OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Republican Sally Kern apologized Thursday for statements she made against women and Black people during a debate on affirmative action. NEWSOK reports: “I want to humbly apologize for my statements last night about African-Americans and women,” Kern, R-Oklahoma City, said in a statement. “I believe that our government should not provide […]
JOLIET, Ill. — A group of employees at a Illinois warehouse have filed a discrimination complaint over racist graffiti on the walls of their workplace, alleging that the management was notified but did not intervene. Chicago Tribune reports: The workers said the discrimination stems from racist graffiti, including swastikas and KKK signs, painted in the […]
After recent fights involving students and adult gang-members in Hayward, Calif., the local school board and high school principals met to discuss their continued fight against gang violence in their schools. Mt. Eden, Hayward and Tennyson high schools all have a policy that ban wearing gang colors, however the three principals disagree on how to […]
CHICAGO — Two men were killed and at least eight people were wounded in shootings around the city between Friday night and early this morning, police said. Huffington Post reports: A man — identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as 20-year-old Keneth Sims — was fatally shot in the back at 1:12 a.m. […]
PRATT CITY, Ala. — Church groups, students and other volunteers worked aggressively Saturday to bring food, water and other necessities to communities ravaged by the second-deadliest day of tornadoes in history. Across the South, volunteers have been pitching in as the death toll from Wednesday’s storms keeps rising. At least 340 people were killed across […]
When Donald Trump began his race-baiting political game by demanding that President Obama release his long form birth certificate, many of my friends vowed from that moment on to start their own personal boycotts of “The Apprentice,” and every other Donald Trump enterprise. Now they are far from alone. This week things really heated up […]
LONDON –With President Obama releasing his birth certificate, many Americans both Republican and Democrat knew that the “birther” conversation was now dead. But many Americans knew Republicans would come up with something else and the UK Daily Mail took the first step saying why Obama was so scared to release the certificate – his father. […]
TRIPOLI – Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi struck a conciliatory note on Saturday, saying he was ready for a ceasefire and negotiations provided NATO “stop its planes”. In a live speech on Libyan television that began in the early hours of Saturday morning and lasted 80 minutes, Gaddafi said he did not intend to step down […]
