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Obama Finally Gets His Groove Back

Facing the worst polling numbers of his administration, an increasingly alienated Democratic base and rigidly uncooperative Republicans, President Obama has junked his Compromiser-in-Chief approach and started calling out members of the GOP who oppose adopting programs that will help revive

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Report: Black Buying Power African-Americans Wield Considerable Consumer Power

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  African-Americans’ buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to The State of the African-American Consumer Report, released today, collaboratively by Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch

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U.S. Department of Education Investigating Record Number of Civil Rights Complaints

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Education is seeking to improve the quality of education for minority and poor public school students by aggressively launching civil rights investigations aimed at preventing district administrators from providing more services and resources to predominantly white

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Touré Discusses His New Book “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?”

Born in Boston on March 20, 1971, Touré is a cultural critic for MSNBC, as well as the host of a couple of shows on Fuse-TV: “Hip Hop Shop” and “On the Record.” A contributing editor at Rolling Stone, his

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Are Schools Preparing Black Boys…For Prison?

A Chicago mother recently filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education alleging a Chicago Public School security guard handcuffed her young son while he was a student at George Washington Carver Primary School on the city’s far south

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Psychology of Black Unemployment: Impact felt deep in the African American psyche

As she watched President Barack Obama lay out his jobs plan for the nation and repeatedly challenge Congress to address the issue immediately, Madelyn Broadus was thinking “finally, somebody is for the people. It seems like for the past 12

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Aspirations: Since we’re talking about it; have you had your financial check-up?

In beauty salons and barber shops across the nation, at summer barbecues and holiday dinners, African Americans have a long tradition of indulging in rich conversation. So much so that we’ve created our very own cultural vernacular, or way of

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The Economy Across Race and Region

Unemployment Fails to Dampen Positive Outlook Among African Americans and Latinos: Findings from the Blair-Rockefeller Poll challenge long-held assumptions about the impact of the economy on political attitudes and voting behaviors, according to a new report by political scientist Todd Shields.

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Poverty Rate Among U.S. Women Now the Highest Ever Recorded; Child Poverty Rates Also Catastrophic

I realize that women are a discrete special interest group as they only represent half the population. But this seems like something even the people who count should be concerned with: The poverty rate among women climbed to 14.5 percent

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Attica’s 40-year Legacy: Revisiting the Prison Riot’s Deadly Lessons

BUFFALO, N.Y. Mixing a historic panel of eyewitnesses and survivors with past and present multi-media attractions, the University at Buffalo will mark the 40th anniversary of the most deadly prison riot in the nation’s history with a three-day conference, Sept.

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9/11 Memorial at World Trade Center Site

Design Honors Hundreds of Meaningful ‘Adjacency Requests’ from  Victims’ Next-of-Kin. In the weeks and months following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, a Statue of Liberty replica stood honor guard outside a firehouse on Eighth Avenue and West 48th

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Cosmetics Company Owner Loves the Skin Blacks are in

Women of color know their skin is a little different and many mainstream products don’t seem to address the issues they typically have.  For 20 years, one man has been catering to the skin needs of women, men and even

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Harvard study finds housing affordability a growing issue; Despite drops in home prices, many still struggle with rental costs

While the recession has contributed to a price drop in residential homes, many consumers still lack the resources to transition from renting to homeownership.  In fact, according to a recent housing report, not only are the numbers of renters growing;

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Volunteering to Help Others Could Lead to Better Health

WASHINGTON – People who volunteer may live longer than those who don’t, as long as their reasons for volunteering are to help others rather than themselves, suggests new research published by the American Psychological Association. This was the first time research

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Woman Fighting for Equality in the Workplace

A local woman is working hard to get more equality in federal jobs as she believes the government is closing doors on opportunities for minorities.   “I felt that Black federal employees that were brave enough to take on the injustices

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Footsteps to Freedom Continues to Recreate American History on the Underground Railroad

Special to the NNPA from the Blackvoicenews.com – As the sun came up on the beautiful Ohio River in Maysville, KY, the Footsteps to Freedom group awoke in the French Quarters Hotel for breakfast on the river.  They listened to

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Lonise Bias Builds on Sons’ Legacies

Most people would not blame Lonise Bias if she climbed into a shell and never emerged after experiencing every parent’s nightmare – not once, but twice – with the untimely deaths of her sons.

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