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April 24th, 2013
Written by Christine Armario - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
Latino GOP Conservatives Support Immigration Reform
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — As debate heats up around the Senate immigration bill, Latino Republican leaders are calling on fellow conservatives to refrain from harsh rhetoric, focus on the issues and embrace a fair but practical solution for the 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal permission.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., told...
April 23rd, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
White Separatist Killer Loses Appeal
Chevie Kehoe, a white separatist killer loses an appeal on the life sentence he is serving for the murders of an Arkansas family. He once wrote a letter to his hometown newspaper boasting, “he is not afraid to die for his beliefs,” yet, he frantically sought this new trial.
In an even more ironic twist, Kehoe’s grounds for appeal stemmed from a plot he hatched...
April 19th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Cultural Uniqueness, Latest News with 0 Comments
While the NBA’s annual Green Week has come to a close, this year the NBA Green organization launched a new initiative to make everyday Earth Day at NBA arenas to generate environmental awareness in a non-political way to basketball fans.Throughout the fifth NBA Green Week (April 4-12,) the NBA partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to highlight a variety of local and national...
April 12th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Cover Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Equality In Environmental Education For Minority Students
When the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom happened 50 years ago to highlight political and social injustice towards African Americans, there was no “Earth Day” and no environmental justice movement. It is ironic since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring – the book credited with launching the environmental movement - was published...
April 12th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
Obama Urged To Tackle Issue Of Mass Incarceration
Led by hip-hop legend Russell Simmons and noted scholar Boyce Watkins, more than 150 celebrities and public figures have lent their names and voices as support in a growing movement seeking to have the Obama administration tackle the lingering issue of mass incarceration. In a letter addressed to both President Obama and Attorney General Eric...
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