Oppression and Privilege

Black, White, & Native American Voices On The Manhattan Project

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Russell Contreras - Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - From living in a top-secret city on a mesa in northern New Mexico to smuggling a suitcase packed with alcohol into a dry federal research lab in Tennessee, some of the lesser-known stories behind the nation's effort to develop the atomic bomb are now available online.

The Atomic Heritage Foundation and the Los Alamos Historical Society say the "Voices of the Manhattan Project" website is aimed at creating a central repository for the oral histories surrounding the tightly guarded World War II-era project.

Conversation Of The Week XXXXI: How Do We Up Root Racism In A Supposedly Post-Racial Society?

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Janice S. Ellis Ph.D.

Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.

Ethnic And Minority Tension In Albania And Macedonia

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Konstantin Testorides - Associated Press

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — More than 1,000 ethnic Albanians marched in the capital of Macedonia on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of Albania's independence from the Ottoman Empire. Some politicians have opposed such celebrations, saying they could stoke ethnic tensions in Macedonia.

The prime ministers of neighboring Albania and Kosovo, Sali Berisha and Hashim Thaci, were expected to attend the celebrations later Sunday at Skopje's sports center.

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