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October 19th, 2012
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The colorful and musical New Orleans neighborhood called Treme is marking the 200th anniversary of its origins as an early melting pot for the city and the U.S.
Treme is considered one of America's most unusual neighborhoods and holds significant place in the history of jazz. It is also getting some new energy thanks in part to the spotlight provided by the HBO series "Treme...
October 18th, 2012
Written by Jack Elliott Jr... in race relations news, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi NAACP is asking federal judges to redraw the state House and Senate districts that were approved by the Justice Department last month. The group also wants the judges to set new legislative elections in 2013, two years ahead of the normal schedule.
The state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed its lawsuit Saturday,...
October 16th, 2012
Written by Peter James Spi... in race relations news, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Race and Religion, Latest News with 0 Comments
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.
The U.N. Population Fund says about...
October 12th, 2012
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s — least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war.
Yet as the Afghan war began its 12th year on Sunday, Oct. 7, fears loom that the country will again fracture along ethnic lines once international...
October 3rd, 2012
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RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a sheriff in the U.S. state of North Carolina and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted arrests with the intent of maximizing deportations.
In an 11-page report issued Tuesday, the federal agency said Sheriff Terry S. Johnson and his deputies violated the...