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 17th, 2009
Written by Jake Singleton in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Hypertension, known as the silent killer, often goes undetected or undiagnosed until it is too late.Its symptoms, which can include fatigue, nausea, shortness of breath, headaches, excessive sweating and vision problems, often go unnoticed and disregarded, or incorrectly linked to other conditions.More than 50 million Americans suffer from hypertension or high blood pressure — making it No. 13 on...
December 17th, 2009
Written by Danielle Douglas in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
One of the most highly regarded environmentalists of the modern movement; Van Jones, did not forge his commitment while chained to a redwood. His eco-activism sprouted from a need for social justice, and the faces of at-risk inner-city youth for whom he wanted to provide a sustainable future.“I was working on issues of juvenile justice, really trying to get kids out of jail and into jobs,” says...
December 11th, 2009
Written by Ann Tierney Prochnow in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Festivals have a rich tradition throughout Asian cultures, whether the festival originated out of a shared agrarian heritage, as a celebration of a successful harvest, or as an opportunity for families to reunite and offer prayers for future health and prosperity. There are ethnic festivals they have celebrated for thousands of years and have become so ingrained into the culture that people may...
December 10th, 2009
Written by Alakananda Mookerjee in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Board the N train at the Canal Street subway station and a 20-minute ride over the Manhattan Bridge (and a maze of underground tunnels) takes one to 8th Avenue in Brooklyn – the gateway to New York City’s lesser-known Chinatown.Territorially speaking, after Manhattan and Queens', it’s the smallest Chinese enclave, but it is by no means, any less Chinese. Locked between 62nd and...
December 4th, 2009
Written by Soumitro Sen in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Lopamudra Mukherjee isn’t very different from most middle-class, urban, American women — balancing a family life with a full-time job, teaching English at a high school in Los Angeles. Yet when you see her among people from her native India, — draped in embroidered silk, her wrists radiant with golden bangles and a prominent maroon dot in the middle of her forehead — you see that there are,...
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