December 2013
December 23rd, 2013
Written by Hope Yen in All About Family with 0 Comments
Hispanics and Asian-Americans seeking relief from deportations is gaining more importance and significance. With immigration legislation stalled in Congress, Hispanics and Asian-Americans say getting relief from deportations is more important for many of the 11 million immigrants here illegally than creating a pathway to U.S. citizenship, a new study finds.
Two polls released Thursday by the Pew...
December 22nd, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
Hispanics in California have a longer history in the United States than Hispanics in other states. California witnessed an immigration boom from Mexico and Central America during the 1980s, helping to make Hispanics the state's largest racial or ethnic group next year.
While the Latino boom moved to other states in recent years, particularly in the Midwest and South, California's population has...
December 22nd, 2013
Written by Paul Elias in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
Affirmative Action to be challenged by law school data , which breaks down attendance and grade performance by race. In a bitter fight over the effects of affirmative action, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that law school data on race, attendance and grades should be available to the public.
The unanimous decision represents a legal victory for a law professor seeking to test his...
December 21st, 2013
Written by Eric Tucker in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
A federal jury has for the second time ruled that black police officers were discriminated against. The jury ruled in favor of five black District of Columbia police officers who said they were retaliated against after making allegations of racial discrimination against a supervisor.
The jury on Thursday awarded the officers $425,000 in damages, and a judge is expected to assign back pay and...
December 20th, 2013
Written by Todd Richmond -... in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Thursday that will make it harder to force public schools to drop tribal nicknames, pushing aside opponents' charges that the measure is racist.
The Republican measure requires a petition to trigger a state review of a nickname - a departure from current law, which states a single complaint is enough to prompt an evaluation. It also wipes out all previous...