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Minority unemployment gap is still widening
By Michelle Singletary Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the employment gap between young minorities and young whites continues to grow, reports Edward Wyckoff Williams, a contributing editor of The Root. In 2011, 42.6 … Continue reading
Soledad O’Brien Calls Out ‘White People’ Over ‘Black In America’ Series
Soledad O’Brien addressed criticism from “white people” about her documentaries about race in America in a new video. O’Brien has hosted five documentaries in CNN’s “Black In America” series. In a talk at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, she said … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, Black In America, CNN, Harvard University, media, race, Soledad O'Brien, television, White people
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Kemba Smith Interview: Voting Rights Advocacy
By Jenée Desmond-Harris In 1994 Kemba Smith was sentenced to 24 1/2 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a cocaine ring. The story of the harsh punishment dealt to a minor player — who admitted to lying and … Continue reading
Commissioner Kelly says almost 75% of violent crime committed by African-Americans
By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly credited the controversial stop-and-frisk tactic for helping to push New York’s crime rate to record lows. In a television interview, New York’s top cop defended his department’s use of the crimefighting tool and … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, Bill Weir, Bronx, Brooklyn, latino, New York, New York Police Department, NYPD, police, race, racism, Raymond Kelly, stop & frisk, Violent crime
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Infant Mortality Numbers Declining in the U.S.
By Cheri Cheng According to the latest statistics presented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the infant mortality rate within the United States has been steadily declining from 2005 to 2011. This new statistic reveals a … Continue reading
Poverty in America: Millions of families too broke for bank accounts
by Bob Sullivan Sabino Fuentes-Sanchez hid $25,000 all around his house because he didn’t trust banks. Lasonia Christon receives her Walmart salary on a pre-paid debit card. Kim James was homeless for most of the past decade in part because she had … Continue reading
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