Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
Current news, events, research, and reporting, covering the full range of racial issues, racism, discrimination, race relations in the contemporary society
January 30th, 2011
Written by Gina McGalliard in Cover Stories with 0 Comments
Given the long-standing conflict in Israel between the Arab and Jewish peoples, many wonder if peace is even possible. But according to two educators, one Jewish, the other Arab, who have teamed up to create integrated schools, at least part of the answer lies in Arab and Jewish children being educated together.Lee Gordon, who ran a weekly Arab-Jewish dialogue group as a graduate student at...
January 25th, 2011
Written by Laura Monroe in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
As an institution, the American university is charged with providing a suitable environment for higher learning, a place where people from all walks of life come together to develop cutting-edge ideas, new approaches, and resolutions to global problems and issues. For decades now, universities embraced the notion that a diverse student population provides educational benefits to both students and...
January 19th, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
In times when the economy is thriving, philanthropic giving is just as healthy as the money being generated in the private sector. However, when there is a downturn, giving trends decline along with the shrinking economy even though the demand for donations surge. This economic conundrum is now beginning to shift, as new groups open their pocketbooks and donate differently than what was the...
December 31st, 2010
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
An optimist, according to author Bill Vaughn, “stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”Ideally, with sufficient preparation, you can ensure that guests and family welcomes in the New Year — with optimism and plans to optimize.JANUSJanus was the Roman god of beginnings. On ancient coins, his face is shown in double profile-he is...
December 28th, 2010
Written by Rita Cook in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
There is one thing that we can all be certain of when it comes to the holidays, and that is the onslaught of a smorgasbord of foods. From Christmas cookies that range from mint to sugar to gingerbread, to a tall glass of eggnog with or without the rum to pumpkin pie and the main course turkey and dressing. Indeed, there is no time like the holidays to reminisce about food from years past, and to...