Race & Politics
November 16th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
In 2010, Alaska entered a settlement agreement with voters in the Bethel area - and their attorneys - who had sued to make governments in the state provide better election information in the Yup'ik language. Under the settlement, the list of actions the state must take is comprehensive; the agreement comprises a major commitment to ensuring that every Yup'ik-speaking voter in the Bethel census...
November 15th, 2012
Written by Jack Gillum - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans living in predominantly wealthy, white neighborhoods accounted for nearly all the sizable campaign contributions in this year's presidential election, according to an Associated Press analysis, even as the presidential candidates aggressively courted Hispanics. Latino voters were pivotal for President Obama’s re-election in some battleground states.
The disparity in...
November 10th, 2012
Written by Steven R. Hurst - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the bitter election campaign that put President Barack Obama back into the White House now history, the U.S. faces the challenge of whether Republicans and Democrats can set aside deep partisan divisions and legislative gridlock.
The challenge is to overcome the self-imposed "fiscal cliff," dramatic and automatic tax increases and spending cuts that could well slam the...
November 8th, 2012
Written by Steve Szkotak - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News, Race Relations with 3 Comments
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - About 40 students at Hampden-Sydney College shouted racial slurs, threw bottles and set off fireworks outside the Minority Student Union within minutes after President Barack Obama's re-election, officials of the tiny, all-male school said Thursday.
The disturbance late Tuesday and early Wednesday also included threats of physical violence, President Chris Howard said in an...
November 7th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News, Race Relations with 2 Comments
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Voters in all but one of Oklahoma's 77 counties approved a constitutional amendment that wipes out affirmative action in state government hiring, education and contracting practices.
Complete but unofficial returns from Tuesday show that Adair County in eastern Oklahoma was the only county to oppose the measure. And the amendment narrowly failed in Adair County, where the...
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