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Why we are gathering on Oct. 10 to demand ‘Justice or Else’
In the beginning you can be some PUNK bef or er befor oree encount encounter eriing God But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 ESV By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. Hold up, wait a minute, allow me to put some explanation in it. I am using the word punk as an adjective to describe what God can do to the immutable, inflexible, ironclad and the rotten. So please readers don’t bombard me with questions of why am I bashing an alternative life style; however I will fully engage in verbal conversation face to face on any given topic. My first encounter with the word punk was in fourth grade when I so matter-of-factly used the word in anger to justify my manhood towards another male student. At age 10, I still had a milk mustache and could barely stay up past 10 o’clock on weekends. The strongest drink I ever had was root beer, so what could I have possibly known about defending my manhood in its totality?
Nation of Islam invites thousands to 20th anniversary of Million Man March By Min. Louis Farrakhan Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from JusticeorElse.com (TriceEdneyWire.com) –
Minister Louis Farrakhan introduces dais guests during summer rally for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, Oct. 10. They include civil rights icons the Rev. Benjamin Chavis, NNPA president, and speaker, author and thought leader Dick Gregory. (Photo: Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire)
The following are the words of Minister Louis Farrakhan: This October will mark the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March, which was the largest public gathering in the history of America and the largest gathering of Black men in world history. We set an example before the world on Oct. 16, 1995 as Black men stood in ranks and a spirit of love, peace and unity was pervasive. (Cont'd on Page 9)
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Almost half of American adults with HIV don’t take meds: report
Red Cross donations were half a billion dollars but they only built six houses? By Michal Ortne, Staff Blogger The Red Cross has been receiving donations since the devastating earthquakes took place in Haiti. This horrific tragedy left an already impoverished nation with tons of rubble and people without homes. Trusting donors have been contributing to the Red Cross fund, LAMIKA, with gifts amounting to nearly half a billion dollars. LAMIKA is intended to serve the needy of Haiti in the process of rebuilding homes.
Though Red Cross has publicly announced that their work in Haiti has been successful, only a scattered variety of projects have been initiated in the country—none of which adds homes or life expectancy to the natives there. “They collected nearly half a billion dollars,” said a congressional staffer who helped oversee Haiti reconstruction. “But they had a problem. And the problem was that they had absolutely no expertise.” (Cont'd on Page 12)
Number of Black teachers rapidly declines as minority student population increases By Robert Bess The minority population has grown tremendously since the year 2000. According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population growth is due to U.S. births–and Asian population growth is due primarily to immigration since 2012. That alone has fueled a 5 percent population growth in the overall population of these groups nationwide. (Pew Research Center, June 2014). Although there are probably many bi-products of this population growth, one of major concern is the effect that it has had on our education system in nine major cities in the United States. In a study by the Albert Shankar Institute, it was found that though the population for Women watching television, Maryland State Teachers College. minority students has increased continually and for the first time this past school year has outnumbered their white counterparts, the number of Black teachers has declined. The cities included in this study were Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington D.C., which represent some of the largest school districts in the US. The student population has continued to diversify, and there has been moderate attention given to the disparity that exists between white and non-white school systems. However, it has gone under the radar that minority teachers have declined although the minority student population has grown 17 percent since 1987. Hispanic teachers have continued to increase but not at the rate of population growth of Hispanic students. Black teachers have borne the biggest burden during the recession. It should be noted that during the same time frame between 2003 and 2011, white teacher hiring in these systems grew, and in some cases doubled in largely minority settings. (Cont'd on Page 12)
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Half of HIV-positive adults are not on a medication regimen. Almost half of American adults infected with HIV don’t take medications that can prevent them from developing AIDS, a new government report shows. The statistics, based on data gathered from 2007 to 2012, are a few years out of date, so it’s not clear whether the situation has changed. Still, the report — an analysis of people aged 18 to 59 — suggests a widespread lack of recommended care. “Based on what we know nowadays, everyone who’s HIV-positive should be on therapy,” said Dr. Carlos del Rio, co-director of the Center for AIDS Research at Emory University, in Atlanta. “This highlights the challenges we have ahead because we have such an unequal epidemic.” The report, authored by Dr. Joseph Woodring of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, estimated the prevalence of HIV infection based on a survey of more than 10,000 people. The survey found that 0.39 percent of people aged 18 to 59 who lived in U.S. households were HIV-positive, meaning they were infected with the virus that causes AIDS. That’s less than half of 1 percent. Of those, only 52 percent were taking antiretroviral medica-
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tion for HIV. Not surprisingly, infection rate numbers were higher among certain groups considered to be at high risk. Among those who’d had sex with 10 or more people in their lives, the rate of infection was a bit closer to 1 percent, at 0.68 percent. And among men who’d reported ever having sexual contact with other men, the rate was 7.7 percent compared to 0.17 percent of men without such contact. Men remain more likely to be HIV-positive than women, and Blacks more than any other racial group, with a rate estimated at 1.6 percent. That is seven times higher than other racial or ethnic groups. The numbers highlight “the enormous disparity” in the HIV epidemic, del Rio said. “HIV is a concentrated epidemic, and does not affect people equally.” Dr. David Margolis, an HIV specialist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the findings aren’t surprising. The epidemic has remained stable, he said, and there’s been “little progress in getting diagnosis and care to enough of the affected populations.” (Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com) MEMBER: National Newspaper Publishers Association ( NNPA), and Southeastern African-American Publishers Association (SAAPA) Florida Association of Black Owned Media (FABOM)