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May 3rd, 2013
Written by Nicole Winfield - Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Black Italian Minister Focusing On Cultural Education
ROME (AP) –The first black Italian minister says she plans to focus on cultural education.
Congolese-born surgeon Cecile Kyenge held a news conference to introduce herself to Italians so they could get to know her. Targeted by racial slurs and taunts since her appointment, Kyenge said Friday that Italians aren't racist but that some are...
May 2nd, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
Representatives of nearly all U.S. national Sikh organizations - including United Sikhs, the Sikh Coalition, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Sikhs For Justice - gathered with lawmakers April 24 on Capitol Hill for the launch of the American Sikh Congressional Caucus. While most political caucuses typically organize around common affiliations or ideological goals, the Sikh...
May 1st, 2013
Written by Todd Pitman - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
Sectarian Violence Explodes Against Muslims In Myanmar
OKKAN, Myanmar (AP) — They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on Wednesday, nothing was left but smoldering ash and debris.
One day after hundreds of Buddhists armed with bricks stormed a clutch of Muslim villages in the closest explosion of sectarian violence yet to Myanmar's...
April 30th, 2013
Written by Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Mayor Bloomberg Fiercely Defends Stop And Frisk Practice
NEW YORK (AP) - In a pugnacious defense of what he called a police force bombarded by politics, Mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out Tuesday at critics of the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practice and surveillance programs.
"The NYPD is under attack," the mayor said in a speech that lauded the department for lower crime rates,...
April 29th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 2 Comments
Urban Prep Educates Its Students Straight Into CollegeBy Glenn MinnisA Chicago public high school is not only beating the odds in terms of educating all its students, it’s giving concerned observers yet another layer to ponder in addressing the city’s ongoing gang and violence problem.
Nestled in the heart of Englewood, one of the city’s most notorious and crime-ridden neighborhoods, for the...
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