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Beyond Black and White: Searching for the White Male Effect in the African-American Community

A new study published this month concludes the tendency of some white males with higher education levels and conservative political and cultural views to have lower risk perceptions of environmental threats is not found among African-American males with similar backgrounds.

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No Jobs, No Recovery, No Votes

(NNPA) – It is a pretty simple formula.  Yet, many of our federally elected officials don’t seem to understand or at least listen to the masses.  The messages in Virginia and New Jersey were certainly clear.  Still they prodded on

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North Carolina Central University Celebrates Black History Month

DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University will celebrate Black History Month in its Centennial Year with a series of events that are free and open to the public. The keynote speaker is Glenn Harris, associate professor, University of North

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Help Pouring Out for Haitians as Death Count Grows

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – It’s been described as “The world’s Katrina”. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that completely devastated and uprooted the Black island nation of Haiti, leaving an estimated 100,000 dead and millions more homeless, injured and in despair. Government officials

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New York Artist Fuses Autobiographical, Historic, and Global Issues in New Exhibition

The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art will present “An American Consciousness: Robin Holder’s Mid-Career Retrospective,” an in-depth examination of Robin Holder’s three decades as a printmaker. Holder, a New York-based artist and educator, is a storyteller whose work fuses

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Sociologist’s New Book Uncovers Nationwide Problem with How Homelessness Is Handled

Four years ago, a Texas Tech University sociologist took a different tack by studying homeless people who preferred living on the streets to shelters. When he asked why many stayed away from shelters, what he found uncovered one of the

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Update on Relief Efforts in Haiti

MADRE’s Emergency Medical Relief Effort is Reaching Earthquake Surviviors in Haiti. We Need Your Help to Save More Lives. You may be wondering whether MADRE is actually able to transport emergency relief given Haiti’s decimated infrastructure.We have determined that our

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Researchers Link Calorie Intake to Cell Lifespan, Cancer Development

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that restricting consumption of glucose, the most common dietary sugar, can extend the life of healthy human-lung cells and speed the death of precancerous human-lung cells, reducing cancer’s spread

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Haiti’s Tragic History Is Entwined with the Story of America

In announcing the U.S. response to Haiti’s devastating earthquake, President Obama noted the two countries’ historic ties. But few Americans know that sad story. Announcing emergency help for Haiti after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake, President Barack Obama noted America’s historic

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Move Your Money: Project Urges People to Start Banking for Their Community

The following is a transcript of an interview with Robert Johnson by Amy Goodman for Democracy Now! about Move Your Money, a project to help people transfer their money from bigger banks into smaller, community-oriented financial institutions that generally avoided

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Top Innovators Practice 5 Skills that Most Don’t

The most innovative CEOs spend 50 percent more time practicing five specific innovation skills than do their less creative counterparts, according to a six-year study by three prominent business scholars.

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Worldwide Study Finds Few Gender Differences in Math Abilities

Girls around the world are not worse at math than boys, even though boys are more confident in their math abilities, and girls from countries where gender equity is more prevalent are more likely to perform better on mathematics assessment

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Big Brothers Big Sisters & African American Fraternities Enter Mentoring Month

Action Plan to Help Black Boys Succeed PHILADELPHIA — Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and leaders of the nation’s largest African American fraternities enter National Mentoring Month 2010 with a bold action plan to significantly increase the number of

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More Older Americans Take On Entrepreneurship Ventures, According To U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

Older just may be wiser when it comes to U.S. entrepreneurs. New research shows that entrepreneurial behavior among older Americans (44-99) rose significantly in 2008. Younger adults in the 18-44 age range–traditionally the hotbed of US entrepreneurial activity–reduced their entrepreneurial

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