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.
August 3rd, 2011
Written by Rita Cook in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Like all ethnic groups in America, Cuban Americans experience the same problems as any other group, including teen pregnancy, youth incarceration, and substance abuse. With Miami being the most prominent home base for Cubans when they come to America, or where many have settled for years, it is a melting pot that offers both the good and the bad, issues ranging from cultural problems to the...
July 22nd, 2011
Written by Gina McGalliard in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
If ever in Los Angeles, stop at the Museum of Tolerance (MOT), founded by famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. This interactive, high-tech museum isn’t a typical museum filled with fixed panels and artifacts. Museum Director Liebe Geft describes it as “an immersive, interactive experience that spotlights history, lets us bear witness to history and explore where these dynamics of prejudice, racism...
June 29th, 2011
Written by Patty Talahongva in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Scattered throughout the U.S. are pockets of hyphenated Americans who come from the country of Hungary. For many, the ties to the motherland are so strong that they created organizations here to keep their culture close to them.Zsuzsa Stanfield understands the reasons. She left her hometown of Budapest 18 years ago. “I was born in Hungary. I’m from Budapest. I love Budapest,” she declares. But...
June 24th, 2011
Written by Cindy Ferraino in Feature Stories with 1 Comment
Many problems continue to plague the American justice system such as racism, corruption, and fiscal abuse. According to reports from the University Of Dayton, “America must stop feeding the prison monster.”If you had to eat a piece of the pie of tainted justice, two specific areas would need to be addressed or dissected. First, how the minority populations fail to receive fair representation in...
June 1st, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Many years ago, my college roommate and I spent a year in England. As the New Year approached, we heard repeatedly, “You should spend the holiday in Scotland. They really know how to celebrate there. Everyone’s welcome.” They were talking of course, about “Hogmanay.”We never did make it to the land of bagpipes and kilts, shortbread, Andrew Carnegie and wassail, lads and lassiestartans, and haggis...
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