"Narrowcasting" is information and entertainment aimed at specific population segments, including previously ignored minorities. Cable, satellite, videodisc, low-power television, and video cassette recorders may all help keep minorities from being "information poor." These elements, however, are expensive, and study is needed to understand how…

Statistics indicate that large increases in minority enrollment in medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy are required in order for Blacks and other minorities to achieve representation in the health professions equal to their proportion in the total population. (MJL)

Poverty and racism are the chief causes of homelessness. Political action is needed to persuade the government to provide affordable housing and related social services. (DM)

Maintains that the Reagan administration fails to enforce civil rights guarantees and that its policies threaten the legal status and economic welfare of Blacks and minorities. Describes how the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is responding through measures to protect Black and minority rights. (Author/MJL)

Children of recently arrived immigrants face many obstacles in school--most are from troubled countries and enter urban schools barely able to accommodate them. Discusses attitudes of American Blacks toward Black immigrants from the Caribbean. (DM)

Uses the "New York Post"'s history to demonstrate the state of minorities in the newspaper industry. Cites several other newspapers to indicate the status of minority hiring and advancement. Explores the difficulties claimed by them regarding the hiring of minorities. Discusses specific cases of racism and discrimination. (JS)

Describes how branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) were established in United States correctional institutions; discusses prison branch activities and accomplishments in seeking equality for Blacks and minorities in the criminal justice system; and explores rehabilitation measures and prison…