October 2014
October 16th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind, Race Relations with 0 Comments
Racial justice and legalizing marijuana should be a part of the same discussion as states continue to grapple with the issue. A debate over legalizing marijuana in the U.S. capital is focusing on the comparatively large number of arrests of African-Americans on minor drug charges.
The racial justice aspect of the campaign is one of many factors making the District of Columbia's pot legalization...
October 16th, 2014
Written by Matt Stroud in Discrimination Cases, Race Relations with 1 Comment
Five African-American former employees of a West Virginia gas pipeline contractor sued the company Tuesday, claiming they are victims of racial discrimination.
They filed a joint lawsuit in the Northern District of West Virginia against CKS Pipeline Contracting. CKS is based about 20 miles south of Clarksburg, W.Va.
The lawsuit says four of the five were laid off by CKS on the same day in April...
October 16th, 2014
Written by Jesse J Holland in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
More than 100 black candidates will be on the ballot in statewide and congressional races next month, a post-Reconstruction record that some observers say is a byproduct of President Barack Obama's historic presidency.
At least 83 black Republicans and Democrats are running for the U.S. House, an all-time high for the modern era, according to political scientist David Bositis, who has tracked...
October 11th, 2014
Written by Larry O’Dell in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Congressional districts based on race and partisan politics in Virginia have been rejected by a federal court. Virginia legislators packed too many black voters into one congressional district in order to make adjacent districts safer for Republican incumbents, a federal court ruled Tuesday.
The 2-1 ruling by a panel of judges left the state's congressional districts intact for November's...
October 10th, 2014
Written by Tom Hays in Race Relations, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Mayor Bill de Blasio is supporting the New York Police Department's discriminatory surveillance of Muslim communities in the city and elsewhere to detect terror threats, newly filed court papers show.
The papers were filed by the city in opposition to an appeal of a decision by a federal judge in New Jersey finding that the practice is lawful. The decision tossed out a 2012 lawsuit accusing the...