By The Admin on December 27, 2011
Representatives of the Fannie Lou Hamer Foundation Political Action Committee said yesterday they hope to challenge the state’s new congressional districts in the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Friday, a three-judge panel ruled against nine African-American plaintiffs backed by the Hamer Foundation and financed by the conservative Legacy Foundation. The judges upheld the maps despite saying that [...]
Posted in Maryland
By The Admin on December 27, 2011
When people think of National Parks they often think in terms of natural history, but there is a rich cultural history waiting to be told as well. People have no doubt heard of park rangers, but few have heard of Buffalo Soldiers.
Park rangers serve to patrol and protect parks, but before the National Park system [...]
Posted in Federal Government
By The Admin on December 26, 2011
As released by the White House
- Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to all those celebrating Kwanzaa this holiday season. Today marks the beginning of the week-long celebration honoring African American heritage and culture through the seven principles of Kwanzaa — unity, self determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
We [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on December 26, 2011
A U.S. District Court judge has rejected a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — filled when the Department of Justice barred the city of Kinston, N.C. from holding nonpartisan elections — reasoning that lack of access to party affiliation would discriminate against minority voters who otherwise wouldn’t know [...]
Posted in Party Politics, Race
By The Admin on December 26, 2011
Janelle and Jasmine Newswanger lead simple, contented lives in one of Pennsylvania’s Mennonite communities.
The 17-year-old twins drive a horse-drawn buggy, wear long dresses and white head coverings, and see their friends at church on Sundays.
Done with education at 14, after finishing eighth grade, Jasmine works as a teacher’s aide, and Janelle helps her mother around [...]
Posted in Race, Religion
