Los Angeles is on its way to becoming a 'third world city' with immigrants making up half of its workforce, says a new study by the Migration Policy Institute released today.Of all immigrants in LA, a third have...
created by Amy Judd | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 3813 views | 2 recommendations | 15 comments
In a particularly un-politically correct Seinfeld episode, George once asked whether it was kosher to talk about Elaine's new boyfriend's dubious cultural heritage. "Maybe he's....mixed...but I don't think we...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 410 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Like the Beer Commercial says, “I AM CANADIAN” words to live by, regardless where you came from, you’re here, you’re Canadian, end of...
created by Barry ORegan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1698 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
"
Young Republicans a Proud Minority
By MARTHA IRVINE – 19 hours ago
CHICAGO (AP) — Ladarius Beal is a rarity on the South Side of Chicago.
He is a young Republican, a suit-and-tie-wearing island of conservatism in a sea of Democrats, many of them supporters of...
Political wizards give strong indications that the next general elections will be held ahead of schedule given the populist tone of Friday morning's annual budget of the union government. The proposal to recruit...
"The U.S. population will grow to 438 million in 2050 from 296 million in 2005 if current population trends continue, the Pew Research Center study found.Non-Hispanic whites would account for 47 percent of the total in 2050, it concluded.By that time, one in every five...
created by uusjio | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 472 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
As the current Democratic election campaign is approriately demonstrating, race issues in the United States are being played out in fascinating ways. The Obama and Clinton camps are already divided based on the gender and race of their candidacies, but they are in further...
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesians of Chinese descent in many parts of the country celebrated Imlek or Chinese New Year on Thursday.Meanwhile, the Indonesian government had declared the first day of Chinese New Year a public holiday.In Medan, North Sumatra, where ethnic...
created by uusjio | 5 years ago 1185 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Tensions between Shiites and Sunnis are on the rise again as minority Shiite Muslims get ready for the Ashoura festival."A suicide bomber fired gunshots then blew himself up at a Shiite mosque in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven people and injuring 20...
Perhaps we're too polite to say outright that we don't like one party over another."Canadian voters seem comfortable with the idea of a minority federal government and reluctant to give any party a commanding...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 491 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCatchy title isn't it? Advertisers do this daily to get you to pay attention to them. Like most spam advertisers the headline has little truth in what they wish to...
created by Barry ORegan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1267 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
Not surprising really, but it's interesting to see the official stats. "Newly released census numbers show a surge in immigration, with one in five people in Canada now foreign-born.
In its report released...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 777 views | 10 recommendations | 5 comments
More than 60 candidates have filed their nomination papers for 10 seats of Pakistan’s National Assembly reserved for minorities, officials said Monday night.November 26 was the last date for submission of nomination papers for January 8 general elections and the returning...
"Facebook Inc. will sell a US$240 million minority stake to Microsoft Corp., which as part of the deal will also expand the advertising services it provides to the social networking phenom, the companies said Wednesday in a statement.
The size of the ownership stake Microsoft...
created by mtippett | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 338 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Political correctness has been blamed for preventing parents making home videos of their children's harvest festival.
Staff at Sandal Primary School, Baildon, Bradford, banned all camcorders before the start of the performance to comply with the wishes of a minority of...