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On AlterNet: minorities

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "minorities"

Young Minorities Make Up the Bulk of Unregistered Voters

Young Minorities Make Up the Bulk of Unregistered Voters

Project VoteJune 11, 2008.
Project Vote aims to get young, non-college-educated minorities involved in the political process.

In the White Male-Dominated Grantmaking World, Advocates for LGBT Minorities Get Screwed

In the White Male-Dominated Grantmaking World, Advocates for LGBT Minorities Get Screwed

Conn Corrigan, The Advocate. May 20, 2008.
Less than 9% of funding for LGBT groups goes to those who work with Blacks, Latinos, and other people of color -- a disproportionately low figure.

Pretrial Lock Up

Pretrial Lock Up

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. May 2, 2008.
Thousands of prisoners languish in jail for months, even years, before they are tried.

Economist Fears Historic Loss of Assets for Minorities

Economist Fears Historic Loss of Assets for Minorities

Sandip Roy, New American Media. April 19, 2008.
A warning that the current economic downturn could lead to the greatest loss of assets for communities of color that's ever happened.

Ward Connerly Using Deceptive 'Civil Rights' Initiatives to Ban Affirmative Action

Ward Connerly Using Deceptive 'Civil Rights' Initiatives to Ban Affirmative Action

Katherine Spillar, Ms. Magazine. March 5, 2008.
Ward Connerly has been well-compensated by the construction industry for his leadership of the anti-affirmative action crusade.

Missing: Minorities in Media

Missing: Minorities in Media

Laura S. Washington, In These Times. February 26, 2008.
In the wake of racial upheaval, the 1968 "Riot Report" concluded the media had to improve its coverage of Black America. Has it?

Massive Bombings Signal Rising Threat to Iraq's Ethnic Minorities

Massive Bombings Signal Rising Threat to Iraq's Ethnic Minorities

Sam Dagher, Christian Science Monitor. August 17, 2007.
Lacking protection from the Iraqi government, ethnic and religious minorities may look to defend themselves.

New Study Finds Abysmally Few Minority and Women-Owned Radio Stations

New Study Finds Abysmally Few Minority and Women-Owned Radio Stations

Kristal Brent Zook, Women's Media Center. June 15, 2007.
Broadcast media ownership by minorities has plummeted by at least 14% since 1997.