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Health Care Concerns: Gap Between Blacks, Whites Widens In Chicago

chicagotribune.com | Deborah L. Shelton | Posted 12.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Poverty, Segregation, Race Relations, Health, Chicago, Equal Rights, Race, Health Care, Health Study, Inequality, Chicago News

A widening gulf in the health status of blacks and whites in Chicago comes even as disparities between the two races nationally have remained relative...

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Minority Population Growing, Dispersing: Fewer Congressional Districts Are Predominantly White

The March of Diversity | Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Asian Voters, Caucasians, Whites, Hispanics, Congress, Latinos, 2010 Elections, Black Voters, Race, Elections, Asians, Blacks, Hispanic Voters, Congressional Districts, Demographics, Voting, Minorities, White Voters, Politics News

With Hispanics providing the principal engine, the nation's minority population is not only increasing but also dispersing beyond the big cities where...

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Infertility Inequality

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Smoking, Infertility, Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Obesity, Race, Surrogates, Inequality, Healthcare, Parenting, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

The haves have less infertility than the have-nots, which is not surprising considering its causes include poor overall health condition, smoking and obesity.

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Barack Obama: Naked, Black and Alone

David Kaufman | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Race, Class, Politics, Politics News
David Kaufman

Gracing the cover of January's Golf Digest will be none other than Pres. Barack Obama, joined by disgraced golfer Tiger Woods and the oy-vey-inducing tag-line "10 Tips Obama Can Take from Tiger."

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Two Scholars Ask: What if Marriage Is Bad for Us?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 12.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Security, Singled Out, Divorce, Civil Rights, Sociology, Middle Class, Matrimania, Pop Culture, Race, Cultures, Laura Kipnis, Happiness, Friendship, Isolation, Institutions, Politics, Mate Choice, Singlism, Wealth, Retirement Benefits, Love, Health Care, Status Quo, Family, Advocacy, Benefits, Marriage, Lifelong Singles, Domestic Gulag, Myths, Hollywood, Loneliness, Work, Health, Single, Health Insurance, Blaming the Victim, Single With Attitude, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.

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Telling the Story of History

Richard Albert | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Race-Talk, History, Race Issues, Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Richard Albert

Years from now, when history strokes its pen to tell the story of the 2008 presidential election, how will it capture in words a moment whose full meaning can be conveyed only with emotion?

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Implementing CERD: A Call for Immediate Activist Input

Caitlin Watt | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Race-Talk, Cerd, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Race Issues, Race, Politics News
Caitlin Watt

Advocates and activists should take this opportunity to make their voices heard on the pressing need to implement CERD's mandate to eliminate all forms of discrimination at this crucial turning point in American history.

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Artur Davis Struggling To Escape Race In Deep South Election

Politico | Nia-Malika Henderson & Jonathan Martin | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: South, Artur Davis, Alabama, Rep. Artur Davis, Race Issues, Artur Davis Governor, Obama, Race, Artur Davis Health Care, Joe Reed, Politics News

After last year's historic presidential campaign, a new season of opportunity seemed at hand for African-American candidates in the South. Not only ha...

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Jewish Voices of Color Must be Heard

David A. Love | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, India, Jews, Social Justice, Hanukkah, West Bank, Gaza, Affirmative Action, Nigeria, China, Race, Rabbi Capers Funnye, Culture, South Africa, Africa, Chicago, Racism, Israel, San Francisco, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Michelle Obama, Judaism, Martin Luther King Jr., Mumbai, Barack Obama, Religion, Chanukah, Anti-Defamation League, Martin Luther King, Capers Funnye, Neocons, Religion and Politics, Neoconservatives, Diversity, World News
David A. Love

As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.

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Obama Again Reminds He's Not Black President Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, Black Voters, Minority Business, President Obama, Gop, Black Joblessness, Race, African-Americans, Presidency, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Congressional Black Caucus got another painful reminder that President Obama is not black President Obama. In a press interview Obama bluntly s...

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Institutional Racism

Robert Slayton | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Race, Barack Obama Race, America Racism, Politics News
Robert Slayton

The old definition of institutional racism was, and still is, a very good one. Simply put, it was racism by habit, rather than by intent.

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David Mamet's Race Against the Cultural Clock

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 12.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Racial-Justice, David Alan Grier, The Practice, Kerry Washington, Broadway, Rape Trials, David Mamet, Race, Boston Legal, James Spader, Richard Thomas, New York News
Thane Rosenbaum

While most conversations about race inspire deep ambivalence if not outright silence, Mamet converts the stage into a raucous racial seminar jacked up on truth serum.

