Do barriers to interracial marriage still exist?

Kevin Noble Maillard

OPINION - Despite recent media reports that we are living in a 'post-racial world' as the face of the American family changes, the numbers do not lie when showing that there is still resistance to black/white relationships...

1 in 10 US heterosexual marriages are interracial

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The 2010 census revealed that 1 of every 10 heterosexual couples married in the United States are interracial...

Federal court decides lines in NY redistricting

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A federal court ordered the state to accept their restricting plan after local officials failed to agree on one of their own...

Black seniors twice as likely as whites to be in poverty

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Some 19.4 percent of black and 19.0 percent of Latino seniors have incomes below the federal poverty line, compared to 9.4 percent for the senior population overall...

Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'

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(AP) - The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: 'black'...

Nearly 1 million blacks checked 'other' on Census

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theGRIO REPORT - According to a preliminary Census analysis, roughly one million respondents were in the black category but specified 'other' instead...

Does rise of Latino population threaten the CBC?

David A. Love

theGRIO REPORT - Changing demographics throughout the nation, combined with retiring lawmakers and redistricting, have members of the Congressional Black Caucus concerned that they will lose long-held black seats...

Census: 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans -- nearly 1 in 2 -- have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income...

Census: Widening income gap as blacks leave cities

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Affluent black Americans who are leaving industrial cities for the suburbs and the South are shifting traditional lines between rich and poor, according to new census data...

Is Lansing the interracial love capital of America?

Jay Scott Smith

theGRIO REPORT - The city that may be the best example of this new racial identity is Lansing, which has the highest percentage of blacks who identify with different races...

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Do barriers to interracial marriage still exist?

1 in 10 US heterosexual marriages are interracial

Federal court decides lines in NY redistricting

Black seniors twice as likely as whites to be in poverty

Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'

Nearly 1 million blacks checked 'other' on Census

Does rise of Latino population threaten the CBC?

Census: 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income

Census: Widening income gap as blacks leave cities

Is Lansing the interracial love capital of America?

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