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November 30th, 2012
Written by Alicia A. Caldw... in race relations news, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - After Mitt Romney's loss in the presidential election, Republicans quickly identified one of their mistakes as the party's dysfunctional relationship with Hispanic voters, who overwhelmingly voted for President Barack Obama. But the earliest efforts by GOP lawmakers to tackle immigration policy on Capitol Hill aren't likely to win them new support among Hispanics.
The first...
November 29th, 2012
Written by Adrian Sainz - ... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Leaders of an attempt by six Memphis suburbs to start their own public school systems are considering how to respond after a federal judge halted their effort.
U.S. District Judge Samuel Mays ruled Tuesday that the state law allowing voters in the six Shelby County municipalities to decide if they wanted their own school districts violates the Tennessee Constitution because...
November 29th, 2012
Written by Melinda Deslatt... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A New Orleans-based federal judge halted Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program in Tangipahoa Parish on Monday, saying it conflicts with a decades-old desegregation case.
The ruling could have implications for the statewide program throughout Louisiana, since more than 30 of the 69 parish and city school districts are under federal desegregation orders, according to the...
November 28th, 2012
Written by Pablo Gorondi -... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Lawmakers wore yellow stars and hundreds of protesters rallied on Tuesday to condemn a far-right politician who called for the screening of Jews for national security risks, part of a wave of incendiary racist comments from a populist party.
Marton Gyongyosi, a Jobbik party deputy, on Monday criticized Hungary's foreign ministry for what he said was siding with Israel and...
November 28th, 2012
Written by Mansur Mirovale... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
MOSCOW (AP) — A world martial arts champion from Russia's southern Caucasus region was convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter, but set free after a trial that inflamed ethnic tensions.
The verdict led to protests by nationalists outside the court and prompted Russian riot police to flood the wide square outside the Kremlin to prevent possible violent clashes between nationalists and ethnic...