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November 6th, 2012
Written by Charles Babington - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
KISSIMMEE, Florida (AP) - President Barack Obama has a problem with Florida's important Puerto Rican voters, and it has little to do with the immigration and deportation issues that dominate so much of the national debate involving Hispanic voters.
Florida's two biggest Hispanic groups -- Puerto Ricans and Cuban Americans -- have legal statuses not enjoyed by immigrants from other Latin American...
November 5th, 2012
Written by Curt Anderson - AP Legal Affairs Writer in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Persistent reports of robocalls incorrectly telling voters they can cast ballots over the phone and fears of aggressive challenges by monitors at polling places threaten to mar Election Day in many key states, voting rights advocates said Monday.
The fake phone calls, some of which involve live callers, continued to crop up in Virginia, North Carolina and Florida, primarily...
November 5th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Dec. 11 in Oxford on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District.
In May, the school district filed a proposal with the federal court to desegregate the East Side High School and D.M. Smith Middle School.
The school system wanted to introduce magnet programs at both schools to help attract white students from...
November 5th, 2012
Written by Anonymous in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 3 Comments
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state investigative panel is questioning the impartiality of an outspoken Palm Beach County judge who frequently criticizes what he sees as racial bias in state laws, prosecutors and law enforcement.
The Judicial Qualifications Commission panel filed formal charges with the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday, alleging that Judge Barry M. Cohen has abused his position by...
November 5th, 2012
Written by Chris Carola in Cultural Uniqueness, Latest News, Race Relations with 0 Comments
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A national archaeology preservation group has bought two former Cayuga Indian village sites in New York's Finger Lakes region as part of the organization's ongoing effort to protect historical sites linked to the Iroquois.
Andy Stout, eastern regional director for the Archaeological Conservancy, told The Associated Press that the sites are on private land just a few miles...
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