October 2012
October 16th, 2012
Written by Peter James Spi... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Thursday he is as committed to abolishing child marriage around the globe as he was to fighting apartheid in South Africa. Tutu made his remarks at the launch of U.N. campaign to end child marriage by 2030, in a bid to free girls from poverty, ignorance, and oppression at the hands of their husbands.
The U.N. Population Fund says about...
October 16th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Focus on Health, Latest News with 0 Comments
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — An Oglala Lakota doctor will discuss Native American health disparities during a presentation at South Dakota State University this week.
Don Warne is a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and completed medical school at Stanford University. He will discuss American Indian health during a presentation at SDSU on Wednesday. The presentation is free and open to the public.
As a...
October 16th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Stanley is being accused of discriminating against black homeowners and violating federal civil rights laws by providing strong incentives to a subprime lender to originate mortgages that were likely to go unrepaid.
The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, was filed Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on behalf of five Detroit residents and Michigan...
October 15th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 1 Comment
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Schools shut their doors in protest and Pakistanis across the country held vigils on Oct. 10 to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman after daring to advocate education for girls and criticize the militant group.
The shooting of Malala Yousufzai on Tuesday in the town of Mingora in the volatile Swat Valley horrified Pakistanis across the religious,...
October 15th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, Indian activists in Montana filled suit in federal court against state and county officials over the lack of election access on three Montana reservations, saying that their inability to vote early or register late creates an unconstitutional denial of equal voting access.
According to the 2010 Census, almost 50,000 voting age American Indians in Montana - 6.5 percent of...