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April 8th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
On Mar. 6, ACLU affiliates in 23 states filed over 255 public records requests with law enforcement agencies to establish the extent to which federal funding fuels the militarization of state and local police departments — particularly SWAT teams."Equipping state and local law enforcement with military weapons and vehicles, military tactical training, and actual military assistance to conduct...
April 8th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in National Collegiate Dialogue with 33 Comments
Affirmative Action practices and policies when it comes to college and university admissions are important cases before the Supreme Court this year. The Court hopes to deliver a decision this spring regarding the affirmative action case brought against the University of Texas, which challenges the University’s affirmative action practices. Just last week the Court heard a Michigan affirmative...
April 5th, 2013
Written by Alonzo Weston in Stereotypes & Labels with 2 Comments
Is the GOP re-inventing its image to be more inclusive to minorities and the poor?
The Republican Party hasn’t had much support from blacks and other minorities since the 1960s. It was during that period that the Party of Lincoln saw President Lyndon Johnson and his Democratic cohorts pass legislation to help minorities and the poor.
The programs came under the banner of “The Great Society.”...
April 5th, 2013
Written by Nicholas Riccardi - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Race Relations with 1 Comment
PHOENIX (AP) — On the political map of the Southwest, Arizona stands out.
Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico are independent-minded states that once leaned Republican but are trending Democratic, partly because of increasing numbers of Hispanic voters alienated from the GOP by its tough stance on illegal immigration.
California, a GOP bastion for decades, is now solidly Democratic and the ultimate...
April 5th, 2013
Written by Frank Jordans - Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind with 1 Comment
BERLIN (AP) — A German pastor due to stand trial for allegedly inciting violence at an anti-Nazi demonstration said Tuesday that authorities risk deterring people from standing up to right-wing extremists if he is convicted.
Prosecutors accuse Lothar Koenig of serious breach of the peace, attempted obstruction of justice, and attempted coercion at a protest in the eastern city of Dresden two...
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