Cover Stories: Diversity, Illegal Immigration & Race Articles
July 13th, 2012
Written by Manny Otiko in Cover Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Traditionally, African Americans and Latinos worked and lived alongside each other in urban areas, and despite some tensions in the past, those old beefs have given way to more political unions. Nowadays, you will likely see a Civil Rights leader such as Rev. Al Sharpton, marching in an immigrants' rights demonstration, as well as protesting police brutality. And in the Deep South, black leaders...
June 15th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Cover Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
It seems that the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class shrinks more with each passing day. Ask any representative from the three predominate economic classes in America and they will each tell you that their class has suffered the most from the protracted recessionary period that beset our economy in 2007 and has yet to fully dissipate for the majority of our citizens. Let’s...
May 3rd, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Cover Stories, Latest News with 2 Comments
The unseen hands manipulating the message of this election year are the gloved appendages of racism and white privilege. Until recently, people of color and white liberals have been scratching their heads and wondering, “Is it just me or is there a racist element to the campaign themes being espoused by the GOP?” With the introduction of a new attack ad the gloves may have come off. According to...
April 12th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Cover Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
Celebrated on April 22, Earth Day is the day everyone goes “Green.”“I think the great thing about Earth Day is that it does provide the easiest point of entry into the environmental movement and is still this great tool to broaden and diversify the movement,” says Bryan Buchanan, Director of Communication at the Earth Day Network.Earth day inspires folks to care for the environment and learn to...
March 15th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Cover Stories, Latest News with 3 Comments
More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, there is a consensus among K-12 educators that students benefit from working side by side with others who are ethnically diverse. The same is true within higher education since the skills needed in a global economy are best developed through exposure to diverse people and cultures.“There’s a lot to be said about being in a diverse class with...
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