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April 11th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
Losses by Republicans in the last two presidential elections made them realize that the party offers little for minority voters. According to Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul, they are the exact voters the party must appeal to - even though it will be a “daunting task.”
President Barack Obama received more than 9 in 10 votes from African-Americans in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential...
April 9th, 2013
Written by Michelle Faul – The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Did Margaret Thatcher support or denounce Apartheid?
Was Margaret Thatcher a supporter of Apartheid? How will history judge her actions or inactions in one long and tyrannical system of white-minority rule in Africa?
The former British leader supported the apartheid government when it was at its deadliest, killing many in the late 1980s in state terrorism at home and abroad in bombings and...
April 8th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
Anti-Semitic violence and vandalism is increasing, according to an annual report that tracks anti-Semitism across the world. Increases in anti-Semitic incidents are clearly on the rise in France, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe due to activity by extremist groups.
In a presentation to The Associated Press, Israeli researchers warned of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks during...
April 8th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
A bi-partisan immigration bill is expected to emerge from the U.S. Senate. A vigorous debate over the flawed U.S. immigration system begins in earnest this week as senators finalize a bipartisan bill to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country, and grant eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally.
Some senators on the bi-...
April 4th, 2013
Written by Christy Lemire - AP Movie Writer in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
LOS ANGELES (AP) - There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies' manager.
It's early in the 1947 season. Each time the Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman comes up to bat, manager Ben Chapman emerges from the dugout, stands on the field, and taunts him with increasingly...
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