Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
Current news, events, research, and reporting, covering the full range of racial issues, racism, discrimination, race relations in the contemporary society.
December 29th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Like any other job description, there are required qualifications and desired qualifications. The desirable ones are more likely to be dispensable, most of the required are not. What do you think the qualifications of the next President of the United States should be?On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, in less than five days, the official count down to electing the next President of the United States...
November 16th, 2011
Written by Wendy Innes in Feature Stories, Latest News with 5 Comments
In such a volatile employment market, it is perfectly reasonable for people to ask, "What is the best career choice?" There are several great "recession-proof" careers, and minorities and various ethnic groups are represented in many of these jobs already. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) listed the following as the top 10 career choices based on current hiring trends.
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November 7th, 2011
Written by Laura Monroe in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
When the Spanish first arrived in Venezuela in the late fifteenth century, indigenous people belonging to three main ethnolinguistic groups inhabited the region: the Cariban, Arawak, and Chibcha. Today, Venezuela is composed primarily of mestizos (mixed races), with a very small pure Indian population, a notable populace of Caucasians (mostly from Europe), as well as Africans. Through 1990, the...
October 28th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Feature Stories, Latest News with 3 Comments
The economic downturn that has communities all across America in its grip seems to have no immediate end in sight because of forces here at home and those playing out on the global stage. But as we focus on issues at the national level, the plight of the most vulnerable, and those least prepared to weather sustained unemployment and all the negative conditions that go along with it, too often...
September 9th, 2011
Written by Cindy Ferraino in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
The results of 2010 Census has caused a media frenzy about how racial issues play an important role in the way politicians will deal with a potential uproar from various political groups. According to an article written in the Washington Post about the results of the 2010 Census, it seems clear that many understand that the “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave” is a mixed melting pot that will...
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