Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
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March 13th, 2013
Written by Roger Alford - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - It isn't Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell who comes out swinging in his first TV ad of his 2014 re-election campaign. It's his wife, former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.
"You've seen the ads attacking my husband," Chao, speaking directly into the camera, says in a spot that's set to begin airing across Kentucky on Thursday. "As Mitch McConnell's wife, I've...
March 11th, 2013
Written by Jeannie Nuss - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas is among states that do not have Hispanics representatives in the state legislature.
Arkansas has a burgeoning Hispanic population, but without Latinos in the legislature issues targeting the newer Arkansans have come up rarely in the current legislative session.
Two Latinas ran for the Legislature last year and lost, leaving Arkansas as one of more than a dozen...
March 11th, 2013
Written by Holly Ramer in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Dartmouth College is documenting its diversity with an oral history project focused on the previously silent voices of students and staff.
While the college already has extensive audio recordings of former presidents, administrators and trustees, officials at the Rauner Special Collections Library decided last year to expand their oral archives to include current and former...
March 9th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Increasing diversity of university faculty members is a high priority for Rochester Institute of Technology. The Institute, located in Rochester, New York is a model that many universities could follow.
Not only does the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) encourage diversity in its student population, not only has it established a Diversity Framework for an environment that promotes...
March 6th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories with 1 Comment
SEATTLE (AP) - The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the high rate at which black students are disciplined in Seattle Public Schools, a problem that has plagued the district for decades.
Spokesman Jim Bradshaw confirmed Tuesday that the department's Office of Civil Rights is looking into whether the district discriminates against black students by disciplining them more frequently and...
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