Nation Mar 26 Florida has 6 of the nation’s fastest-growing metro areas The beautiful weather in Florida seems to be drawing more and more Americans, with the Sunshine State climbing the ranks of most populous states and fastest-growing cities.
Nation Mar 06 Anniversary of Selma march rekindles Ferguson comparisons WASHINGTON — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, dragged the inhumanity of Southern segregation into America’s living rooms as never before.
Nation Jan 08 In 2020, you might be filling out the census online The days of the census taker with clipboard in hand may be numbered. The Census Bureau plans to test digital tools in preparation for the 2020 census, a change that could save millions of dollars.
Arts Nov 18 Hispanics have more positive experience caring for the elderly, poll says Hispanics are more likely to consider caring for an elderly relative or friend to be a positive experience, and less likely to say it creates stress in their families, a new poll found.
Nation Sep 27 Brown family ‘unmoved’ by Ferguson police chief apology The parents of Michael Brown said Saturday in an interview with The Associated Press they were unmoved by the apology of the Ferguson, Missouri, police chief gave weeks after their unarmed 18-year-old son was killed by a police officer.
Nation Sep 16 National poverty rate drops for the first time since 2006 The U.S. Census Bureau, in its annual look at poverty in the United States, said that the poverty rate in 2013 was 14.5 percent, down from 15 percent in 2012. The decrease in the poverty rate was attributed to the…
Nation Aug 14 Attorney General Holder promises Brown family a full investigation WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday promised the family of an unarmed black teenager shot by police in Missouri a full, independent civil rights investigation of his death. Holder’s promise came in a telephone call with the family…
Nation Jun 09 GOP plans to spend $60 million to court conservative black voters Getting African-Americans and other minority voters on board is a priority for the GOP in part because birth rates among whites are shrinking in the U.S.; racial and ethnic minorities are expected to make up a majority of Americans within…
Nation Apr 10 Rosa Parks’ belongings, potentially worth millions, sit in NYC warehouse NEW YORK -- At a time when interest in civil rights memorabilia is rekindled, a lifetime's worth of Rosa Parks' belongings - among them her Presidential Medal of Freedom - sits in a New York warehouse, unseen and unsold.
Nation Apr 02 Post-recession economy leaving many blacks behind, Urban League reports While unemployment has been a major impediment to African-Americans' economic progress, underemployment is a bigger obstacle for them than it is for whites or Hispanics, the National Urban League says in its latest State of Black America report.