By The Admin on November 25, 2011
Six current and former African American employees working at a steel mill in Arkansas sued a company for racial discrimination. The judge ruled in favor of both parties for separate claims, and at trial, the plaintiffs were awarded a monetary compensation. Nevertheless, both sides contested the ruling.
The Nucor Corporation is a steel manufacturing company with [...]
Posted in Arkansas, Race
By The Admin on November 25, 2011
The ghost of Rev. Jeremiah Wright appears in a new Mitt Romney campaign ad, says Democratic strategist Tad Devine. Romney’s new ad, now running in New Hampshire, has been widely panned for falsely attributing a quote to Obama, who was actually quoting John McCain.
But for Devine, the images of African-American women walking in a church [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Race, Religion
By The Admin on November 25, 2011
As the American left continues to seek a coherent way to articulate its moral priorities in these days of political stalemates and widening income gaps, it might look to the most unlikely of places — the academy — for guidance and inspiration.
At elite universities and seminaries thrives a constituency of African American intellectuals who fiercely [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race, Religion
By The Admin on November 23, 2011
As Herman Cain’s campaign seemingly winds down, it is worth examining one of his oft-repeated claims: that he could win a third of the African-American vote. It’s an important assertion, with critical long-term implications for the Republican coalition. No GOP presidential candidate has accomplished this since before LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Party Politics, Race
By The Admin on November 23, 2011
Across various types of cancer, incidence and mortality rates for African Americans are higher than among white men and women. African Americans are twice as likely to develop stomach cancer and more than twice as likely to die from it. The death rates for African American women who have cervical cancer and men who have [...]
Posted in Health, Race
