January 2013
January 29th, 2013
Written by John Rogers - A... in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The mayor of Lancaster has taken on pit bulls and motorcycle gangs in the past. On Monday, the flamboyant politician said he is going after the high-desert city next door.
Mayor R. Rex Parris announced he has signed on as co-counsel for a voting rights lawsuit brought against Palmdale, where he grew up and has a high school named after him.
The prominent litigation attorney...
January 29th, 2013
Written by Mary Jo Pitzl -... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's new Legislature is more White, more male, and more Republican than the people who live here, an analysis of the makeup of the 51st Legislature shows.
And while they are from many walks of life, from real-estate agents to a pharmacy technician, and retirees to recently returned combat vets, the legislators elected to represent the people do not, as a group, reflect the...
January 28th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
With the hiring of Bruce Arians as the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, all eight head coaching vacancies that came available in the National Football League are all filled – all with white men. Minority candidates, who by league rule are supposed to be considered for head coaching vacancies, were shut out. In a league where over 65 percent of the players are African-American, this is...
January 28th, 2013
Written by Mark Hughes Cob... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Visitors to the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum know its space offers sounds in addition to sights. Interactive exhibits offer videos with sound illuminating the museum's various displays showcasing the area's history.
Soon more voices will be heard in the former Queen City Bathhouse, now converted to the museum on Jack Warner Parkway, adjacent to the...
January 28th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 28 Comments
We’ve heard and seen the gaffes occur right before our eyes…every few months it seems. Recently, there was the Brent Musburger brouhaha: he used the word “beautiful” in reference to Katherine Webb, girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron. And before that, there was the “Chink” comment, made by an ESPN reporter, about New York Knicks’ guard Jeremy Lin.
And Fuzzy Zoeller’s comments 15 years...