April 2013
April 8th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
A bi-partisan immigration bill is expected to emerge from the U.S. Senate. A vigorous debate over the flawed U.S. immigration system begins in earnest this week as senators finalize a bipartisan bill to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country, and grant eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally.
Some senators on the bi-...
April 8th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
On Mar. 6, ACLU affiliates in 23 states filed over 255 public records requests with law enforcement agencies to establish the extent to which federal funding fuels the militarization of state and local police departments — particularly SWAT teams."Equipping state and local law enforcement with military weapons and vehicles, military tactical training, and actual military assistance to conduct...
April 8th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in National Collegiate Dialogue with 33 Comments
Affirmative Action practices and policies when it comes to college and university admissions are important cases before the Supreme Court this year. The Court hopes to deliver a decision this spring regarding the affirmative action case brought against the University of Texas, which challenges the University’s affirmative action practices. Just last week the Court heard a Michigan affirmative...
April 8th, 2013
Written by Abby L. Ferber ... in National Collegiate Dialogue with 23 Comments
Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.
This week’s segment is an interview with Emcee and community activist Jasiri X, who is...
April 5th, 2013
Written by Alonzo Weston in Stereotypes & Labels with 2 Comments
Is the GOP re-inventing its image to be more inclusive to minorities and the poor?
The Republican Party hasn’t had much support from blacks and other minorities since the 1960s. It was during that period that the Party of Lincoln saw President Lyndon Johnson and his Democratic cohorts pass legislation to help minorities and the poor.
The programs came under the banner of “The Great Society.”...