October 2013
October 3rd, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in All About Family with 0 Comments
A new report indicates millions of minorities and low income people eligible for subsidized health insurance under Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, may be shut out of health coverage because they simply do not have bank accounts.
The report is the first to examine the critical role that access to banking may play in providing health insurance under Obamacare, an issue that could exacerbate...
October 2nd, 2013
Written by Jim Salter in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
Ku Klux Klan flier distribution has been upheld by a federal court ruling. For the second time this year, a federal court has ruled that the eastern Missouri town of Desloge cannot ban the Ku Klux Klan – or any other group – from passing out fliers.
The preliminary injunction issued on Tuesday stops Desloge from enforcing an ordinance that prohibits the distribution of leaflets on the street. The...
October 2nd, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
A coalition of advocacy groups on Tuesday launched a project to document cases of alleged racial profiling in the Des Moines area.
The groups - the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, the Iowa NAACP and A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy - will conduct one-on-one interviews in October and November with people who claim to have experienced racial profiling in the city.
The interviews will be used...
October 1st, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
October is Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage month in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida.
Beginning Tuesday, there are a number of events to draw attention to preserving the culture of the descendants of slaves on the sea islands and the coast of the Southeast. The corridor runs from south of Jacksonville, N.C. to south of Jacksonville, Fla.
On Tuesday, a proclamation signed by Gov. Nathan Deal...
October 1st, 2013
Written by Pete Yost - Ass... in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
The Justice Department will sue the state of North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over tough new voting rules, the latest effort by the Obama administration to fight back against a Supreme Court decision that struck down the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act and freed southern states from strict federal oversight of their elections.
North Carolina has a new law...