Common Ties That Bind
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April 5th, 2013
Written by Frank Jordans - Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind with 1 Comment
BERLIN (AP) — A German pastor due to stand trial for allegedly inciting violence at an anti-Nazi demonstration said Tuesday that authorities risk deterring people from standing up to right-wing extremists if he is convicted.
Prosecutors accuse Lothar Koenig of serious breach of the peace, attempted obstruction of justice, and attempted coercion at a protest in the eastern city of Dresden two...
April 4th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
The YWCA of Rochester, New York has an annual drive to “spearhead the local effort for the national Stand against Racism every April.”
Poet Robert Frost once asserted, we should “never be bullied into silence.” His words parallel the efforts of the YWCA of Rochester (New York) and Monroe County; the Y is asking the community at large to speak up and take a stand against racism.
David Mancuso is...
April 3rd, 2013
Written by Michael Biesecker - AP Staff Writer in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is now being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns.
The decision, announced Friday evening, hours after the Associated Press published a story about the flag, which officials said, was part of the historical display intended to...
March 26th, 2013
Written by Jesse Washington - AP National Writer in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
Is the newly elected, Pope Francis, Latino, Italian, or both? One non-Catholic or casual observer may wonder what difference it makes, why does it matter so much? Well, to millions, it does.
He is being hailed with pride and wonder as the "first Latino pope," a native Spanish speaker born and raised in the South American nation of Argentina. But for some Latinos in the United States, there's a...
March 25th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
With the nomination of Thomas Perez (the son of Dominican immigrants) as Labor Secretary on March 18, President Obama called on him to continue Administration efforts to help returning veterans find jobs. This comes on the heels of the President’s State of the Union pledge that 34,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will return home by next spring, and the end of the war by late 2014, which means the...
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