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Minorities Overrepresented in Brochures
Researcher says that 75 percent of colleges overrepresent black students in outreach materials.... Full Article At U.S. News & World Report
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Richardson salutes those who paved way
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the first major Hispanic candidate to run for president, said Sunday that years of work by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition helped open... Full Article At Chicago Sun-Times
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An exodus from Iraq
An exodus from Iraq The country’s religious Minorities have been brutalized and driven away as a result of the Iraq War. In fact, when it comes to religious freedom, Iraq is not far ahead of... Full Article At USA Today - Chuck Raasch
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Lapham's Quarterly: Semiquaver Rest
With an estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reports that the U.S. is home to "one of the largest HIV epidemics in the world." Racial and ethnic ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Christians still persecuted in Iraq.
The situation in Iraq is improving, alright, but we should never forget the persecution suffered by Iraqi Christians. This New York Times article details at length the re-reappearance of the jizya, the ancient method of extortion reserved for Christians... Full Article At Redstate
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'Too many black faces on TV'
Director says BBC has overcompensated for lack of executives from ethnic Minorities... Full Article At Guardian Unlimited
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Study: Children of minorities fare worse in child-welfare system
Whether children of color are overrepresented in the child-welfare system is a topic that's long been discussed in certain circles. An extensive report released... Full Article At Seattle Times
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Nader "Talking Dumb"
Perennial presidential candidate Ralph Nader is accusing Barack Obama of trying to "talk white," and appealing to "white guilt" in his quest for the White House. The immediate response has been... Full Article At Eric Pfeiffer
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Stealth Minorities
Via Brendan Nyhan, some puzzling remarks from a leader of the white supremacist community: "I haven't seen this much anger in a long, long time," said Billy Roper, a 36-year-old who runs a group called White Revolution in Russellville, Ark. "Nothing has awakened normally complacent white Americans... Full Article At The Atlantic - Matthew Yglesias
The Young Turks on Thad McCotter's embarrassing speech
Do we remember Thad McCotter's speech from the floor of the House last week ? The one that reminded most of us of those times at Thanksgiving when the family's drunk uncle spouts off about Minorities, thinking he's being really... Full Article At Michigan Liberal
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Arabs in Israel
The Arabs of Israel are people to be pitied. They are second-class citizens. They have split loyalties. They suffer all kinds of slights. Some of this may be correct, although I didn't see much of this when I lived in Jaffa eight years ago. Maybe it's more the case in rural areas.... Full Article At The Spine
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PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE AS PRACTICED ABROAD.
It's ironic that a year after our Supreme Court struck a blow against school integration, the Christian Science Monitor reports that Holland is planning on importing American de-segregation programs. In Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague, about 10 percent of neighborhoods are overwhelmingly... Full Article At The American Prospect - Tapped
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Radio Merger Under Fire From Black Lawmakers
Source: [b]Washington Post[/b] Radio Merger Under Fire From Black Lawmakers Caucus, FCC Chair Differ On Setting Aside XM, Sirius Channels for ... Full Article At Democratic Underground
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CNBC: Housing collapse the fault of African-Americans, Latinos and minorities
Larry Kudlow and his Mini-Me (Jerry Bower) on CNBC have blamed just about everyone for the housing crisis/credit crunch except for the people who were responsible for creating the failed plan, Wall Street. Minorities are always a fine target for right... Full Article At AMERICAblog
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The Failure of the Republican Party to deliver anything for Blacks
My good friend, Timothy Johnson, Ph.D., was recently honored by the Buncombe County (Asheville, NC) Republican Party. Timothy Johnson has been elected party chair. It did not go unnoticed that he is the first black elected party chair in Buncombe... Full Article At Liberal Oasis
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Doctors and Minorities: 3 Perspectives
To the Editor:.... Full Article At New York Times = Op/Ed
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The FCC's Obsolete Quotas
The Federal Communications Commission, estabalished in 1934 to regulate scarce radio spectrum, is being pressured to block a merger involving two companies that use un-scarce satellite broadcast technology, on grounds that the federal government is not dictating enough of the would-be merged company... Full Article At Reason Magazine - Hit & Run
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Jeb Bush, citizen, reformer: Summit
by Mark Silva Jeb Bush, old governor of Florida, has not faded away. Bush, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, is rounding up a two-day summit of educators for a conference... Full Article At The Swamp
How Clinton and Obama boosted feminism, civil rights - Christian Science Monitor
This feature requires a newer version of Macromedia Flash Player and javascript-enabled browser. Reporter Arial Sabar discusses what the candidacy of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton could... Full Article At Live Search News
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Michigan Enrolls Fewer Minorities
Class of 2012 is first class to fully apply after the state banned use of race in admissions.... Full Article At U.S. News & World Report