BLACKS, MEN: RACIAL & GENDER DISCRIMINATION DON'T SEEM DEAD YET !

Houston, TX -- A Federal Civil suit has been filed in Texas alleging problems of gross, illegal discrimination and unethical conduct by one of the largest YMCAs in the nation. The conflict seems to involve a...

warning: you may be dangerous to the person sitting next to you

You never considered that, did you? You don't live in your own private world. Your actions affect others. You may think that "being anti-social" means a person is unwilling to socialize... You're wrong, if so. If...

Matthew Shepard Act: Hate Crimes Prevention Laws to be Expanded

The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, an expansion of hate crimes law in the United States, may be passed by US Congress. The new law would allow federal prosecution of violence committed against someone...

KKK targets black neighborhood in Tennessee with hate fliers

Trivia Question:  Which U.S. state is it legal to terrorize your blacks neighbors with KKK leaflets?  Tennessee. Trivia Question: When was this legal?  Now."A collection of black homeowners in a...

Athens school principal on trial for teaching other languages

The case of the ex - grade school principle standing trial today in Athens for allowing the teaching of some lessons in languages other than Greek has exposed the struggle that Greece is facing over its handling of...

Lax regulations open U.S. Military doors to White Supremacy

The U.S. Military's lax regulations are opening military doors to White Supremacy through recruitment of White-Supremacists, neo-Nazi's and gang members. "Since the launch of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the...

Bring on the BNP - out of the shadows

" I detest fascism and hate racism. But the election for the first time of two members of the British National Party (BNP) to the European Parliament I welcome, rather than oppose for knee jerk emotional reasons. Democracy isn't  always pretty. As chief Times leader...

Duke decries Limbaugh comparison to Sotomayor

David Duke, former member of the House of Representatives in Louisiana, decries the comparison of him by Rush Limbaugh to President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. " Former member of the House of...

Humanity Comes full circle as the Earth turns.

The Irony of the World and its radical movements through out History.  We had it all, war, oppression, injustice, resistance, terrorism, and we had it from all sides as well as in all eras. Where could we start...

In Defense of Sonia Sotomayor

by Yvette D. Carnell There is nothing so demeaning to political discourse as the injection of race as a weapon, so I’ve  become increasingly livid over the past few days while watching right wing hit squads refer to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a...

Op-Ed Notes Calling Judicial Nominee Racist Now Seems Okay

In 2005, Samuel Alito was nominated by then President George W. Bush, to the United States Supreme Court. He was confirmed and now sits on the bench of the Supreme Court.  During his confirmation...

The Weekly Riot: A Return to Systemic Racism

The battles won in the civil rights era were perhaps some of the most far reaching equality measures achieved in an epoch. Aside from the ostracism of open cultural racism, subgroups from across many demographics...

Petrol bomb hurled at Indian student in Australia

Melbourne: In a fresh attack targeting Indians in Australia, a student suffered up to 30 percent burns after a suspected petrol bomb was hurled at him in his home in Sydney. According to local newspaper for Indian community, South Asia Times, 25-year-old Rajesh Kumar was...

The Life Experiences of Sonia Sotomayor

Is it such a leap of faith or naivete to believe that a jurist's life experience may have an effect on many of the decisions he makes from the bench?Judge Sonia Sotomayor is being pilloried by conservatives for a speech she made at the University of California, Berkeley in...

A Racial Incident in a Local WalMart: What Would You Have Done?

    What would you have done, if this happened to you?     I walked into Walmart with my wife and daughter, just as I have done thousands of times. Just as you have done the same.     But this time was not the same. It...

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