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June 17th, 2014

California Senate Elects Latino Leader

Written by Judy Lin in Race & Politics, Race Relations with 0 Comments
Senator Kevin de Leon, Democrat from Los Angeles, second from left, receives congratulations from other lawmakers after he was elected as the new Senate President Pro Tem at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 16, 2014. De Leon will become just the second Latino leader of the Senate, but the first in more than 130 years.
The California state Senate has elected Kevin de Leon, a Latino, as leader. On Monday, the Senate named as its next leader a Los Angeles Democrat who is best known for championing policies benefiting low-wage workers and their children. By voice vote, the 40-member chamber elected Sen. Kevin de Leon to succeed Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, who will step down Oct. 15,...
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June 10th, 2014

GOP Targeting Black Voters

Written by Jesse J Holland in Race & Politics, Race Relations with 0 Comments
This photo taken May 19, 2014, shows former Republican candidate for Congress, Vivian Childs, right, walking through the Georgia GOP headquarters, followed by Michael Roundtree, chairman of the Morehouse College Republicans, before a training session with Leo Smith, minority engagement director for the Georgia Republican Party, not shown, in Atlanta.
The GOP is targeting black voters in pivotal states for the 2014 mid-term election and beyond to maximize their efforts to win both houses of Congress, and ultimately the White House. In that effort they have hired and placed minority engagement director in the state of Georgia and other states and they are setting up College Republican Chapters at Historically Black Colleges and Universities....
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June 10th, 2014

Are More Black Schools Being Closed Than White?

Written by Kevin McGill in Education, the Great Equalizer, Race Relations with 0 Comments
In New Orleans, the complaint said, poorly performing schools with higher percentages of black students are more likely to be closed than schools with higher white enrollment. It also says white students are disproportionately enrolled at higher performing schools.
Are more black schools than white being closed as communities seek to set up more charter schools that are run by independent organizations? There are complaints against governing boards and agencies running public schools in Chicago, Newark and now New Orleans. Representatives of two community groups in New Orleans have called for the resignation of state Education Superintendent John White...
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June 9th, 2014

Will a Korean-American Lead Southern Baptists

Written by Travis Loller in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Race Relations with 0 Comments
Will Rev. Dennis Kim become the first Korean-American to lead the Southern Baptist Convention?
Will a Korean-American pastor become the head of the Southern Baptist Convention, continuing efforts to show a commitment to ethnic and geographic diversity of the largest white Protestant group based in the South? Southern Baptists elected their first African-American president two years ago in a move widely seen as a watershed for efforts to broaden the appeal of the nation's largest Protestant...
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June 5th, 2014

Black Motorists Stopped More Than Whites

Written by David A. Lieb in Race Relations, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Black motorists in Missouri were 66 percent more likely than white ones to be stopped based on their proportionate share of the driving-age population last year.
Black motorists are stopped more than whites in Missouri, showing that racial profiling is still prevalent. Attorney General Chris Koster says he is disturbed by new statistics showing that Missouri law enforcement officers have continued to pull over black motorists at a significantly greater rate than white drivers. The report released Friday by Koster's office found that black drivers were 66...
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