Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
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July 21st, 2013
Written by Bill Barrow in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
"Justice for Trayvon" protest rallies were held in more than one hundred cities across the United States on Saturday. Many organizers, along with the parents of Trayvon Martin, are vowing to keep marching and keep protesting until changes in the self-defense laws occur and George Zimmerman is held accountable on some level.
One week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of...
July 20th, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats doggedly pursuing a far-reaching immigration bill are counting on help from Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate last year and an unlikely candidate for delivering the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's second-term agenda.
Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman who is frequently mentioned in the GOP lineup of possible 2016 presidential...
July 19th, 2013
Written by Julie Pace - AP... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Looking for positive lessons to draw from the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, President Barack Obama said Friday the nation needs to do some "soul-searching," look for ways to bolster African-American boys and examine state and local laws to see if they encourage confrontations like the one in Florida.
"Where do we take this?" Obama wondered aloud in an impromptu appearance in...
July 19th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
While all eyes were on voting rights, affirmative action, and marriage equality, the U.S. Supreme Court also handed down a pair of decisions that severely limit the ability of workers facing racial, gender, or religious harassment to sue for discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
In Vance v. Ball State University, the Court made it harder for workers to seek justice when...
July 19th, 2013
Written by Nicole Winfield... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
ROME (AP) - The vice president of Italy's Senate rejected calls for his resignation Tuesday for making a racist slur against Italy's first black Cabinet minister, but said he was sorry and would send her flowers to make amends.
Roberto Calderoli, a leader of the anti-immigrant Northern League, has been criticized by Italy's president, premier and a host of ministers and lawmakers for comparing...