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October 2nd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Cover Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — James Meredith is a civil-rights icon who hates the term "civil rights."
It's as if civil rights were somehow set apart from — well, rights.
“When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult," said the black man who 50 years ago inflamed the anger of white Mississippi by quietly demanding...
October 1st, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 7 Comments
The tweaking of voting laws in 23 states, including photo identification laws, requirements to prove citizenship and attempts to purge “non-citizens” from voter rolls, could have a "disproportionate effect" on the ability of people of color to vote in the upcoming election. In fact, these changes might dissuade up to 10 million Hispanics alone from voting, according to a report released September...
October 1st, 2012
Written by Judith H. Katz Ed.D. Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group Inc. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 10 Comments
According to some polls, one in five Americans believes President Obama was born outside the United States, despite evidence to the contrary. One-third of conservative Republicans think he is a Muslim, despite his clear and consistent assertions of his Christian faith. Some adversaries of the President speak of him with an intensity that comes dangerously close to hatred.
What is happening...
September 30th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
We can complain about the big donors that have made all of the negative ads that are bombarding the media outlets possible. We can make the claim that those with deep pockets will determine whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will become the next president of the United States. But despite big money, the decision still resides with voters.
Will we exercise the massive power we have, or will we...
September 27th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 1 Comment
The U.S. Census Bureau released its annual poverty figures recently that painted a dire picture of one in five children under 18-years-old lived in poverty in 2011. According to Bread for the World’s analysis of the hunger and poverty data, this includes 16.1 million children, or 21.9 percent. The numbers also indicate that over a quarter of all children under 5-years-old lived in poverty in 2011...
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