January 2013
January 17th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
President Obama bypassed congressional approval and signed 23 executive actions on January 16 towards curbing gun violence. Among them was a memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to research gun violence. That move was despite threats from NRA-backed members of Congress to de-fund any such future studies. In fact, two days prior to the President’s announcement (and the one...
January 17th, 2013
Written by Ivan Moreno - A... in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
DENVER (AP) - Dozens of jubilant students cheered Democratic lawmakers at the Colorado Capitol on Tuesday for a bill lowering tuition costs for illegal immigrants graduating from state high schools - an often-proposed measure likely to pass this year.
"The air is full of optimism, and so it's an honor to be up here," Pueblo Democratic Sen. Angela Giron, one of the bill's sponsors, said during a...
January 17th, 2013
Written by Holbrook Mohr -... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A report by several advocacy groups says many Mississippi schools use harsh disciplinary practices that lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions under policies disproportionally affecting minorities.
The report comes less than three months after the U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit that alleges there is a "school-to-prison pipeline"...
January 15th, 2013
Written by Susan Montoya B... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Leaders of an American Indian community in northern New Mexico are seeking the return of all land within the boundaries of the 89,000-acre Valles Caldera National Preserve, citing the area as a "spiritual sanctuary" and part of their traditional homeland.
Jemez Pueblo filed a lawsuit in federal court last summer to establish its aboriginal right to ownership of the...
January 15th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A father and son have been sentenced to prison following convictions in a sweeping federal racketeering case in which prosecutors accused them as racist gang members who conspired to attack black people to force them out of a Southern California bedroom community.
Dozens of suspects were convicted in the case that marked the Justice Department's first time combining civil...