Word: urban
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Civil rights legislation and affirmative action policies notwithstanding, employers discriminate against black workers. A 1991 Urban Institute study--which sent black and white men with carefully matched qualifications, experience and demeanor to apply for the same jobs in Chicago and Washington, D.C.--helps to prove this claim...
Brown had also worked for the National Urban League, a civil rights group...
...parking lot is surrounded by a high-security fence with guards in two watchtowers and on the ground. A new stop on the MetroLink commuter train, which deposits visitors at the boat, was designed to bypass the heart of East St. Louis, which even now has large tracts of urban desolation and 1,700 abandoned buildings.. "You have not seen a lot of gambling revenue trickle into the neighborhood," says community activist Alandra Byrd. But the casino has set up a $2.5 million foundation to provide low-interest business loans and grants to community groups. Average salary...
...middle-class Americans cannot be credibly portrayed as threatened by immigration, then this country's borders will remain open to legal immigrants. We applaud the committee in the House of Representatives for splitting HR 2202 into two separate bills dealing with legal and illegal immigrants. According to the Urban Institute, 95 percent of non-refugee immigrants never go on welfare, and legal immigrants contribute $25 billion more in taxes than they take away in benefits each year...
Senator Simpson did acknowledge that legal immigration does not hurt the U.S. economy. After all, the Urban Institute has reported that legal immigrants put $25 billion a year more into the country, through taxes, than they take out through services. Simpson stated, however, that legal immigration should be curtailed to appease anti-immigration sentiment across the country. The fear that legal immigrants are using all of the hardworking Americans' money has taken hold of the country, even though the facts state differently...