June 2013
June 14th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
With the Supreme Court soon expected to render historic verdicts on such issues as the Voting Rights Act and if colleges should consider race in their admission policies, the lone African-American democratic senator seems convinced there is no longer a need for a so-called “black agenda.”
Massachusetts Sen. William “Mo” Cowan assured a largely minority contingent of reporters “the same issues...
June 14th, 2013
Written by Manny Otiko in All About Family with 0 Comments
In a world where we have gay characters regularly featured on television and there is talk of legalizing gay marriage nationwide, it would seem that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community is reaching near acceptance in mainstream society. But what about LGBT youth of varying racial groups? According to Je-Shawna Wholley, Programs and Outreach associate, at the National Black...
June 13th, 2013
Written by Rita Cook in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
On a recent trip to India and the state of Gujarat, finding local trinkets became a game of meeting the locals and asking questions about how they make each item in the region.
It is a colorful region too, filled with much of the culture from bygone eras.
From local scarves where the craftsmen use block and screen printing, to the hanging, multi-colored trinkets used in homes, and inlaid with...
June 13th, 2013
Written by Hope Yen in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, the government said Thursday. This historic shift shows that young people now emerge at the forefront of sweeping racial and class changes.
The new census estimates, a snapshot of the U.S. population as of July 2012, comes a year after the Census Bureau reported a fall to...
June 13th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Based on a Freedom of Information Act request filed in 2010, the Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) just released a report showing the U.S. government detained 1,366 immigrant children in adult detention facilities between 2008 and 2012 for more than three days. More than 800 of those children stayed longer than a week in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prisons...