May 23, 2013

Rev. Al Sharpton to Hold Conference with African-American and Latino Leaders to Announce New Alliance

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*Rev. Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC “Politics Nation” and founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN) will join with African American and Latino community leaders at the grand opening of The National Action Network Western Regional and Los Angeles Chapter Headquarters to announce his organization in Los Angeles is forming a committee on [...]




Poll Watchers Are Targeting Minority Voters, Not Helping

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*The tricks have started all over the country! But we knew they were coming! We only fear the tricks they have prepared that will show up during the tally of the vote. President Obama has seen solid support from the swing states and tea party factions are making their final attempt to pounce on his [...]




Bank of America Under Fire for Foreclosed Properties’ Decay

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*The properties owned by residents of every city are required to maintain their property. When they do not, neighbors complain because all properties depreciate when the property is not maintained. In most cases, homeowners have a sense of pride about their property and the community it’s in, so most owners take care of their property. [...]




Russell Simmons Gives Geraldo’s Apology Two Thumbs Down

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*Despite Geraldo Rivera making a seemingly half-witted apology, some aren’t satisfied and continue to criticize the popular journalist. Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) He then posted his apology on Facebook, which appeared to be a non-apology. It read: “I apologize to anyone offended by what [...]




EURweb.com Talks To ‘Gun Hill Road’ Director Rashaad Ernesto Green

Esai Morales (left) Judy Reyes (center) Rashaad Ernesto Green (right)

*I ran into director Rashaad Ernesto Greene at a New York City gathering quite some time ago and he was kind enough to grant EURweb.com an interview, but I sat on the story and continually passed over publishing it in favor of other stories I felt were more pressing. Not my best idea. A week ago I [...]




Harvard Admits Blacks and Hispanics?

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*The Ivy league institutions have been taking some cruicial hits since the recent report of Yale having a “sexually hostile environment” occurred. Maybe that is why they are trying to make good with admitting more Blacks and Hispanics. The important element of the Yale story is the title IX money the institution receives which is governed by the [...]




Illegal ‘Latino Residential Brothels’ Using Sex Slaves Are on the Rise

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*Oprah has long warned us of the undercover sex slave rings that exist in America.  We have seen the immaculate suburban neighborhoods throughout the country that boast a facade of opulence and beauty, but beneath it all lies the dirtiest secrets. A thriving sex trade industry that smuggles in defenseless women and children from other countries to live [...]




America’s Most Segregated Cities Likely to stay that Way

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*The recent report that America’s most segregated cities are just as if not more segregated than they were a couple decades ago is hardly a revelation. The report focused on the top ten most segregated cities. But this could easily be expanded to find vast and unbroken pockets of racial segregation in many of the [...]




Lakers and NBA Detail Outreach to Latino Market

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*On Monday the team announced a 20-year agreement with Time Warner Cable to create the nation’s first Spanish-language regional sports network, with the Lakers as its centerpiece, starting with the 2012-13 season. The groundbreaking partnership is just the latest in a series of efforts by the Lakers and the NBA as they reach out to [...]




Video: Wendy Grills Ochocinco on Show’s Lack of Black Girls

The original pool of 85 women on VH1's "Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch"

*Chad Ochocinco admitted that he prefers white and Latino women over sisters when pressed about it this week on “The Wendy Williams Show.” The NFL receiver was there to promote his new VH1 series “The Ultimate Catch,” which features a gaggle of women competing to become his “true love.” Wendy brought up the fact that [...]




Pew Research Finding: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic

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*According to Pew Research, a record 14.6% of all new marriages in the U.S. in 2008 — including 9% of whites, 16% of blacks, 26% of Hispanics and 31% of Asians — were between spouses differing in race or ethnicity. That figure is about six times the estimated intermarriage rate among newlyweds in 1960 and [...]




LA Black and Latino Churches Hold Joint Unity Service

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*One is a Pentecostal, mostly African American congregation of 22,000, led by a world-renowned bishop with global ministries that extend to Africa and Haiti. The other is one of the largest Latino evangelical churches in the city, whose Spanish-language ministries serve more than 4,000 members, most of them Salvadoran and Mexican immigrants and their children. [...]