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White House Jobs Summit: Digging Out of Unemployment Cycles

Meizhu Lui | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Economic Recovery, Unemployment, Race, People of Color, Jobs Summit, Politics News
Meizhu Lui

We can get the economy to work and work for all of us, by putting the American people to work. We're shovel ready!

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Forgotten Truths About the Rawness of Survival

Mia Charlene White | Posted 12.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Race-Talk, Racism, Precious, Race Issues, Race, Entertainment News
Mia Charlene White

I can't accept that Precious will accelerate the stereotyping of Black women, of big women, of young women of color, of single moms, of urban places. Doesn't every movie reinforce some stereotype?

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Addressing Race at the White House Jobs Summit

Cynthia Gordy | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Keith Ellison, White House, Jobs, Unemployment, Robert Gibbs, Race, African Americans, Politics News
Cynthia Gordy

Young black men between the ages of 16 and 24 who are facing joblessness at 34.5 percent. It didn't strike me that the issue ranks particularly high on the White House radar.

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White Man's Burden Redux: The Movie!

Mike Barber | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Race-Talk, James Loewen, Films, Books, Racial Issues, Racism, Canada, Race, Entertainment News
Mike Barber

Since more whites than non-whites are shown throughout our pop culture as the people effecting change, the lesson inferred is that these individual cases we see in movies and on TV are the rule, when they're really the exception.

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Did the Senate Forget to Discuss Health Care and Race?

Cliff Albright | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Race, Health Care, African Americans, Healthcare, Politics News
Cliff Albright

Research shows that when asked about the racial makeup of assistance programs, most people assume far higher percentages of people of color than is actually the case, and these perceptions impact political support.

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The Struggle of Hope vs. Fear Continues

Scott Kurashige | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nobel Peace Prize, Race, Martin Luther King, Activism, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Vietnam, Politics News
Scott Kurashige

We ought to demand more from Obama than the tired trope that we can only achieve peace by waging war. This means we need to challenge ourselves.

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What Ails Black Women, Part 3: Discrimination And Repercussions

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Black Women, Marriage, Michelle Obama, Single Mothers, Unemployment, Relationships, Activism, Incarceration, Dating, Racism, Race, Inequality, Happiness, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Racial inequality is both individual and collective. The crushing levels of incarceration and police repression that Black men endure take a toll on Black communities and families as well.

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Thankful That Obama Has Helped Make Dissent And Debate Patriotic And Safe Again

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Thanksgiving, Jobs, Iraq, Chuck Hagel, Race, Political Debate, Barack Obama, Arianna Huffington, Iran, Economic Policy, Tom Delay, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Afghanistan, Dave McCurdy, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Gregory Craig, Greg Craig, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Of all things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving -- I'm thankful that challenging the government's course and trying to put better ideas on the table are unabashedly patriotic again.

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New Haven's White Firefighters Win Promotions

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: New Haven Firefighters, White Firefighters, Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, New Haven 20, New Haven Fire Fighters, Race, Promotions, Aptitude Tests, New Haven, Connecticut, Supreme Court, Discrimination, Tests, Black Firefighters, Sonia Sotomayor, Ricci, Destefano, Ricci v. Destefano, New York News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)-- A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case in a landma...

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Book Review: Gene Dattel's "Cotton And Race"

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books

Read More: Gene Dattel Cotton and Race, Slavery, Cotton and Race, Segregation, Race, Civil Rights, Integration, Gene Dattel, Books News

JACKSON, Miss. — Gene Dattel grew up in the segregated South and was one of the few Mississippians enrolled at Yale University in 1962 when his ...

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Hate Crime On Rise: Gay, Religious Targets See Biggest Jump

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Religion, Religious Hate Crims, Race, Gay Hate Crime, Sexual Orientation, Religious, Hate Crime, Sexual Orientation Hate Crime, Hate Crimes Increase, Hate Crimes Rise, Hate Crimes, Race Hate Crime, Gay Rights, Home News

WASHINGTON — Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday. Overall...

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Why 'Obama Fried Chicken' Sign Was Blurred In Clipse 'Popular Demand' Music Video

Politics Daily | David Sessions | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Mtv, Al Sharpton, Music Video, Brooklyn, Sharpton, Clipse, Youtube, Obama, Brownsville, Obama Fried Chicken, Fried Chicken, Obama Fried Chicken Sign Erased, Race, Obama Fried Chicken Sign Blurred, Politics News

A restaurant in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville that re-named itself "Obama Fried Chicken" in March is back in the spotlight after it appeare...

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Race And Space: Segregation And Foreclosure

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Hispanics, Racism, Obama, Foreclosure, Latinos, Race, Blacks, Cities, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

Not only did being black or Hispanic hurt your chances of getting a decent loan, but simply living in areas with high concentrations of blacks and Hispanics did, too.

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