By The Admin on October 15, 2009
A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.
Neither Bardwell nor the couple immediately returned [...]
Posted in Louisiana, Race, State & Local News
By The Admin on October 15, 2009
BEN SMITH, Politico
- There’s nothing more traditional in American politics than the wholesome family portrait: a beaming candidate, beaming spouse, reluctantly beaming teenagers.
But when Bill de Blasio, a candidate for public office in New York City this fall, put his family in his campaign mailings and TV ads, there was nothing routine about it. De [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on October 15, 2009
Among women with locally advanced breast cancer who undergo the same class of chemotherapy, race doesn’t affect the odds of having no sign of disease at surgery, a new study finds.
Having no sign of the disease is considered a good sign that bodes well for a woman’s prognosis, although it’s not a guarantee that [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on October 15, 2009
Former President Jimmy Carter says President Barack Obama deserves his Nobel Peace Prize, based on his achievements and the promise of an aggressive agenda that he’s still working to fulfill.
Carter, who was awarded the prize in 2002, told the Associated Press on Thursday that Obama “deserves it as much as anyone who’s ever gotten it [...]
Posted in International News, White House
By The Admin on October 15, 2009
President Barack Obama, who accused former President George W. Bush of leading a government “that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns,” is hearing directly from New Orleans residents who have struggled to rebuild their city since the 2005 hurricane season.
Obama arrives in New Orleans Thursday on his first presidential trip to [...]
Posted in White House
