September 2014
September 30th, 2014
Written by Rob Ryser in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
The Danbury police department is determined to reflect the diversity of the city. The city's determination to make its police force reflect the diversity of its population paid off last weekend when 294 men and women showed up to take the police test and 68 percent were minorities.
While it's too early to say how many Latino and black applicants will survive testing and interviewing to emerge as...
September 30th, 2014
Written by Darlene Supervi... in Common Ties That Bind, Feature Stories, Race Relations with 2 Comments
President Barack Obama says the widespread mistrust of law enforcement is having a corrosive effect on the nation, and particularly its children. The fatal police shootings of unarmed black men occur in too many communities. He blames the feeling of wariness on persistent racial disparities in the administration of justice.
Obama said these misgivings only serve to harm communities that are most...
September 29th, 2014
Written by Jim Kuhnhenn - ... in Common Ties That Bind, Feature Stories, Race Relations with 0 Comments
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is leaving after serving six years as attorney general of the United States. He is among the longest serving attorney generals in the history of this nation. Only three others have served longer.
It wasn't difficult for Barack Obama and Eric Holder to be in the same orbit. Both were sons of immigrants, Columbia grads, basketball fans and prominent African-...
September 29th, 2014
Written by Ann Sanner in Discrimination Cases, Race Relations with 0 Comments
Voting Rights at still challenged in Ohio, an important swing state, as we approach the mid-term election in November. What is tied up in the court system is what should be the schedule for early voting, which could start as early as next week.
Attorneys for the state of Ohio have formally asked the full federal appeals court to review a lawsuit affecting the swing state's early voting schedule....
September 25th, 2014
Written by Jim Kuhnhenn - ... in All About Family, National Collegiate Dialogue, Race Relations with 27 Comments
Immigration poses major challenges for President Barack Obama who thus far has had a complicated history with the politics of immigration.
The son of a Kenyan immigrant, Obama has been both embraced and scorned by immigrant advocates who have viewed him as both a champion and an obstacle to their cause.
In 2006, about 30 Mexican nationals desperate to avoid deportations that would separate them...