Toronto Sun: Blacks not only pupils in need
Trustees can't vote to create an Africentric school and then ignore higher dropout rates in other communities, one public trustee argues. . Toronto ...
Archive for April 1st, 2008
Charlotte Observer: This time around, lawyer sets sights higher
At age 32, Hampton Dellinger believed he could be North Carolina's attorney general.. . There was some precedent. Bill Clinton was that age when he ...
San Francisco Chronicle: Cowboy reaches end of 6,000-mile trail
Miles Dean, 52, a social studies teacher in Newark, N.J., rides his horse Sankofa, a 9-year-old Arabian saddlebred stallion, past the Walt Disney ...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Highland Beach investigate racist joke allegations
Police officials have launched an internal investigation after an officer accused a colleague of telling racist jokes in the Highland Beach Police ...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Dunbar Village case deepens rift in civil rights circles
Houston - The crime was unspeakably horrific. . A 35-year-old Haitian immigrant and her 12-year-old son were forced into their home at gunpoint in ...
Cape Cod Times: ‘The Color of Wealth’
In his historic Philadelphia speech on race, the senator from Illinois envisioned two parallel tracks "on the path of a more perfect union.". Black ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: When patience ran out, the Hill District went up in flames
Forty years ago this month, the reality of everyday life for African Americans, combined with the anguish brought on by the assassination of Dr ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Meeting here focuses on high rate of STDs
EAST ST. Illinois' top health official led a town hall meeting Tuesday in East St. Louis to draw awareness to the state's high rate of sexually ...
Yahoo! News: CLINTON AND OBAMA CAMPS CLASH OVER GENDER AND RACE
Geraldine Ferraro sent me to the history books. Her contemptible comments about Barack Obama prompted my search through old archives and texts for ...
National Post: Pro-choice’s guinea pigs
The birth of my fourth granddaughter two weeks ago -- healthy, a good weight -- was the occasion for joy and relief in equal measure.. . My ...
Florida Times-Union: Nassau healthcare topic of discussion
Better local leadership, increased awareness and more outreach is needed to fix Nassau County's health-care problems, locals say.. . About two ...
The Free Lance-Star: Community Briefs
Once Upon a Mattress auditions . . Stage Door Productions is holding auditions for the first show of its 10th season, "Once Upon a Mattress." . ...
Baton Rouge Advocate: Letter: Spring break eases BR traffic woes
Published: Apr 2, 2008 - Page: 6B - UPDATED: 12:05 ...
Colorado Springs Gazette: Letters - Wednesday
RACE AND BULLIES Minority students suffer when schools drop the ball . We appreciate The Gazette's frontpage coverage of racism in El Paso County ...
Washington Times: Obama’s church founded on radical creed
Obama's past, right at him Obama salutes McCain patriotism Wright letter resurfaces, Time after Times Racial lines split voters over pastor's ...