Why we need a 'New Deal' for black America
OPINION - What we need is inclusive, creative political action and an increased investment in new strategies to develop skills, opportunities and resources in all communities...
Cornel West, Tavis Smiley playing poverty games
The funny thing about the much ballyhooed and ridiculed Tavis Smiley/Cornel West joint production poverty tour is how the tables are turned...
Focus: HOPE co-founder Eleanor Josaitis dies at 79
DETROIT (AP) - Eleanor Josaitis and the Rev. William Cunningham founded Focus: HOPE in 1968 after the riots that widened a rift between Detroit's black and white residents...
Detroit to set services by neighborhood condition
DETROIT (AP) - Bing's plan isn't about shrinking Detroit --the boundaries of the 139-square-mile city aren't receding...
Wealth gap widens between whites, minorities
WASHINGTON (AP) - The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century...
States cut programs to help poor cool their homes
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Many states hit hardest by this week's searing heat wave have drastically cut or entirely eliminated programs that help poor people pay their electric bills...
Black economic gains reversed in recession
BALTIMORE (AP) - For the black community, where unemployment continues to rise, job loss has knocked them out of the middle class and back into poverty...
What if Casey Anthony were African-American?
OPINION - The case struck a nerve on what is colloquially called "black Twitter" because it reminds us of a larger trend that is unquestionably a sign of grave injustice ..
Poverty at the eye of severe Alabama storm
OPINION - By standing with these Americans, we can help make their road to recovery smoother, and get them through these difficult hours...
How come Head Start is always on the chopping block?
OPINION - Head Start, the popular preschool program serving nearly a million lower income children, has come under attack from Congressional Republicans...
