November 2012
November 12th, 2012
Written by Denise Lavoie -... in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
BOSTON (AP) — Minority police officers who filed a lawsuit can move forward on their claim that a promotional exam discriminates against black and Hispanic officers, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled Friday.
The Supreme Judicial Court found that a Superior Court judge incorrectly dismissed the officers' claim that the state had interfered with their right to be free of racial...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Michael Graczyk... in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
HOUSTON (AP) — Four top leaders of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood of Texas are among nearly three dozen alleged gang members charged in a sweeping indictment unsealed Friday that accuses them of crimes ranging from capital murder to drug trafficking.
Few details were released about the alleged crimes, but 10 defendants are facing charges that carry a death penalty. As examples of the...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Pauline Arrilla... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) - Baine's Books sits in the heart of this historic village, a Main Street institution where townspeople gather for coffee and conversation and, every Thursday after sundown, an open mic night that draws performers from near and far with guitars and banjos in hand, bluegrass, and blues on their lips.
Talk of church and school, and most certainly music, almost always takes...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Bill Kaczor - A... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 2 Comments
Florida education officials say they will not appeal a federal court ruling that bars state colleges and universities from charging higher out-of-state tuition rates to Florida residents who are US citizens but dependent on illegal immigrant parents.
The State Board of Education unanimously voted against an appeal on Tuesday at a meeting in Boca Raton.
On another racial and ethnic issue, board...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Thomas Beaumont... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday's presidential election results showed the American voting public has not only become more permanently diverse in its makeup, but also in its mindset.
Obama bet, and won, on the assumption that the electorate would retain much of the age, ethnic, and racial diversity he brought out in 2008. But across the country, voters affirmed changes in social policy that show a...