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May 28th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, once again, finds himself at the center of controversy after Jewish leaders and black elected officials alike expressed trepidations about a recent speech he made before an overflowing Detroit congregation.
Jewish leaders immediately blasted Farrakahn’s remarks, which included such references as “Satanic Jews” and the “synagogue of Satan” as anti-...
May 28th, 2013
Written by Kerstin Sopke -... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WUNSIEDEL, Germany (AP) - A small town in Germany that once was a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis is now welcoming jobless foreigners with open arms.
A dozen Spaniards affected by record unemployment in their home country have made their way last year to Wunsiedel on the German-Czech border. The town, nestled in the north Bavarian hills mountains, was best known as the burial place of Adolf Hitler'...
May 28th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Spotlight, African-American, Feature Stories with 1 Comment
Emory University will soon serve as the historic home of the life and times of cultural icon, Ophelia DeVore, every bit the female equivalent of noted Renaissance man Paul Robeson.
In terms of serving as both a source of elegant inspiration and dogged determination, DeVore, more or less, owned the 20th century. Her career spanned some six decades, ranging from the worlds of modeling to business...
May 23rd, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
The Center for American Progress updated its numbers from an October 2012 report, showing how women of color increased their voting rate and influenced election outcomes despite a higher risk of disenfranchisement from attacks on voting rights.
The new May 22 report, which updated the numbers from the “A Dual Disenfranchisement: How Voter Suppression Denies Reproductive Justice to Women of Color...
May 23rd, 2013
Written by Nancy Armour in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Do Europeans need race relations and racial sensitivity training? If not all Europeans, what about sports fans? Soccer or football as it is called there, has been plagued all over Europe by racist incidents among fans, at pubs and in the streets, often resulting in cancelled games, expulsions, fines and in some instances property damage and violence.
America is not without its problems when it...