July 2013
July 12th, 2013
Written by George Jahn - A... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
VIENNA (AP) - It was 1943 when Vienna's Nazi overlords gave the order to destroy the city's oldest Jewish cemetery, demanding it be leveled and the tombstones attesting to centuries of Jewish existence there be destroyed.
Desperate to save their heritage, the city's shrinking Jewish community decided to act. Defying the possibility of prison, deportation or execution, they buried the gravestones...
July 11th, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans Wednesday confronted the politically volatile issue of immigration Wednesday, their ranks divided and their way forward unclear even as national GOP leaders pressured them to act.
The latest prominent Republican to wade into the debate was former President George W. Bush, who urged Congress to reach a "positive resolution" on overhauling U.S. immigration laws,...
July 10th, 2013
Written by David Brandt - ... in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
A new study gives college sports a B grade for racial and gender hiring practices, though the overall numbers have dipped slightly from last year.
The University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport issued the 2012 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card on July 10, 2013. The mark for gender hiring rose slightly to 81.3 points from 80.7 a year ago, while the number...
July 10th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
In his first meeting with the entire 43-member Congressional Black Caucus since May 2011, President Obama used the July 9 White House gathering to try to mend fences with black leaders, many of whom criticized Obama for not doing enough to help African-Americans during hard economic times or deal with lingering racial discrimination and prejudice in the nation.
"The lines of communication have...
July 10th, 2013
Written by Manny Otiko in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
With the job market still looking sluggish, many minorities now have to look at alternative sources of employment. And even with the War on Terror winding down, many minorities are looking at careers in the military.
Neven Gibbs, a writer and entertainer from Washington, is a former soldier who joined the military back in the '70s when the nation was going through an economic slump. However, he...