By The Admin on November 23, 2011
A group of African-American pastors in New Mexico, along with the Albuquerque chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., said Tuesday that they have filed a complaint with the Justice Department alleging that black faculty and staff members at the University of New Mexico and its hospital are subject to discrimination.
The Title VI complaint, which was also filed [...]
Posted in Education, New Mexico, Race
By The Admin on November 23, 2011
The longtime director of Florida A&M University’s famed marching band was fired Wednesday as the fallout from a drum major’s suspected hazing death deepened. Florida’s governor said state investigators would join the probe and the college announced an independent review led by a former state attorney general.
Band member Robert Champion, 26, was found unresponsive on [...]
Posted in Education
By The Admin on November 23, 2011
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has been set straight on Thanksgiving comfort food.
“The 700 Club” founder showed a clip of Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday. Robertson’s host, Kristi Watts, asked what dish the former secretary of state had to have on Thanksgiving. Rice replied macaroni and cheese.
Watts reacted enthusiastically, adding “Sister, that is my dish…”
Appearing perplexed, Robertson [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on November 23, 2011
President Barack Obama challenged the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to vote next week to save an expiring payroll tax cut, a day after a high-profile effort to tackle huge U.S. deficits collapsed in acrimony.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll showing that Americans blamed Obama in part for the “super committee” failure underscored the challenges he faces to [...]
Posted in Congress, White House
By The Admin on November 23, 2011
Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate was held in a city with a strong African-American population, but the audience was mostly white.
The crowd was predominantly guests of the Heritage Foundation and AEI, two conservative think tanks and co-sponsors of the debate with CNN.
In tailoring the debate to the think tank audiences, organizers were able to parlay the [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Party Politics, Race
