Miami Herald: Perfect attendance has perks
Several Miami Norland High students with perfect attendance records for the school year now ending got a special reward: an outing that became a ...
Archive for May, 2008
Seattle Times: Resegregation of Seattle’s schools
Nearly three decades after Seattle Public Schools integrated almost all its schools through busing, that racial balance is long gone.. . Leschi ...
Sacramento Bee: Stanley Crouch: A message to abusive police
The 1989 case of the Central Park jogger, who was raped, beaten unconscious and left to die, says a good deal about how empathy can improve the art ...
Philadelphia Inquirer: Ochoa not yet attracting new people to golf
As good and marketable as she is, could Lorena Ochoa's status as the No. 1 woman golfer in the world attract more Hispanics to golf? Perhaps, if ...
Detroit Free Press: Don’t weasel out on racial truth
Sure, I'll answer your question.. . It rose from my column about the Democratic primary in West Virginia ("Sadly, race still casts significant ...
Baltimore Sun: Adoption across racial lines gets another look in study
Like most parents, Sharon Stone has had to have some frank discussions with her teenage son about everything from drinking to sex.. But she also ...
Baton Rouge Advocate: Advance BR gets set for change
Little known until recently, Advance Baton Rouge is growing fast as it prepares during the next two months to take over three Greater Baton ...
KNX Newsradio 1070: How Obama Out-Played Clinton, to Come to the Brink of Nomination
Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul. . Clinton hinged her whole campaign on an early knockout blow on Super ...
Arizona Daily Star: Black youths overrepresented in local juvie detention
Jakada Imani had some words of advice Saturday for a crowd at Tucson High School intent on keeping local black youths out of the criminal justice ...
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Free or incarcerated, felons not allowed to vote
When asked about his favorite candidate in this year's presidential race, 31-year-old Steven Hubbard didn't hesitate to say, "Obama's my man.". ...
Seacoast Online: Out & About: Things to do this weekend
My top six favorite things are being represented this weekend: animals (Paws Walk), travel (African masks), movies (SummerFilm), coffee, books and ...
Democrats Resolve Obama, Clinton Dispute Over Florida, Michigan
Saturday, Democrats reached an agreement over how to count disputed delegates in Florida and Michigan, taking a step toward resolving a months-long quarrel that has helped prolong the party's presidential-nomination race. A party committee voted 27-0 to seat Florida's delegates in a way that would allow Senator Hillary Clinton to pick up an additional 19 votes.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Fort Necessity to reach out with new programs
Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Farmington, in partnership with other area parks, plans to offer a wider array of programs this coming season ...
Virginian-Pilot: Author visit - John Stokes, "Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me"
Event Info . Admission: free. . Event Dates: Jun 01, 2008 2 p.m.. . Event location: Williamsburg Library Theatre 515 Scotland Street Williamsburg ...
Virginian-Pilot: African American vintners are proud pioneers
Lauren and Jerry Bias say they are proud to be African American pioneers in the Virginia wine industry, but they don't want the distinction to ...