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Blacks and Latinos Will Be Broke in a Few Decades
November 6, 2017By Josh Hoxie September 19, 2017 Many people see progress on racial equity in the U.S. as a steady march forward, in which people of color become more equal with their white counterparts as the years go by. Those are people who don’t...
There’s a ‘Poisonous Dynamic Among White People’ Over Who’s to Blame for Racism
October 30, 2017By Jonathan Capehart (Opinion) This is a really poisonous dynamic in this country between white people.” To further my education in the political motivations of the white working-class and their support of President Trump, I read “White...
Women of Color Have High Ambition, But Little Help
October 26, 2017By Alina Dizik When Alissa Johnson, one of Xerox ’s XRX -8.73% most senior minority female executives, mentors women of color, she tells them to forget their comfort zone. With a shortage of female executives—especially in technology...
The Intersection of Black Lives Matter and Public Health
October 17, 2017New video from San Francisco Department of Public Health on the intersection of Black Lives Matter and public health! Alameda County Public Health Department's Health Officer and Director, Muntu Davis, is featured in the video as...
Recognizing Majority-Black Cities, When Their Existence is Being Questioned
October 13, 2017By Andre M. Perry, Brookings Black Lives Matter (BLM) is “a call to action and a response to the virulent anti-black racism that permeates our society,” according to its founders. Created after the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman...
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White Hate, Black Hate and the Shades of Difference
October 9, 2017By William C. Anderson, Truthout The rallying of white supremacist extremism in the US has caused fear and confusion for much of the general public. It's clear that the ascension of Donald Trump and the mass mobilization of white supremacist...
As Many as 450,000 People in the County Live in Food Deserts; Group Wants to Increase Access to Supermarkets
October 5, 2017By Ginger Christ, The Plain Dealer; [email protected] CLEVELAND, Ohio - Until last December, the stretch of Euclid Avenue near Richmond Road in Euclid was plagued by a dying shopping center and not many options for healthy foods for local...
Oppose the Graham-Cassidy Plan Which Will Destroy Medicaid, End the Medicaid Expansion, and Defund Planned Parenthood
September 26, 2017On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Health Law Program, the National Partnership for Women & Families, and the 234 organizations signed on to the attached letter, we urge you to oppose the...
NCHE’s Brian Smedley to Appear on “News One Now” Hosted by Roland Martin
September 25, 2017Brian D. Smedley, co-founder and Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity, will appear on "News One Now" to speak on the effects that passing the American Health Care Act will have on people of color. Listen to the "News...