Articles focusing on politics

How college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of color

Only radical new engagement strategies can end racial disparity By Andre Perry Article Submission Nationally, black males account for 2 percent of the teacher population. Blacks in total represent 8 percent of all teachers; Latinos,

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Mexico Student Murders Protest: Demonstrators Set Fire To Door Of President’s Palace

By Reuters  Article Reprint (Reuters) – A group of protesters set fire to the wooden door of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s ceremonial palace in Mexico City’s historic city center late on Saturday, denouncing the apparent

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U.N., U.S. Ask for More Resources to Fight Ebola

By Lucy Westcott Article Reprint President Barack Obama requested more than $6 billion in emergency funding from Congress Wednesday in order to expand the U.S. response to the Ebola virus in West Africa and at

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Russia Seeking to Absorb East Ukrainian Rebels Into Armed Forces, Says Kiev

By Damien Sharkov Article Reprint More than 30,000 militants in eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian Donetsk and Luhansk regions have received conscription summons to join the Russian armed forces a day after their self-styled elections, according to

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Use Of Rap Lyrics In Court Investigated By Noisey

Killer Mike lends his commentary in a feature story addressing the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court. by Danielle Harling Article Reprint In a newly-published feature, titled “Why Are Rap Lyrics Being Used

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Obamacare Architect Says Society Would Be Better Off If People Only Lived To Age 75

By Michael Snyder Article Reprint Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of Rahm Emanuel, says that society would be far better off if people quit trying to live past age 75.  His new article entitled “Why I

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Black Boys in Crisis: The Job Outlook

By Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. Article Submission The African American population is the only one in the U.S. where more women are employed than men, representing nearly 54 percent of Black workers in 2011. While this

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Lynching Young Black Boys without Ropes and Trees

Now they are lynched with schools and prisons, but the results are still the same. By Phillip Jackson  Article Submission Recently in Chicago, a city where only 9% of 8th-grade Black boys read proficiently and

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