoms, death, hiv, prevention, survivor
Judge Hears Arguments for Moving Trial in Chauncey Bailey Case
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
A change-of-venue hearing in the murder case of journalist Chauncey Bailey began Tuesday after months of delays.
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Tags: black muslim bakery, chauncey bailey, oakland, trial, yusef bey iv
African Americans in Congress Taking on Unemployment
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
The Congressional Black Caucus this year is tackling the current debilitating joblessness in the Black community.
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Tags: business, congressional black caucus, jobs, unemployment, youth
Professional Baby Mama a Dumb Career Choice
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
On the HBO reality show "Hard Knocks," New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie struggled to remember how many kids he has.
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Tags: antonio cromartie, babies, hbo, jets, new york jets
Blame GOP, Not Obama, for Poverty Surge
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
Conservatives predictably wasted no time in dumping the blame for the spike in the poverty rolls in America on President Obama.
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For the Sick and Poor, the Best Medicine May Be a Lawyer
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
An innovative idea, medical-legal partnerships, puts doctors and lawyers in the same facility to remedy social problems that can lead to poor health.
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Tags: doctors, health, immigrants, lawyers, medical-legal partnerships
Desperate Homeowners Line Up for Help at HUD Event
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
Dozens of troubled homeowners and renters showed up in Oakland to get free advice from housing counselors.
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Tags: banks, forclosure, frauds, housing crisis, mortgage, scammers
New Law Makes Baggy Pants Illegal in Dublin, Ga.
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
The new law passed after Mayor Phil Best said that he received numerous complaints from citizens about the fashion faux pas.
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Background Checks Under Fed Scrunity
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
With millions of adults having criminal records, a growing number of job seekers are being weeded out by criminal background checks.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: background, census. discrimination, check, criminal, records
Latinos, Blacks Make Up More Than Half of Calif. Foreclosures
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
California leads the United States in the worst foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression.
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Tags: african-americans, crisis, foreclosure, homes, latinos
Massive San Bruno Blaze Affects Filipino Americans
"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
At least three homes belonging to Filipinos were destroyed in a blaze after a natural gas line exploded Sept. 9 in San Bruno, Calif. The town has more than 3,000 Filipino residents.
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Tags: blaze, California, firefighters, gas line explosion, inferno, San Bruno, San Bruno fire, San Bruno fireball
New Teacher Evaluation System Challenged
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
The Economic Policy Institute, found that test scores also hinge on factors such as student attendance and home experiences.
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Tags: public schools, reform, scores, teachers, test, washington d.c.
Rate of C-Sections Higher at For-Profit Hospitals
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2010
A California Watch investigation gives ammunition to those who say hospitals are performing more C-sections to boost profits.
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Tags: C-sections, CaliforniaWatch, for-profit, hospitals, nonprofit, pregnancy
Summer of '64: Path to Freedom
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
Author Bruce Watson discusses his book on the summer of 1964 in Mississippi when more than 700 young people stood up against racism.
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Tags: bruce watson, freedom summer, kkk, mississippi, Race, race relations
Bay Area Vets Cheer Ruling Against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Federal judge calls military policy on gays and lesbians unconstitutional
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Tags: don't ask, don't tell, gay and lesbian, military, unconstitutional
Why Are Native Americans More Likely to Die of Flu?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
American Indians are four times more likely to die of the flu than other Americans, but experts aren’t sure why.
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Tags: american indian, CDC, Flu, healthcare, minorities, New Mexico
Bikes4Life
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Marrying the green movement with a healthy lifestyle business -- West Oakland's own Bikes4Life is cruising to make a difference
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Tags: african american, bikes, health, jobs, non-profit, west oakland, youth
Black-American Muslims Speak Out Against Intolerance
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
The members of the Coalition of African American Muslims urge a rejection of anti-Islam hatred and religious intolerance.
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Black Colleges and Universities Five Years after Katrina
Our Weekly, News Feature, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Xavier University, Southern University and Dillard University are a few of the universities that were drastically affected by the storm.
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Tags: black, colleges, katrina, new orleans, southern, universities, xavier
Number 77: The Short Life of Katrina Survivor Desiree Davis
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 06, 2010
As the nation marks five years since Hurricane Katrina, the family of a Katrina survivor marks another anniversary - the murder of their daughter in Oakland a year ago.
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Tags: Desiree Davis, Katrina, Oakland homicide
Defecting Black Vote Spells Big Trouble for Democrats
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 05, 2010
The newest Gallup poll found that black voters are poised to desert the voting booth en masse in November, and the GOP smells political blood.
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Educators: System Sets Up Black Boys to Fail
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
A coalition of African-Americans educators say the nation’s public school system is giving up on black male students.
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Options Closed for High School Dropouts
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
According to a new report released by the African-American and Latino Male Dropout Task Force, half of Black males currently in school will quit.
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Tags: black, drop outs, education, high-school, latino, males
New America Now: "Freedom" Summer Is Over, Back to School
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
The extraordinary people that gave 1964 the name Freedom Summer and a mass migration of Chinese from inland villages to factories on the coast
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Tags: 1964, arab countries, Bruce Watson, china, education, Freedom summer, last train home, migration, Pakistan floods
Murder Memorials Raise Questions
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
In an all too familiar scene that is being played out in urban neighborhoods, it was North Sierra Way’s turn to erect a memorial.
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Tags: african american, guns, memorial, murder, san bernandino, summer
Katrina's Legacy Still Painful Five Years After Disaster
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
As part of the Katrina commemoration, President Barack Obama delivered a national address from the campus of Xavier University.
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Tags: anniversary, katrina, louisiana, mississippi, new orleans
Health-Conscious Fast Food Comes to D.C.
Washington Afro, News Feature, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Founded in 2004, Energy Kitchen—a Manhattan-based chain with a health-centric menu— is backed by Vitaminwater co-founder Mike Repole.
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Tags: african americans, energy kitchen, fast, food, washington dc