http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/CHANNEL/African-American CHANNEL: African American en http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/foreclosure-crisis-lets-minority-owned-banks-help-community <p>Foreclosure Crisis Lets Minority-owned Banks Help Community<br /> By Howard Manly</p> <p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/foreclosure-crisis-lets-minority-owned-banks-help-community">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/foreclosure-crisis-lets-minority-owned-banks-help-community#comments African American Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:49:30 -0500 RBH 6 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/mass-secretary-health-judyann-bigby-md-persistence-racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities <p>Following is an edited trancript of Dr. Bigby's phone interview with New England Ethnic News, on Nov. 29, 2007. </p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/mass-secretary-health-judyann-bigby-md-persistence-racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/mass-secretary-health-judyann-bigby-md-persistence-racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities#comments African American Asian Bigby diabetes disparities Health Interview Latino Native American 42.358880 -71.056820 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:59:36 -0500 36 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/new-massachusetts-report-hivaids-reveals-troubling-disparity-communities-color <p> BOSTON, Dec. 4, 2007-Latinos and African Americans each comprise only 6% of the population of Massachusetts, but they make up more than 50% of the state's residents who have HIV/AIDS. </p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/new-massachusetts-report-hivaids-reveals-troubling-disparity-communities-color">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/new-massachusetts-report-hivaids-reveals-troubling-disparity-communities-color#comments African American disparities Health HIV/AIDS Latino Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:00:00 -0500 Mary 43 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/african-american-healthcare-providers-allege-unfair-treatment-mass-dept-social-services <p>In response to charges that the Mass.</p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/african-american-healthcare-providers-allege-unfair-treatment-mass-dept-social-services">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/african-american-healthcare-providers-allege-unfair-treatment-mass-dept-social-services#comments African American Discrimination Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:26:06 -0500 Mary 46 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/nyt-journalist-turned-novelist-enjoys-new-career-basic-black-tv-host <p>Back in October, Kim McLarin burst onto the Boston television scene as the new host of the long-running WGBH program &quot;Basic Black.&quot; </p> <p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/nyt-journalist-turned-novelist-enjoys-new-career-basic-black-tv-host">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/nyt-journalist-turned-novelist-enjoys-new-career-basic-black-tv-host#comments African American McLarin NYT TV WGBH Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:52:46 -0500 100 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/city-and-teens-get-tough-cigarette-ads <p>On the outside of one convenience store in Dorchester, at the corner of Adams Street and Centre Street, they spread like a rash: 23 ads for eight brands of cigarettes. </p> <p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/city-and-teens-get-tough-cigarette-ads">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/city-and-teens-get-tough-cigarette-ads#comments ads African American cigarettes Health Latino teens tobacco Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Mary 118 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/alleged-cultural-bias-mass-licensure-exam-become-teacher <p>More than 50 percent of African American and Hispanic teacher candidates in Massachusetts are failing the state's licensure exam to become teachers, commonly know as the MTEL (Mass.</p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/alleged-cultural-bias-mass-licensure-exam-become-teacher">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/alleged-cultural-bias-mass-licensure-exam-become-teacher#comments African American bias Discrimination DOE Education Interview Latino licensure MTEL teachers Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Mary 126 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/boston-youth-speak-out-violence-and-education <p>As the old saying goes, children should be seen, not heard.</p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/boston-youth-speak-out-violence-and-education">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/boston-youth-speak-out-violence-and-education#comments African American Education Health Latino snitching teens violence Youth Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 127 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/anti-crime-group-based-dc-opens-chapter-boston <p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/anti-crime-group-based-dc-opens-chapter-boston">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/anti-crime-group-based-dc-opens-chapter-boston#comments African American Crime gun teens violence Youth Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:43:00 -0500 Mary 134 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/kings-call-nonviolence-started-deep-south-ended-vietnam <p> No real telling when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began his public opposition to the Vietnam War. </p><p><a href="http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/kings-call-nonviolence-started-deep-south-ended-vietnam">read more</a></p> http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/kings-call-nonviolence-started-deep-south-ended-vietnam#comments African American MLK Vietnam war Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:02:44 -0500 Mary 135 at http://www.ethnicnewz.org