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November 16th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
Rights groups warn of an explosion in racist violence over the past year in Greece, with a notable surge since national elections in May and June that saw dramatic gains by the far-right Golden Dawn party. The severity of the attacks has increased too, they say. What started as simple fist beatings has now escalated to assaults with metal bars, bats, and knives. Another new element: ferocious...
November 16th, 2012
Written by Ian James - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — From Caracas to Havana to La Paz, President Barack Obama's re-election victory was welcomed with a sigh of relief by many on Latin America's left, though others cautioned that the U.S. leader had not made the region a priority during his crisis-buffeted first term and was unlikely to do so in a second.
In Cuba, state-run news website CubaSi called the outcome a victory...
November 15th, 2012
Written by Jack Gillum - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans living in predominantly wealthy, white neighborhoods accounted for nearly all the sizable campaign contributions in this year's presidential election, according to an Associated Press analysis, even as the presidential candidates aggressively courted Hispanics. Latino voters were pivotal for President Obama’s re-election in some battleground states.
The disparity in...
November 14th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
The Commercial Dispatch, Columbus, Miss., on the Ole Miss election night incident:
The recent ugly incident on the University of Mississippi campus is a stark reminder that race relations in Mississippi continue to be an issue, not just for the university, but for our state.
Late Nov. 6, in the hours immediately after President Barack Obama won re-election, approximately 400 students gathered in...
November 14th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Mayor George Schloegel (SHLAY' guhl) took the opportunity of the Veterans Day holiday to apologize to families of African-American members of the U.S. military who weren't allowed to be buried in the city cemetery during times of segregation decades ago.
Schloegel appeared at a Veterans Day service in downtown Gulfport on Monday. The SunHerald reports that he honored three...
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