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Black Doctors Group Backs Obama Action on Climate Change
DETROIT — The National Medical Association, which held its 113th annual convention in Detroit Aug. 1-5 and counts more than 30,000 African-American physicians as members, issued a statement backing the Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan, released August 3, to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants. “Quite simply, the final Clean Power […]
August 7, 2015
Disparities
Police Injured Sister Protecting Her Mentally Ill Son, NAACP Leader Says
PORTLAND, Ore. — An NAACP chapter president says police in Eugene, Oregon, used excessive force on his sister after she tried to stop an officer from deploying a Taser stun gun on her 19-year-old son. Eric Richardson, president of the Eugene-Springfield NAACP chapter, said Ayisha Brown called a mental health service early July 16 because […]
August 6, 2015
Disparities
Cherokee Leader Keeps Health Care as Top Priority
TULSA, Okla. — After coasting to an easy victory in the race for principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, Bill John Baker said he hopes to strengthen the changes he made during his first four years in office, including increasing access to health care and creating more jobs. The Cherokees operate the largest tribally owned […]
July 2, 2015
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