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Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.

cchandler — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:15:42 +0000

WASHINGTON — After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States.

Houston jury acquits white ex-officer in beating of black teen

cchandler — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:01:01 +0000

HOUSTON — An all-white jury found a white former city police officer not guilty Wednesday in the videotaped beating of 15-year-old African American burglary suspect Chad Holley, eliciting cries of outrage from community members.

Op-Ed: When all else fails, rob the poor

cchandler — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:54:26 +0000

Individually, the poor are not all that tempting to thieves. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month’s rent. Mug a janitor and you’ll be lucky to get bus fare to flee the crime scene. But the poor in aggregate provide a juicy target for anyone depraved enough to make a business of stealing from them.

Minorities now account for most U.S. births, census data show

cchandler — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:51:02 +0000

New 2011 census estimates due to be released indicate that ‘an important landmark’ has been reached in U.S. demographic evolution as longtime immigration growth ebbs, an expert says.

California presbytery defies church, backs minister in gay weddings

cchandler — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:34:35 +0000

Northern California Presbyterian governing body makes history by rejecting church’s official denunciation of minister who performed same-sex marriages.

Dropout Expert: Reaching College Graduation Goals Starts with Fixing the High School Dropout Problem

cchandler — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:49:01 +0000

In America’s push for education reform, the college completion problem is now under the microscope. The Obama administration’s goal, for instance, is to have 60 percent of young people (aged 25-34) across the country with some postsecondary credential by 2020. But experts say this can’t be reached until another problem is solved: 1.2 million students drop out of high school annually.

Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/17074/

Gay Prosecutor Is Denied Virginia Judgeship Despite Bipartisan Support

cchandler — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:41:28 +0000

Virginia’s Republican-controlled House rejected the judicial nomination of a gay Richmond prosecutor early Tuesday morning, plunging the critical swing state into the middle of the national debate about the civil rights of gay Americans.

For Some, Same-Sex Marriage Is Not Politics, It’s Personal

cchandler — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:45:04 +0000

WASHINGTON — Some of their best friends turned out to be gay.

In Graduation Speech to Women, Obama Leaps Into Gender Gap

cchandler — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:43:07 +0000

President Obama, shifting the focus from his recent endorsement of same-sex marriage to what he portrays as a lifelong belief in the essential role of women, told female graduates of Barnard College in New York City on Monday that they should go out and “fight for a seat at the head of the table.”

The Ongoing Saga of Racial and Gender Identity Politics Among the Millennials and Others

cchandler — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:44:59 +0000

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about race and gender on American television. One thing can certainly be said, the conversation has not been dull. Internet blogs have been in overdrive, and the conversation has managed to find its way into the halls of academia. In my “Sexual Politics Since World War II” course that I taught this semester, we have covered a number of issues as they have related to race, gender, economics, sexuality, religion and geographic region. Cold War homophobia, sexism in the civil rights movement, conservative reactions to the modern feminist movement, etc., are just a few topics my students have engaged in lively and candid discussion. More contemporary media topics such as the Trayvon Martin tragedy and perceptions of Black male sexuality have also been discussed.