Black Community

The Black Middle Class

David Jones | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployed, Black Community, Black Middle Class, New York City, Financial Crisis, Economic Stimulus Package, Housing Crisis, New York News
David Jones

If history is any guide, the recovery in jobs will trail the economic indicators, and the recovery for black workers in higher wage brackets will trail even further.

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Oakland: Tragedy in Our Town

Rick Ayers | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Black Community, Education, Oakland Police Shooting, Prison, Oakland, Politics News
Rick Ayers

The media, the politicians, and the police have not taken a stance of uniting with the community. They have fed the notion of the African American community as a site of depravity, a place to be dominated.

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How to Fight Police Brutality

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Killings, Oakland, Black Community, Oscar Grant, Police Brutality, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

When unarmed peaceful civilians are killed by the police, they are being killed by agents of the government that is supposed to represent them. It is a failure of government that must be addressed.

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Barack Obama's Most Groundbreaking Domestic Policy Speech

Keli Goff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Black Community, Absent Fathers, Obama Father's Day, Father's Day, Black Voters, Fathers, Politics News
Keli Goff

Obama's comments on black fathers immediately drew comparisons to Bill Cosby's remarks from 2004 in which he too challenged the destructive behaviors that are impacting the black community.

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