Results released this month from an ongoing University of Washington study of eligible voters indicate that partiality for whites over blacks is the strongest in the least politically-partisan voters and racial biases against President Barack Obama could produce up to a 20 percent gap in the popular vote in an otherwise equal contest.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Thursday he is as committed to abolishing child marriage around the globe as he was to fighting apartheid in South Africa. Tutu made his remarks at the launch of U.N. campaign to end child marriage by 2030, in a bid to free girls from poverty, ignorance, and oppression at the hands of their husbands.
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — An Oglala Lakota doctor will discuss Native American health disparities during a presentation at South Dakota State University this week.
Don Warne is a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and completed medical school at Stanford University. He will discuss American Indian health during a presentation at SDSU on Wednesday. The presentation is free and open to the public.
As a descendent of Native American healers, Warne says he has respect for traditional healing customs. He says the medicine wheel is a symbol of those beliefs.
NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Stanley is being accused of discriminating against black homeowners and violating federal civil rights laws by providing strong incentives to a subprime lender to originate mortgages that were likely to go unrepaid.
The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, was filed Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on behalf of five Detroit residents and Michigan Legal Services. It was filed in U.S. District Court in New York.
