Blog: Racism News & Discrimination Cases
October 23rd, 2012
Written by Matthew Pennington - Associated Press in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney sparred over China during a debate on foreign policy Monday night, but as usual the focus was less the Asian giant's rise as a world power than its the impact on the American economy.
Both candidates said they want America to have a positive relationship with China, but Beijing must play by international trade rules.
China played a...
October 23rd, 2012
Written by Jesse Washington - AP National Writer in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
EdITOR'S NOTE: One in a series examining issues at stake in the election and their impact on people.
The issue:
What, exactly, is discrimination, and what should be done to fight it? This election offers choices on the answers.
In areas such as mortgages, voter identification and immigration enforcement, the presidential candidates differ over how to use laws that guarantee equality and how far...
October 22nd, 2012
Written by Lori Hinnant - Associated Press in race relations news, Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News with 0 Comments
PARIS (AP) — Twitter agreed to pull racist and anti-Semitic tweets under a pair of French hash tags after a Jewish group threatened to sue the social network for running afoul of national laws against hate speech, the organization said. The decision came a day after Twitter bowed to German law and blocked an account of a banned neo-Nazi group there.
The freewheeling social network is increasingly...
October 19th, 2012
Written by John Seewer - Associated Press in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama failed to bring any new ideas that could revive the economy during the second presidential debate, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said Wednesday.
Ryan told supporters in the Cleveland area that running mate Mitt Romney followed up a strong first debate with another winning performance.
The Wisconsin congressman said Obama is out of...
October 19th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
To the annoyance of the Romney campaign, members of Washington's reality-based community have a habit of popping up to point out the many deceptions in the campaign's blue-sky promises of low taxes and instant growth. The latest is the Joint Committee on Taxation, an obscure but well-respected Congressional panel — currently evenly divided between the parties — that helps lawmakers calculate the...
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