October 2012
October 23rd, 2012
Written by Matthew Penning... in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney sparred over China during a debate on foreign policy Monday night, but as usual the focus was less the Asian giant's rise as a world power than its the impact on the American economy.
Both candidates said they want America to have a positive relationship with China, but Beijing must play by international trade rules.
China played a...
October 23rd, 2012
Written by Jesse Washingto... in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
EdITOR'S NOTE: One in a series examining issues at stake in the election and their impact on people.
The issue:
What, exactly, is discrimination, and what should be done to fight it? This election offers choices on the answers.
In areas such as mortgages, voter identification and immigration enforcement, the presidential candidates differ over how to use laws that guarantee equality and how far...
October 23rd, 2012
Written by Rodney Muhumuza... in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday night, the ruling party said Monday.
The African National Congress described Kumalo as a "rare and significant talent that was pivotal in raising social consciousness and exposing the brutality...
October 22nd, 2012
Written by Clarke Canfield... in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Critics seeking the ouster of a mayor who said his city's Somali immigrants should "accept our culture and leave your culture at the door" delivered 1,400 petitions Thursday calling for him to step down.
Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald, who has come under fire for his comments to the British Broadcasting Corp., was not in his office when the petitions were delivered by the...
October 22nd, 2012
Written by Lori Hinnant - ... in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News with 0 Comments
PARIS (AP) — Twitter agreed to pull racist and anti-Semitic tweets under a pair of French hash tags after a Jewish group threatened to sue the social network for running afoul of national laws against hate speech, the organization said. The decision came a day after Twitter bowed to German law and blocked an account of a banned neo-Nazi group there.
The freewheeling social network is increasingly...