August 2013
August 4th, 2013
Written by Gene Johnson in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
SEATTLE (AP) - Justices on the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday decried what they described as persistent racial bias in jury selection and called for new protections against it, possibly including the abolition of a legal tradition that dates back more than 700 years.
In considering the case of a black man who appealed his felony murder conviction, the justices launched into a discussion...
August 2nd, 2013
Written by Alexis Huicoche... in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) is being applauded for developing and exceptionally good and comprehensive desegregation plan. The road to implementing a plan to bring racial balance to TUSD schools has been bumpy, with deadlines missed and contentious initiatives.
Still, a national desegregation expert, Willis Hawley, says the Tucson Unified School District is to...
August 2nd, 2013
Written by Mike Schneider ... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Blacks and Hispanics will be held to lower academic goals if the Florida Department of Education and the state Board of Education. But, setting less ambitious academic achievement goals for black and Hispanic students in Florida is discriminatory, according to a civil rights complaint filed Friday with the U.S. Department of Justice.
The complaint filed by the Southern...
August 2nd, 2013
Written by Dinesh Ramde in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (AP) - Twelve months ago, a white supremacist walked into a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple and opened fire on worshippers he didn't know, killing six people, injuring five others and devastating a community whose religion is based on peace and forgiveness.
With the tragedy's anniversary coming up Monday, temple members say they're drawing strength from their religion's tenets....
August 2nd, 2013
Written by Hope Yen in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Blacks and Hispanics are more optimistic about their economic future than whites, according to the results of a new study. What could be some of the reasons? Could it be that blacks and Hispanics have been on the lower and lowest end of the economic ladder for so long that the progress and prognosis for the feature seem good because it is better that where they have been seemingly stuck? Do...