Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering The Truth explores the role that the United States and its allies, Rwanda and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century. (4)
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The Women of Color Policy Network released two reports this month summarizing both state and federal legislative impacts on women of color, noting that attacks on economic security, immigrant rights, and reproductive rights present numerous challenges ahead for women of color. (6)
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Eighty-two year-old Mary Lee Ward has a temporary reprieve for now. Ms. Ward, who is African-American and a victim of a subprime predatory loan, was threatened with eviction from the Brooklyn home she lived in for four decades. An eviction defense blockade took place yesterday in front of her home.…
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The United States is not absolved from its role in creating crisis in East Africa. Absent from the conversation is the ongoing U.S. domination of the region along with U.S. complicity with corruption and warfare. Interestingly, the United States-funded Famine Early Warning Systems (FEWS) alerted the “international community” at least…
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From Colorlines: Authorities from DHS and the Department of Justice will review on a case by case basis the 300,000 people facing deportation and whose cases are currently clogging up the immigration courts. Immigrants facing deportation who are not a high priority for deportation, such as those with no criminal…
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From the NYT: A research grant application from a black scientist to the federal National Institutes of Health is markedly less likely to win approval than one from a white scientist, a new study reported on Thursday. Even when the researchers made statistical adjustments to ensure they were comparing apples…
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From Colorlines.com: The increasing lack of racial diversity in the U.S. media landscape is becoming a hot topic and putting pressure on policy makers to (finally) pay attention. As the American Society of Newspaper Editors has reported, racial and ethnic minorities make up less than 13 percent of newsroom employees.…
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Rochester homeowner Catherine Lennon prevailed this week against Fannie Mae, Countrywide/Bank of America, and Steven J. Baum’s foreclosure mill when she received a stay of an eviction order pending review of the underlying foreclosure and sale of her home. It is alleged that Lennon’s home was illegally foreclosed upon by…
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