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With the joblessness among African Americans at 16.5%, they want to ensure that legislation being drafted in Congress will be effective in minority-dominated areas.
By Christi Parsons and Janet Hook
Amid signs that black Americans are not sharing in the nation's fledgling economic recovery, President Obama on Wednesday met at the White House with African American leaders, who urged him to adopt a new approach more tightly focused on chronically depressed communities.
While the unemployment rate in January dropped below 10% for the first time in five months, joblessness among blacks increased slightly, to 16.5%.
By Josh Grossberg Staff Writer
In a departure from what has become a familiar scene in the national debate over health care, nobody clashed at a town hall meeting hosted by South Bay Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday.
Instead, the more than 400 people who attended the event at Los Angeles Southwest College near Inglewood applauded, chanted and gave standing ovations during Waters' presentation, which lasted far longer than the two hours it was scheduled for.
By OLU ALEMORU, Staff Writer
Story Published: Jan 20, 2010 at 3:55 PM PST
As millions more dollars are set to be raised at Friday's Live Aid style cross-continental "Hope For Haiti" telethon, it will cap a week of global relief efforts that still seem infinitesimal considering the scale of the unfolding catastrophe.
Investigation finds significant flaws in policies covering use of force. The agency also calls for better training of officers.
By Victoria Kim and Jack Leonard
As part of a comprehensive review of the department, which is ongoing, Justice Department officials found that Inglewood's policies on the use of force are poorly written and legally inadequate despite recent reform efforts. In a letter sent to the city's mayor in December, federal officials called for numerous changes in the way the department trains and investigates its officers.