Africans Put Military Intervention in Ivory Coast on Hold
AllAfrica.com, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
West African leaders meet to discuss the Ivory Coast in the wake of outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to step down.
Categories: African, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: allasane quattara, election, intervention, ivory coast, laurent gbagbo, military
Congresswoman Waters: FCC Net Neutrality Rules Could Harm Consumers of Color
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
I am very concerned that the rules do not go far enough to honor the principles of net neutrality as previously articulated by this Administration and FCC.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Media, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology
Tags: fcc, maxine waters, net, neutrality, rules
Tobacco Company Guilty of Giving Free Cigarettes to Children
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
During the trial, jurors were shown a 2002 video of Evans, in which she claimed that the cigarette giveaways had a large impact on her.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, Intersections
Four Wheels Away From Homeless
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
Phillip Yancy Swells, his wife and two children, slip on their clothes and emerge from their quarters – a 2002 Chrysler Town & Country minivan.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
My Nephew was Killed by the Oakland Police Department
San Francisco Bayview, Commentary, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
My nephew was shot and killed by Oakland police. The elder of two sons, he was a sweet boy hanging out with the wrong people.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: mentoring center, oakland, police, shooting, wanda sabir
Black Golfer Shasta Averyhardt Joining LPGA Tour
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
Former Jackson State golfer Shasta Averyhardt got a place in history when she qualified for the LPGA Tour.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Sports, Top Stories
New Orleans—the Incarceration Capital of the U.S.
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
New Orleans’s criminal justice system is at a crossroads. The city’s jail, damaged in Katrina, needs to be replaced.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: building, criminal, jail, justice, katrina, new orleans
Christmas Comes with a Heavy Price
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
The holiday season is once again upon us, and despite a deep recession, millions of Americans are preparing to empty their wallets.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: black friday, christmas, credit, money, recession, spending
Students’ Study Explores a Divided D.C.
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
A study by graduate students at American University’s School of Communications reveals a city that appears to have come undone.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: american university, divided, study, urban, washington d.c.
Activists Tour Georgia Prisons After Protests, Strike
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
On Dec. 9, prisoners at several state corrections facilities refused to work because of poor working and medical conditions.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
The Mehserle Effect—Vallejo Shooting Tests Era of Police Accountability
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 21, 2010
The slaying of Oscar Grant Jr. and conviction of the BART cop who killed him have shaken up the landscape of police and community relations in the Bay Area.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories
Tags: accountability, black, men, oakland, police, shooting, vallejo
Barbara Lee, CBC: Obama/GOP Tax Deal Harms Blacks
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-California), who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, said that an “overwhelming majority” of the group opposes the tax plan.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: barbara lee, black people, cbc, plan gop, tax
Hail No! NY Taxi Union Leader Urges Drivers to Racially Profile
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
At a press conference held on Wednesday on the steps of City Hall, several Black and Latino organizations spoke out against union leaders call.
Where's All That Tea Party Outrage Now?
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Rand Paul, the anti-civil rights, Kentucky Tea Party hero, can't be too thrilled about the deal that President Obama just struck with the Republicans.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: congress, deal, obama, republicans, ron paul, tea party
Tax Cuts Extended, but the Rich Still Get Richer
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
On Monday, Obama reached a deal with Republican leaders that would extend tax cuts, including Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Food, Urban Farms and Our Survival
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Citizens are tackling the lack of access to healthy foods, the overall food shortage and its correlation to sickness, disease and even death.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, Intersections
Tags: black people, chicago, farms, food, urban
Clock Running Out on Child Care for 55,000 California Children
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Parents of 55,000 children in California will lose childcare support at the end of January if the state legislature does not reinstate funds for Cal Works
Categories: African American, Education, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: brown, care, child, funds. cal works, schwarzenegger
Black, Native Farmers Win in the House of Representatives
Amsterdam News, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
The House of Representatives passed the Claims Settlement Act, providing funding for claims brought by Black and Native American farmers.
Categories: African American, Economy, Indigenous, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bill, black, farmers, lawsuits, native, settlements, us house of representatives
Add the Scott Sisters to Mississippi's List of Injustice
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
These sisters have been in prison for 16 years – doing double life sentences for their alleged part in a robbery, $11 was taken and no one was hurt.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: jail, jamie and gladys scott, mississippi, robbery, sentence
African-American Achievement Gap to Disappear in 40 Years
Pittsburgh Courier, News Report, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
The latest report by A+ Schools revealed that the achievement gap between White and Black students continues to decrease.
Categories: African American, Education, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: achievement, african-american, education, gap, students
Poverty on the Rise in America
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
In 2009, 14.3 percent of all people in the U.S. lived in poverty, according to the National Poverty Center.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: black, obama. economy, poverty, unemployment