Mental health scrutinized
Lawmakers may increase coordination, funding
BY MARGIE MENZEL
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – As Florida lawmakers study the impact of mental illness on the state’s...
Report touts spending power of minorities
Blacks, Asians, Hispanics are fastest-growing segment of the nation's ‘consumer economy'
BY DIANA OZEMEBHOYA
EROMOSELE
THE ROOT
Advertisers looking to get the most out of their bucks...
Mandatory voting? Obama says yes
TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE
President Barack Obama recently called for mandatory voting in America.
“Other countries have mandatory voting,” President Obama said. “It would be transformative...
WHY AMERICA’S RACE PROBLEM WON’T GO AWAY
Scholars and activists say that racism is woven into the cultural fabric of America, and that the Obama administration has done little to help...
Coming up short – again
‘State of Black America’ issued this week
FROM THE TRICE EDNEY NEWSWIRE
Amidst continued struggles to maintain voting rights, protests to end shootings of unarmed Black...
State Senate committee OKs online voter registration
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee approved legislation Tuesday that would allow Florida voters to register online...
Black groups take issue with suit against Sharpton
Media, business and civil rights organizations urge Allen to ‘redirect' criticism
TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE
Three national African-American organizations have issued a joint statement in response...
Drama follows man who gained notoriety for long walk to work
EURWEB.COM
James Robertson might have a new place to live, but drama still follows him.
The 56-year-old Detroit man attracted attention and headlines for supposedly walking...
9 HBCU students suing Tennessee over voter ID law
BY CHARLES D. ELLISON
THE ROOT
The voter-ID war just opened up a huge new front. This time in Tennessee. A group of nine students from...
RAMPANT CORRUPTION
Citing murders and organized crime inside the Florida Department of Corrections, former prison inspectors tell lawmakers DOC is too crooked to police itself.
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