Politics | Affirmative Action

2010-07-31: Headlines

• Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper: Race and Beyond: Obama should speak up 2010-07-31

  This column marks the first of a new weekly series on racial issues by Sam Fulwood III. | Try as he might, President Barack Obama can't elude the nation's complicated racial passions. For plainly obvious reasons, this president will be judged as none before him on how well he helps the nation grapple with the prickly passions that arise when Americans confront matters involving race.

• Business Mirror: New Economics for a new administration 2010-07-31

  PLENTY OF PEOPLE messed up in the firing of Shirley Sherrod. She is, of course, the African-American political appointee who was forced to resign from the Agriculture Department after an edite...

• Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper: MATC Construction Bidding Opportunities in Oak Creek and Milwaukee 2010-07-31

  MATC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution and complies with all requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act. | Leave your response! | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | text_image_verify_empty: "- Image Verification is empty"

• Hattiesburg American: Listen to Lyndon 2010-07-31

  PLENTY OF PEOPLE messed up in the firing of Shirley Sherrod. She is, of course, the African-American political appointee who was forced to resign from the Agriculture Department after an edite...

• BuzzFlash: Jonathan Westminster: "The 15% Solution," Serialization, 7th Installment, Chapter Six 2010-07-31

  Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/31/2010 - 8:18am. | This is the seventh installment of a project that is likely to extend over a two-year-period from January, 2010. It is the serialization of a book entitled The 15% Solution: A Political History of American Fascism, 2001-2022.

• Ghana Business News: The State must pay maternity benefits – Legal practitioner 2010-07-31

  Get the Flash Player to see the slideshow. | 91 - Day12.45%12.85% | 182 - Day12.57%13.41% | She said this has become necessary because many employers were not paying such benefits. | Mrs Gbedemah made the suggestion at a day's sensitization seminar organized by Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) for women in the Volta Region in Ho. | It was on the theme,

• GhanaWeb: Only affirmative action can get more women into parliament-NETRIGHT 2010-07-31

  Ms Adwoa Sakyi, a steering committee member of Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), on Friday observed that only affirmative action could get more women into Ghana's parliament.She therefore reiterated the call on all political parties to adopt affirmative action to get more women into parliament.Ms Sakyi made the observation at a day's sensitization seminar organized by NETRIGHT for women in Ho.

• National Post: gjonasnp: George Jonas: Drop the census charade 2010-07-31

  Canada's Industry Minister Tony Clement arrives to testify before the Commons Industry committee on the long form census on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, July 27, 2010. | "Compromise" is the current battle cry of the census bureaucracy and its supporters. The champions (and dupes) of statism echo it. So do some pundits who are neither, but think the census battleground favours the opponents.

• Biddeford Journal Tribune: Bean removed from Biddeford school dept. subcommittee 2010-07-31

  After much debate, Mayor and School Committee Chairman Joanne Twomey made an "executive decision" on Tuesday to remove School Committee member Peggy Bean from the School Committee's transportation committee.Bean missed three consecutive meetings during the current calendar year, which requires the dismissal of the offending committee member, according to the Biddeford School Department Policy.""

2010-07-30: Headlines

• The Express Tribune: Constable sentenced to death for raping 4-year-old 2010-07-30

  KARACHI: A traffic constable has been sentenced to death for raping a four-year-old girl Sana in July 2009. The other man accused in the case Noor Muhammad has been acquitted for want of evidence. | On Friday, the Sindh High Court handed down its judgment to constable Bashir Ahmed, under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code along with a fine worth Rs100,000 to the victim's family. Additionally, on the count of sexual assault (PPC 376/34)

• Globe and Mail: A chance to diversify the senior civil-service ranks? 2010-07-30

  Opposition complaints aside, the Tory review of employment equity could help bring visible minorities out entry level ghetto...

• Peoples World: Brazil approves racial equality law, but 'much yet to do' 2010-07-30

  Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva signed the "Statute of Racial Equality." But he was the first to recognize that in achieving this legislative landmark "we didn't get everything that we wanted" and "there is much yet to do."

• DiversityInc.com: Sherrods Mistaken Reverse Racism Incident Lessons Learned 2010-07-30

  Here's the full 43-minute video and an update on what people are saying. | "The guy who started the fire? As of today, he still has matches. Andrew Breitbart is the conservative blogger who posted the edited video of Sherrod. He put it on one of his five Web sites. Breitbart, a former Matt Drudge groupie, onetime E! Entertainment employee, and a guy who called Sen."

