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October 8th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 6 Comments
PHOENIX (AP) — An education campaign for illegal immigrants to remain largely silent when they're pulled over by police is being put into practice in Arizona after a federal judge ruled that the most contentious part of the state's immigration law can take effect.
Natally Cruz and Leticia Ramirez have been telling immigrants who are in the United States illegally, like themselves, that they...
October 8th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 1 Comment
Editors Note: During a Presidential election, there is rarely a discussion on how the selection of the next President of the United States can have profound implications for the highest court in the land. Many presidents, whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, have the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court Justice who will serve for life. That judge can have a profound impact...
October 8th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back on their agenda in the middle of a presidential election campaign.
Nine years is a blink of the eye on a court where justices can look back two centuries for legal precedents. But with an ascendant...
October 8th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The National Union of Mineworkers accused Anglo American Platinum Monday of "racism" as the impasse between striking miners and the world's top platinum producer escalated.
The NUM alleged that its leader in Rustenburg, the scene of a wildcat strike that brought Amplats' operations to a halt, was called derogatory names by the company's security officials at its Swartklip...
October 5th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 1 Comment
GENEVA (AP) — Amid the firestorm over an American film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad, the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva voted Friday on a resolution by a group of African and Latin American governments urging countries "to counter the dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred."
The developing world nations are essentially telling the West: Curb free speech that inflicts...
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