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Got milk? Maybe not if you're African-American

Got milk? Maybe not if you're African - American Milk and other dairy products such as yogurt and cheese are naturally nutrient-rich foods providing calcium, potassium, other minerals and vitamins, and protein  ...

Climate change, pollution hurt African-American community

Climate change, pollution hurt African - American community Sixty-eight percent of African - Americans live within 30 miles of a coal plant, meaning the one in 6 African - American kids with asthma is at a higher risk of having  ...

Harvard announces launch of Hutchins Center for African and ...

Harvard announces launch of Hutchins Center for African and ... Harvard University announced Wednesday it will use a $15-million donation to launch the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.

A full foodie weekend awaits

A full foodie weekend awaits Sorenson recently retired as Monticello's African American Research Historian, where among other projects she worked to restore Mulberry Row, where  ...

Black American infants find homes overseas

Black American infants find homes overseas Want to adopt a healthy infant whose family history and medical background is known? Black American children are meeting the needs of would-be adoptive  ...

African-American cinema rises in popularity

African - American cinema rises in popularity “Every African - American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for white America for the places we have to get  ...

Medical School Debt Disproportionately Affects African-American ...

Medical School Debt Disproportionately Affects African - American ... African - American medical school students have significantly higher amounts of ... But a much higher percentage of African - American students reported  ...

Overseas adoptions rise -- for black American children

Overseas adoptions rise -- for black American children In this series, CNN investigates international adoption, hearing from families, children and key experts on its decline, and whether the trend could  ...

African-American Health Empowerment Expo slated for Saturday in ...

African - American Health Empowerment Expo slated for Saturday in ... PITTSBURG -- African - Americans in Contra Costa County are more likely to have diabetes and high blood pressure than other racial groups, a disparity that an  ...

Growing Up Speaking Only English, Young Latinos Making Effort To ...

Growing Up Speaking Only English, Young Latinos Making Effort To ... But what is intriguing about the state's Latinos , a new report found, is that young people are retaining Spanish at a markedly higher rate than earlier waves of  ...

Coca Cola Vive Latino

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Coca Cola Vive Latino Over several days, the massive Vive Latino music festival brings together thousands of people , dancing and singing under one voice. As a festival partner,  ...

AIDS Cure Found? Researchers Successfully Test Vaccines On HIV ...

AIDS Cure Found? Researchers Successfully Test Vaccines On HIV ... Latinos reportedly account for 20 percent of new H.I.V. infections in the United States and statistics suggest that 1 in 36 Latino men and 1 in 106 Latina women  ...

REPORT: 29.1% of All Latinos Uninsured in Total 48 Million ...

REPORT: 29.1% of All Latinos Uninsured in Total 48 Million ... A Census Bureau report issued today shows that approximately 48 million people in 2012 did not have health insurance. This report shows an increase in the  ...

Kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month with soccer tournament

Kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month with soccer tournament "The Latino population is growing so fast in the last few years, so it's important to show support at different events and to show people in Oregon what we're all  ...

Report: Latinos Stuck in Poverty As Economic Recovery Slows

Report: Latinos Stuck in Poverty As Economic Recovery Slows Poverty levels in the United States remain stuck where they were a year ago, and Latinos continue to suffer disproportionately, according to a report released by  ...

Latino Poverty Remains Too High Three Years Into Recovery

Latino Poverty Remains Too High Three Years Into Recovery This week the Census Bureau released its latest round of data on how many Americans are living in poverty . The data show that an improving economy has not  ...

Clean Water Systems & Stores Inc Supplies Advanced Treatment ...

Clean Water Systems & Stores Inc Supplies Advanced Treatment ... The supply of potable water in Bolivia and other Latin America countries is often insufficient and the water of poor quality leading to serious impacts to public  ...

Soy can feed the world, says 'soybean king'

Soy can feed the world, says 'soybean king' Los Grobo, the largest producer of wheat in Latin America , deals not only in soy, ... countries that compete with the US as the world's largest soybean producers.

Radicals at Latin American conference get their way on abortion ...

Radicals at Latin American conference get their way on abortion ... Numerous Latin American countries have signed on to a document promoting abortion and homosexuality, but it doesn't ensure a victory in the future. In 1994 in  ...

AP Interview: Paraguay's new president wants taxes

AP Interview: Paraguay's new president wants taxes As one of the richest men in one of Latin America's poorest countries , Paraguay's new president says he knows the wealthy can do more to combat poverty,  ...

Spanish-speaking parents celebrate Latin American independence ...

Spanish-speaking parents celebrate Latin American independence ... Ten Spanish-speaking parents and 12 children up to age 2 celebrated Independence Day for various Latin American countries Wednesday morning at the Live  ...

Latin Grammy winner Carla Morrison performs benefit

Latin Grammy winner Carla Morrison performs benefit This is a wonderful opportunity for this area to bring in alternative Latino music to the area,” Jauregui said. “A lot of times, people have to go to the Bay Area to  ...

Why are so many Latinos pathetically apathetic?

Why are so many Latinos pathetically apathetic? It could have been because it focused on something that most people don't want ... prevent Latino and African-American citizens in Texas from voting in person   ...

Tom Foley: On Constitution Day, celebrate citzenship, education

Tom Foley: On Constitution Day, celebrate citzenship, education In an early draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson smudged out a single word and replaced it with the word "citizens." He really obliterated  ...

University of Minnesota, Teach for America team up for training

University of Minnesota, Teach for America team up for training The University of Minnesota is teaming up with nonprofit Teach for America to offer the state's first nontraditional teacher prep program under a 2011 alternative  ...