January 2013
January 14th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
With influenza flooding the news recently, it seems timely to recall another deadly disease and the woman who helped defeat it but gave her life in the attempt.
When it struck a port city, the highly contagious, yellow fever, known as "Yellow Jack," a yellow quarantine flag was flown alerting incoming ships to avoid the area at all costs. The Spanish called it el vomito negro (the black vomit),...
January 14th, 2013
Written by Peter Enav - As... in Latest News with 0 Comments
DAKANUA, Taiwan (AP) — Her eyes lit bright with concentration, Taiwanese linguist Sung Li-may leans in expectantly as one of the planet's last 10 speakers of the Kanakanavu language shares his hopes for the future.
"I am already very old," says 80-year-old Mu'u Ka'angena, a leathery faced man with a tough, sinewy body and deeply veined hands. A light rain falls onto the thatched roof of the...
January 11th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Race Relations with 3 Comments
Are African-Americans more homophobic than other racial groups? Last summer, President Obama stated publically that he supported gay marriage. Many feared this pronouncement would erode his support in the black community.
According to a recent Pew Poll, 49 percent of blacks opposed gay marriage in 2012, while 67 percent disapproved in 2008. Forty-three percent of whites and all other Americans...
January 11th, 2013
Written by Ben Nuckols - A... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's leading university for the deaf and hard of hearing reinstated its chief diversity officer, who was suspended for three months after signing a petition circulated by opponents of gay marriage in Maryland.
Gallaudet University president T. Alan Hurwitz announced the reinstatement of Angela McCaskill in an email Monday to students, faculty, and staff. The brief...
January 11th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
For the last several months, Europe has been struggling with persistent racist incidents at football games — from Sophia, Bulgaria to Budapest, Hungary to Rome Italy. There have also been incidents in England.
The Bulgarian Football Union is appealing sanctions imposed by the FIFA for racist abuse by some of its fans toward players during a World Cup qualifying game. Some Bulgaria fans made...