Ann Nixon Cooper, Centenarian Obama Voter, Dies at 107

Ann Nixon Cooper, an Atlanta, Georgia-based centenarian who voted for the first time in her life for President Barack Obama in 2008, died Monday, December 21, 2009 at the age of 107. Born in 1902, Nixon Cooper did...

IVF with Donor Eggs Less Successful in Black Women

I don't know what to make of these research results.  Firstly, I ask myself, what constitutes being "black".  Is a person with an African ancestor automatically "black"?  How do you classify someone with a heritage from both Sweden and Botswana?  Do you...

What is natural beauty in a woman?

Natural beauty could be defined in many ways by many people. I am always curious to see what people say is a definition of natural beauty. Is it the exact location of a woman's eyes, nose and mouth in correlation...

Happily Married Women Sleep Easy

A recent study at the Univeristy of Pittsburgh which examined the sleeping habits of nearly 2,000 middle-aged married women found that those who reported fewer sleep disturbances were also the happiest with their...

India: 6 get death penalty for killing low caste family

Despite having been outlawed for more than half a century in India, the Hindu complex social system that divides people into hundreds of groups defined by livelihood, class and ethnicity still produces horrid...

UNICEF: Children 'left out' of Asia's boom (Updated)

A recent UNICEF report states that.".. more than 40 per cent of the world's children who died before their fifth birthday in 2006, were from the Asia Pacific region". Such conclusion has led it...

Madhesis of Nepal : Discrimination leading to Deep rooted Crisis

- Bal Krishna Jha (The author is a freelance writer, and can be reached at balkrishnajha@gmail.com) After the end of World Wars, there has been exponential increase in intra state wars and conflicts. Such...

New drive to ban race preferences

Backlash can be hell. "Tensions are running high in the latest affirmative-action battlegrounds. In Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, supporters of ballot initiatives that would ban "preferential treatment" are counting up petition signatures – and opponents are...

Is multi-culturalism a bad idea?

Brainy Britons do not think that multi-culturalism is an ideal to which it is worth aspiring. That was the finding of a readers survey conducted by a politically independent organisation whose members include leading academics, architects, charity bosses and engineers. A...

Canada a Tyranny of Politeness

In part, blaming someone else for your problems seems to be a Canadian Pastime."It's a strange country we live in. For all the talk we hear about how brave men fought and died to keep Canada a free country, we...

Facebook use predicted by race, ethnicity, and education

Talk about free research for social networking sites(SNS) - researchers at Northwestern  surveyed over 1000 students at the University of Chicago to determine whether ethnicity, race, or the amount of parental education were related to a student's choice of SNS. "“That...

Why Hispanics will miss Bush

"Republicans these days insist that their anti-immigration stance has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. It's the left, they say, that injects identity politics into everything. I caught the well-coiffed, permanently snarling ideologue Michelle Malkin making that exact...

Nike Designs Shoe For Native Americans

For the first time, Nike has created a shoe designed for a specific ethnic group. According to the shoe maker, the Native American foot has a unique shape and size. From the article: Nike said it is the...

Explosive Suspects South Carolina Naval Weapons Station

"Tipster Bill Warner has been investigating the Pampas Place home for years and writes that one of the names tied to the address is FBI Most Wanted terrorist Ramadan Shallah. I noted the arrest of Yousef Megahed,...

In China, a High-Tech Plan to Track People

"Data on the chip will include not just the citizen’s name and address but also work history, educational background, religion, ethnicity, police record, medical insurance status and landlord’s phone number. Even personal reproductive history will be included, for...
 

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