Tag: Politics: Page 29

Native Americans

American Indian Museum Still Facing Criticism for Historical Inaccuracies

Native American activists, scholars lead collaborative effort to address sins of omission at the National Museum of the American Indian.

December 13, 2010

African-American

Anti-affirmative Action Campaign Expected to Win in Arizona

Overshadowed by battle over controversial immigration law, anti-affirmative action ballot initiative in Arizona goes unchallenged.

November 1, 2010

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AP Poll: Students Cooling on Obama

An Associated Press-mtvU poll found college students cooling in their support for President Barack Obama, a fresh sign of trouble for Democrats struggling to rekindle enthusiasm among many of these newest voters for the crucial midterm elections in three weeks.

October 14, 2010

African-American

How Democrats Fare in November Depends on Black Turnout

Experts say there is hope that Black candidates, such as Georgia senatorial hopeful Mike Thurmond, running in key races might energize Black voters to have a broad impact for other Democratic Party candidates.

October 10, 2010

African-American

An Appreciation: Political Scientist Ronald Walters, 1938 – 2010

Dr. Ronald Walters, who retired last year from his post at the University of Maryland in College Park where he was professor of government and politics and director of the school’s African American Leadership Institute, died late Friday of cancer.

September 12, 2010

African-American

New Volume of James Baldwin Writings Demonstrates Timelessness

In The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings, the selections penned by late author James Baldwin unveil a passionate hope for a better America, a United States that he wanted to believe in and that believes in a brilliant Black person.

August 26, 2010

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Known as “Russia’s Obama,” Sagbo Is The Country’s First Black Elected Official

People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a Black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare — an honest politician.

July 25, 2010

African-American

Clyburn Remains Rooted as a Rising Power in Congress

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn has fought for the historically marginalized since his college days. When he was a student at South Carolina State College in the late 1950s, his political activism compelled classmates to refer to him jokingly as “senator.” This is the first of two features on Clyburn.

July 21, 2010

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Plan for Columbia Expansion Into West Harlem Upheld by New York State Court

New York’s top court on Thursday upheld a state redevelopment agency’s use of eminent domain so Columbia University can expand its Ivy League campus over 17 acres in West Harlem.

June 24, 2010

Asian American Pacific Islander

Spreading the Word on Asian American Diversity

Kiran Ahuja, a former litigator and an alumnus of a historically Black college, leads the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

June 22, 2010

Latinx

Assessing Arizona

Three Mexican-American scholars discuss Arizona’s immigration law and its ramifications on the state’s colleges and universities.

June 21, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Experts: Texas Textbooks are Unlikely to Spread

As the second-largest purchaser of textbooks behind California, the Lone Star State has historically wielded enormous clout in deciding what material appears in classrooms across the country.

May 31, 2010