racism
NBA made the right call on banning LA Clippers owner
April 30, 2014The NBA does not have to allow that man or anyone else who does what he did to be the public face of professional basketball in LA.
Read moreAfter Supreme Court decision, “Being Black at U of M” just got harder
April 29, 2014In my first political science class at U of M, I quickly realized I was only one of a handful of African American students in a lecture class of 200.
Read moreTeachers union leaders hit Supreme Court anti-affirmative action ruling
April 25, 2014NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, a Phoenix secondary school teacher, said it subjects minority group students to "separate and unequal political processes that put undue burdens" on them.
Read moreChattanooga groups plan anti-Nazi protests
April 15, 2014Less than a week after the Kansas anti-Semitic shootings, a white supremacist hate group will be marking its 40th anniversary at the Hamilton County Courthouse.
Read moreToday in Eco-history: Coal mine disaster kills 128
April 8, 2014The mine was operated mostly by African American prisoners who, under Alabama's onvict lease system, had been "leased" to the mine owners. Regardless of how minor their crimes were, all of them rdied in the disaster.
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