July 2013
July 16th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
The Black American Leadership Alliance (BALA) is leading a "D.C. March for Jobs" in Washington D.C. on Monday, July 15, 2013 to protest the Gang of 8's immigration Bill.
But there are some questions as to the origins of the BALA as an advocacy group for African Americans and the motivations for the march, which is also sponsored by the Tea Party Community and the Brotherhood Organization of A New...
July 15th, 2013
Written by Verena Dobnik -... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
NEW YORK (AP) – Blacks and whites from all across the country locked arms in rallies to protest the Zimmerman verdict.
Thousands of demonstrators from across the country - chanting, praying and even fighting tears - protested a jury's decision to clear neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager while the Justice Department considered whether...
July 15th, 2013
Written by Frances D’Emili... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
ROME (AP) – Racism is on full display in Italy as the country grapples with immigration.
Premier Enrico Letta has harshly criticized a top Italian senator who likened the country's first black Cabinet minister to an orangutan, the latest episode of high-profile racial tension in a nation grappling with immigration.
In a statement Sunday, Letta denounced Roberto Calderoli's words as "unacceptable...
July 15th, 2013
Written by Bernie Dotson in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) – Whether displaying a replica of the Confederate flag on your license plate or as a decal in your car window, does its display provoke any positive meaning? Phillip Hester in Gallup, New Mexico seems to think so.
Phillip Hester is known around Gallup as "the guy that has a license plate on his car with the Confederate Flag on it." But he doesn't take it as an insult. The...
July 15th, 2013
Written by Manny Otiko in All About Family with 0 Comments
Birth rates across the United States are falling but the numbers among Latino women are falling drastically. According to figures from Pew Research released in 2011, "The birth rate for U.S.-born women decreased 6 percent during these years (2007-2010), but the birth rate for foreign-born women plunged 14 percent – more than it had declined over the entire 1990-2007 period. The birth rate for...