July 2013
July 3rd, 2013
Written by Melinda Deslatt... in Race & Politics, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - By jumping to the GOP, Opelousas Sen. Elbert Guillory made history, becoming Louisiana's first black Republican state senator since Reconstruction. With a four-minute video explaining why he left the Democratic Party, Guillory's become a darling of national conservatives.
The YouTube video posted by Guillory in mid-June attracted nearly 700,000 viewers by Tuesday, as well...
July 2nd, 2013
Written by Donna Cassata -... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanics, blacks, Asians, and women who together stand as the majority in the House Democratic caucus publicly disparage the Republican piecemeal approach to immigration and their pointed omission of any path to legalization for the 11 million immigrants living here unlawfully.
Privately and pragmatically, Democrats recognize that the GOP's strategy may be their only route...
July 2nd, 2013
Written by Emily Wagster P... in All About Family with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A one-time black nationalist was inaugurated as mayor of Mississippi's capital city Monday, saying he wants Jackson to be a unified community where people of diverse backgrounds, including all racial and ethnic groups can earn a living.
Chokwe Lumumba (SHOW-kway Lu-MOOM-bah) said developers who do business in the city need to work with contractors and subcontractors who live...
July 2nd, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
There is a quiet battle happening over the budget for a program created in the 1970's that cities depend on to help bridge the racial disparity gap in affordable housing for minorities.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program was established in 1974 and is the largest and most flexible source of funding for cities and municipalities' to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide...
July 1st, 2013
Written by Mark Sherman - ... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - A historic Supreme Court term ended with a flourish of major rulings that marked a bitter defeat for racial minorities and a groundbreaking victory for gay rights, all in the space of a day.
The justices struck down parts of two federal laws - the Voting Rights Act and the Defense of Marriage Act - that passed with huge bipartisan majorities of Congress.
Yet only one justice at...