• The Nation.: For Half a Century, Jesse Jackson Has Helped Lead Fight for Progressive Politics 2010-07-30

  Jesse Jackson was arrested for the first time 50 years ago this month, leading a civil rights demonstration in his home town of Greenville, South Carolina. On July 16, 1960, the 18-year-old Jackson and a group of 7 other young people protested the segregated public library, by sitting in at the whites-only library and reading books. The "Greenville 8"

• The Detroit News: DPS padlocks 30 closed schools today 2010-07-30

  The schools will be locked, windows secured and surveillance cameras activated to guard for vandalism. The process starts today and runs throughout the weekend, Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb said. The schools, in some cases, have been educating students for generations. About 11,000 students attended the schools this year. | Bobb closed them in the face of a $363 million deficit and declining enrollment.

• LoanSafe: Operation Watchdog: Alacrity Lending Did Not Properly Underwrite a Selection of FHA Loans 2010-07-30

  WASHINGTON D.C. HUD (LoanSafe.org) – We reviewed 20 Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans that Alacrity Lending Company (Alacrity) underwrote as an FHA direct endorsement lender. Our review objective was to determine whether Alacrity underwrote the 20 loans in accordance with FHA requirements. This review is part of Operation Watchdog, an Office of Inspector General (OIG)

2010-07-29: Headlines

• Sify: Commonwealth Games faces threat from Jat Community 2010-07-29

  Claiming to be victims of government apathy since decades, scores of members from Jat community gathered here on Wednesday to voice their demand for reservation in government jobs.

• New Haven Register: New media nurtures ?division, not dialogue? 2010-07-29

  By Julius N. Uma July 28, 2010 (TORIT) — Women Parliamentarians should not only lobby and advocate for the 25 percent affirmative action at all (...)

• The Zimbabwe Guardian: Philip Murombedzi: Take advantage of empowerment drive: Mandiwanzira 2010-07-29

  The best online news source for Zimbabwe. Get the latest political, financial, sports and African news. Also opinions and commentaries on Zimbabwe.

• Vancouver Sun: mincho2008: Creating a culture of merit and the cost of discrimination 2010-07-29

  The Government of Canada is providing $300,000 over four years for a program that provides learning opportunities for participants from ethnic communities to increase their knowledge and understanding of Canada and help raise civic participation, Colin Carrie, Member of Parliament for Oshawa, announced today on behalf of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney.

• Sudan Tribune: Sudan E. Equatoria women parliamentarians caucus formed 2010-07-29

  By Julius N. Uma July 28, 2010 (TORIT) — Women Parliamentarians should not only lobby and advocate for the 25 percent affirmative action at all (...)

• PR-USA.net: mincho2008: Government of Canada Supporting Toronto Civic Participation Program 2010-07-29

  The Government of Canada is providing $300,000 over four years for a program that provides learning opportunities for participants from ethnic communities to increase their knowledge and understanding of Canada and help raise civic participation, Colin Carrie, Member of Parliament for Oshawa, announced today on behalf of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney.

• The Epoch Times: Omid Ghoreishi: Reverse Racism or Equality in the Workplace 2010-07-29

  A review of federal affirmative action policies has sparked fresh debate on a topic that has been controversial in countries around the world.

2010-07-27: Headlines

• East Coast Radio: Its about time we drop the race card 2010-07-27

  Llewellyn says the Apartheid era is long over, let's say goodbye to affirmative action and work as equals. | "We are making a different choice. More and more South Africans want our politics to be an open contest of ideas and values, rather than a closed circle of conflict between race groups. Very few complex plural societies have made this choice," says Zille in her weekly newsletter.She says race is a powerful mobiliser.

• Philadelphia Daily News: Elite colleges have a limited definition of diversity 2010-07-27

  YEARS ago, Willie Nelson warbled across America advising moms not to let their sons "grow up to be cowboys." He might've been on to something.

• Ottawa Citizen: We are only equal in death 2010-07-27

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• Westchester.com: Plumbers And Steamfitters Recruit Apprentices 2010-07-27

  Ottawa Citizen is your online source of news on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and around the world. Find the latest breaking news in business, sports, technology, energy, entertainment, politics, jobs, cars, homes and opinions from readers. Subscribe to breaking news alerts.

• Indian Country Today: Venezuelan history first 2010-07-27

  For the first time in Venezuelan history, an indigenous newspaper won a National Journalism Award in 2010. On July 4, the Venezuelan Ministry of Communications awarded Wayuunaiki with a National Journalism Award for layout of its 10th anniversary issue dedicated to €œalternative communication with an indigenous essence.

• BCLocalNews: Spencer Coyne Government scraping the long-form census 2010-07-27

  Have you heard all the ruckus over the long-form census? It has been pretty hard not to as it has been in nearly every publication and evening news program since it was announced. For those who missed what is happening the Conservative government has decided to scrap the long-form census.

• Irish Central: Scots-Irish Senator Jim Webb playing tired old race card 2010-07-27

  Virginia Democratic Senator James Webb has been a long time defender of Scots Irish values, indeed, the most prominent advocate for their importance in American historyHis book Born Fighting;