Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
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June 17th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
While the GOP holds America’s attention with inflated governmental “scandals” over the past few weeks, a true disgrace is brewing just outside the radar of the mainstream media. Last week, two U. S. Congressmen came forward to apologize for their son’s Twitter postings.
On June 12, Senator Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) teenaged son Tanner used Twitter to threaten the “faggot” who stole his bike from the...
June 16th, 2013
Written by Suzanne Gamboa ... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Minority renters and homebuyers deployed to test for housing racial discrimination today did not run into the blatant discrimination of four decades ago, but were told about and shown fewer homes than their white counterparts with similar backgrounds, according to the results of a major federal housing study released Tuesday.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development...
June 14th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
With the Supreme Court soon expected to render historic verdicts on such issues as the Voting Rights Act and if colleges should consider race in their admission policies, the lone African-American democratic senator seems convinced there is no longer a need for a so-called “black agenda.”
Massachusetts Sen. William “Mo” Cowan assured a largely minority contingent of reporters “the same issues...
June 13th, 2013
Written by Rita Cook in Spotlight, Asian, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
On a recent trip to India and the state of Gujarat, finding local trinkets became a game of meeting the locals and asking questions about how they make each item in the region.
It is a colorful region too, filled with much of the culture from bygone eras.
From local scarves where the craftsmen use block and screen printing, to the hanging, multi-colored trinkets used in homes, and inlaid with...
June 13th, 2013
Written by Hope Yen in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, the government said Thursday. This historic shift shows that young people now emerge at the forefront of sweeping racial and class changes.
The new census estimates, a snapshot of the U.S. population as of July 2012, comes a year after the Census Bureau reported a fall to...