November 2012
November 5th, 2012
Written by Anonymous (not verified) in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 3 Comments
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state investigative panel is questioning the impartiality of an outspoken Palm Beach County judge who frequently criticizes what he sees as racial bias in state laws, prosecutors and law enforcement.
The Judicial Qualifications Commission panel filed formal charges with the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday, alleging that Judge Barry M. Cohen has abused his position by...
November 5th, 2012
Written by Chris Carola in Cultural Uniqueness, Latest News, Race Relations with 0 Comments
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A national archaeology preservation group has bought two former Cayuga Indian village sites in New York's Finger Lakes region as part of the organization's ongoing effort to protect historical sites linked to the Iroquois.
Andy Stout, eastern regional director for the Archaeological Conservancy, told The Associated Press that the sites are on private land just a few miles...
November 2nd, 2012
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TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Israel's prime minister issued a warning to his country's enemies, and France's president vowed to fight anti-Semitism on online social networks and beyond, as the two paid homage to four people killed at a Jewish school in this country's worst terrorist attack in years.
Tears flowed and both pain and hope were palpable at the ceremony in Toulouse, where a radical Islamist...
November 2nd, 2012
Written by Will Weissert -... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — State senators worried Oct. 30, that Texas has gone too far in imposing a zero-tolerance policy for bad behavior in schools, noting that minority students are bearing the brunt of the punishment and school police officers are writing too many tickets for insignificant infractions.
Tony Fabelo, an Austin-based criminal justice consultant, told a joint committee meeting of the...
November 2nd, 2012
Written by David Pitt - As... in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman who claims she was subjected to racial slurs by co-workers, including finding a doll whose face was painted black hanging outside her home with threats to quit her job at Deere & Co., has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the company.
Copa Burse, 48, said racial slurs were painted on her work locker at the Deere plant Ankeny, and that she was...