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Mike Jackson has diabetes and high blood pressure. His eye was damaged after he cut back on insulin because he couldn't afford it.

African Americans Remain Hardest Hit By Medical Bills

On June 10, 2013 By

Nearly one in four African Americans tell pollsters they’re having a hard time paying for needed prescription medicine. One in three say they struggled to pay bills from hospitals or doctors last year.

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African-Americans said they were optimistic about the future despite anxieties about possible financial hardships.

New Survey Takes A Snapshot Of The View From Black America

On June 4, 2013 By

Despite being buffeted by high unemployment and the recession in recent years, African-Americans expressed high levels of life satisfaction and optimism for the future.

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Captain Charles Vernon Bush. Photo: Air Force Academy

Memorial Service at AFA for 1st African American Grad

On March 15, 2013 By

A memorial service is scheduled tomorrow for the first African American graduate of the Air Force Academy. KRCC’s Hannah Sohl has more.

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Round-Up: Lawmakers visit former prison near Las Animas; Closing the poverty gap; and more

On January 21, 2013 By

Some state lawmakers spent time at the former Fort Lyon Correctional Facility near Las Animas today, considering whether to repurpose the prison under a proposal from Governor John Hickenlooper…Colorado’s Latino and black residents are falling further behind the state’s white residents in some of the most important measures of social progress…and, Hundreds of people turned out for the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. marade in Denver today.

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