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November 14th, 2012
Written by Mark Sherman - Associated Press in Cover Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will consider eliminating the government's most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a diverse coalition of voters propelled President Barack Obama to a second term in the White House.
With a look at affirmative action in higher education already on the agenda, the court is putting a...
November 13th, 2012
Written by Sarah Dilorenzo - Associated Press in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
PARIS (AP) — The radicalization of the French gunman who killed seven people on an eight-day shooting spree this spring began at home, his brother recounts in a new book and documentary, according to media reports.
Mohamed Merah killed three Jewish children, a rabbi, and three paratroopers in and around the southern city of Toulouse in March before dying in a standoff with police. Merah claimed...
November 13th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 0 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket,
Is racist behavior on the rise on college campuses?
~Jewish Parents from Eastern Seaboard
Dear Jewish Parents,
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found scrawled on a Jewish students' home on the Wheaton College campus.
School President Ronald Crutcher says in an email to faculty and students that the graffiti was discovered Sunday morning on the back door of...
November 13th, 2012
Written by Suzette Laboy - Associated Press in Cultural Uniqueness, Latest News with 0 Comments
MIAMI (AP) — Its roots are in 19th century Cuba, but the guayabera — a button-down shirt in cotton or linen with four pockets and embroidery or pleats down the front — has evolved into a fashionable and formal shirt worn from Mexico to Miami.
"The Guayabera: A Shirt's Story" at the HistoryMiami museum is the first exhibition to trace the story of the shirt's evolution through Cuba, Mexico, and...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Denise Lavoie - AP Legal Affairs Writer in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
BOSTON (AP) — Minority police officers who filed a lawsuit can move forward on their claim that a promotional exam discriminates against black and Hispanic officers, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled Friday.
The Supreme Judicial Court found that a Superior Court judge incorrectly dismissed the officers' claim that the state had interfered with their right to be free of racial...
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