By The Admin on January 25, 2010
CATHERINE RAMPELL, New York Times
- Both straight and gay adoptive parents are likely to exhibit racial and sex-based biases when applying to adopt a child, a new study finds.
In the research, four economists analyzed detailed data from an online adoption facilitator that mediates between agencies dealing with birth mothers and adoptive parents. The data, collected [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on January 25, 2010
When things looked their darkest for Gov. Mark Sanford – when he was in danger of being impeached for running off to Argentina to see his mistress – his best insurance policy may well have been South Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer.
Lawmakers knew if they removed Sanford, they would end up with Bauer, a fiercely [...]
Posted in South Carolina, State & Local News
By The Admin on January 25, 2010
DANNY HAKIM, New York Times
- As New York’s political world waits for Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo to make official his run for governor, Mr. Cuomo has been quietly but methodically working to defuse an issue that helped unravel his last quest for the job.
Preparing to challenge New York’s first black governor, Mr. Cuomo has [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, New York, State & Local News
By The Admin on January 24, 2010
Paul Scott
- “Go back to Africa!”
Back when I was in elementary school that statement would either lead to fist fights or tears, depending on the the temperament of the target of the diss. Although many black folks can recall, in vivid detail, the first time they were called the “N word,” and how they eventually [...]
Posted in BPOTW Guest Submissions, Race
By The Admin on January 24, 2010
An interactive exhibit chronicling the lives of 20 black women who played roles in the struggle for civil rights and equality has opened at a Chicago museum.
“Freedom’s Sisters” runs through April 4 at the DuSable Museum of African American History on Chicago’s South Side.
The exhibit uses audio and includes the stories of leaders like Harriet [...]
Posted in Illinois
