April 2013
April 15th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
The Urban League details the state of black in America, in its recent annual report, as one where the economic equality gap continues to increase.
Half a century since Martin Luther King delivered his historical “I Have a Dream” speech and now, the latter stages of the two-term tenure of the first African-American to occupy the White House, not only do blacks persist in lagging behind whites...
April 15th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in National Collegiate Dialogue with 35 Comments
Police Target Black And Latino Marijuana Users
New York City (NYC,) recently dubbed “the marijuana arrest capital of the world” boasts over a million hours of police work devoted to 440,000 pot possession arrests over the past 11 years. Although most of these arrests were low-level misdemeanors, police appear justified in using their valuable time to arrest, process, and prosecute weed smokers...
April 15th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in National Collegiate Dialogue with 16 Comments
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some U.S. Republican leaders on Wednesday pushed back against a new comeback plan after a poor showing in last year's elections, saying the party shouldn't give up its conservative stance on sensitive but core issues like immigration and gay marriage.
The opposition party has been in a fever of self-inspection since President Barack Obama easily won re-election over a...
April 12th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Cover Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Equality In Environmental Education For Minority Students
When the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom happened 50 years ago to highlight political and social injustice towards African Americans, there was no “Earth Day” and no environmental justice movement. It is ironic since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring – the book credited with launching the environmental movement - was published...
April 12th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
Obama Urged To Tackle Issue Of Mass Incarceration
Led by hip-hop legend Russell Simmons and noted scholar Boyce Watkins, more than 150 celebrities and public figures have lent their names and voices as support in a growing movement seeking to have the Obama administration tackle the lingering issue of mass incarceration. In a letter addressed to both President Obama and Attorney General Eric...