November 2012
November 8th, 2012
Written by Steve Szkotak -... 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 8th, 2012
Written by Holbrook Mohr -... in Latest News, "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 0 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket
Was the Student Protest at the University of Mississippi against President Obama's Win indicative that racism is still a problem at the University that James Meredith integrated over 50 years ago?
~Integration In The South
Dear Integration,
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A protest at the University of Mississippi against the re-election of President Barack Obama grew into crowd of...
November 8th, 2012
Written by Mary Ann Ford -... in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Pedro Chavez was 18 when he left his home in Mexico in 1910 and walked 1,000 miles to El Paso, Texas, in search of a better life.
His country was going through a revolution while the United States offered the promise of jobs building a railroad line.
"There were posters (in Mexico) encouraging workers to come to work on the railroad," said Mary Trunnell, Chavez's...
November 7th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Cover Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at some of President Barack Obama's promises for his second term:—Roll back Bush tax cuts for upper-income people, couples making over $250,000 and individuals making over $200,000, a failed 2008 promise. Ensure people making over $1 million pay at least 30 percent in taxes.
—Put government on a path to cutting deficits by $4 trillion over 10 years. First-term promise to...
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...