By The Admin on February 26, 2009
The prime minister in Zimbabwe’s new coalition government said Wednesday that President Robert Mugabe has agreed to free political prisoners, but the attorney general was “willfully obstructing” releases.
Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking at a news conference, said the detentions were threats to the new unity government, as were continuing abuses of the rule of law and Mugabe’s [...]
Posted in International News
By The Admin on February 26, 2009
Rick Blalock, The Daily Voice
- I enjoy reading my colleague Maureen Dowd’s columns, and usually she’s right on point. However, on race, in which she devoted a tiny portion of her column in Sunday’s New York Times, she clearly misses the mark. She dresses down Attorney General Eric Holder for, as she called it, “lecturing” [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on February 26, 2009
Three former St. Louis police employees say the department discriminates against blacks and women.
At a news conference on Wednesday, former police equal employment opportunity specialist Lynda Anderson and former watch commander Angelia Kenner said their firings were the result of discrimination and retaliation by the department. Former Maj. Beverly Noble Barnes was not fired but [...]
Posted in By State, State & Local News
By The Admin on February 26, 2009
MANU RAJU, Politico
- Rep. Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking African-American member of the House, says Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) should give up the thought of running for election and should leave the Senate quietly when his term ends after the 2010 elections.
“I probably see a lot of reasons for him to call this two-year stint a [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Congress
By The Admin on February 25, 2009
Howard Witt, Los Angeles Times
- Only a few weeks ago, race relations had reached such a low point in the troubled East Texas town of Paris that federal Justice Department mediators were called in to try to bring together black and white citizens, but the public meeting quickly dissolved into rancor.
Now, fresh tensions are erupting [...]
Posted in State & Local News, Texas
