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May 2 2013

Highly urban or rural regions are often associated with reduced access to care

At the end of life, Black kidney disease patients are more likely than White patients to continue intensive dialysis instead of choosing hospice care, according to a new study.

Researchers also found that racial differences in kidney disease treatments became more extreme in the highest Medicare spending regions of the U.S.

Nov 22 2012

Some see an easier path than in other industries

WASHINGTON—When Jeffrey Brooks began his career in the transportation industry, the encouraging words of his parents echoed in his ears: “Go get a good job, a good job that you can retire from with a pension.”

Now, 30 years later, Brooks, the administrative vice president and director of the Transit Division for Transport Workers Union of America, hopes that message is not getting lost on millions of unemployed young Black men living in urban areas across the nation.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Jun 21 2012

Leader wants to integrate yacht racing

One man’s two-year attempt to integrate the upcoming 34th America’s Cup will now be heard in oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the State of New York on June 27, 2012. Charles M. Kithcart, executive director of African Diaspora Maritime (ADM), has filed suit against the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), current trustee of the America’s Cup.

Jul 7 2011

Youth agree

When Barack Obama ascended to the White House in 2009 as the nation’s first Black president with the help of millions of first-time voters, some pundits and commentators were quick to declare America, and its younger generations, colorblind.

But a recent study finds that many young people between the ages of 18 and 30 don’t believe American society has reached the “post-racial” state quite yet.

C. Alexander Haywood   |   OW Staff Writer
May 5 2011

To join or not to join?

Does a Black man have a place in any White man’s army? On a fair July afternoon five years ago, I briefly pondered this question in between deep, apprehensive breaths, while slowly inching towards one of numerous armed forces recruiting centers throughout Los Angeles County and surrounding areas.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”