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WASHINGTON — Despite acknowledging a legacy of discrimination, the Department of Agriculture is still plagued by civil rights problems that have in the past led to unequal treatment of minorities seeking loans and other help, according to a government-commissioned report Wednesday.
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Many undocumented young men and women who are attending schools in the United States are hoping that the DREAM Act will pass after President Obama brought the conversation back to the forefront in a speech. This law would allow children who have lived in the country since they were children for five continuous years, have […]
A photo has leaked on the internet of a baby being pat down by TSA officials at the Kansas City International Airport. Check out the video below with audio from the man who took the picture: RELATED: Mike Huckabee: “Have TSA Pat Down First Family”
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will now ordain non-celibate gays and lesbians following ratification of a constitutional amendment late Tuesday night. The denomination needed 87 votes in order to ratify the constitutional amendment. The 87th vote came from a Minnesota presbytery that voted 205-56. This is a result of the fourth attempt since the late 1990’s to […]
As I begin this letter I would like to say to Dr. West that I have the utmost respect and admiration for you. I have been and continue to be a long time fan of your work, your intelligence, and passion to assist the community…especially the underserved. As president and CEO of The Optimum Institute […]
PAWNEE, Oklahoma – Christopher S. Linder can not serve as Mayor for his small town of Pawnee Oklahoma despite the fact that he was elected. Because Linder, a former gang memver, is convicted of a felony, he can not serve as mayor after unsuccessfully trying to be pardoned in Arizona, where he committed the crime. […]
FONTANA, Calif.– A 9-month pregnant woman said she was robbed at gunpoint by an 80-year-old woman in the parking lot of a Kohl’s. NY Daily News reports: The victim, who is nine months pregnant, said she was waiting in the parking lot of a Kohl’s department store in Fontana, Calif., at around 11:00 a.m. when […]
WASHINGTON– Albert Haynesworth, an NFL star who is facing misdemeanor sexual abuse charges for allegedly fondling an African-American waitress’ breast in a D.C. Hotel, is saying her claims are false because he doesn’t like black women, according to statements allegedly given to a detective.
MASSACHUSETTS – Scholar, author and MIT professor, Noam Chomsky has written a piece on the assassination of Osama Bin Laden and what he sees as American hypocrisy, comparing former President, George W. Bush’s crimes to Bin Laden’s. We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, […]