Posts Tagged Race Relations
New Poll: Race Relations Remain a Hot-Button Issue in America
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 9, 2018
The Rotunda at the University of Virginia (Credit: terren in Virginia / Flickr)
Views about race relations remain incredibly complicated in America, even a year after the riot in Charlottesville. Michael Pope reports.
When a Ku Klux Klan Rally Taught Fear
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on July 7, 2017
A Ku Klux Klan gathering in Muncie, Indiana in 1922. (Credit: William Arthur Swift / Ball State University)
Charlie Russell grew up on the west-side of Indianapolis in the 1950’s. In his all-black neighborhood the racial violence of the south that he saw on television felt far away. While he had experienced discrimination, he had never experienced fear. That changed, though, when he was in college in the blue-collar town of Muncie Indiana and the KKK held a rally.
Russell now lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This weekend a North Carolina-based chapter of the Ku Klux Klan plans to rally in Charlottesville.
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From NPR News- Coffee Rust Threatens Latin American Crop; 150 Years Ago, It Wiped Out An Empire October 16, 2018The fungus, which has no cure, is destroying harvests in Latin America. In the 1800s, it devastated Sri Lanka's powerhouse coffee industry. And scientists say it's only a question of time.
- Pompeo Arrives In Saudi Arabia To Discuss Khashoggi Disappearance October 16, 2018President Trump dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the kingdom amid international tension over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
- Oops — Ignore That Email Invitation To A Cookie Monster Cat Party, U.S. Embassy Says October 16, 2018The U.S. embassy in Australia says that someone testing a newsletter platform accidentally sent out the invitation to a 'cat pajama-jam party.'
- Washington Catholic Archdiocese Names 31 Priests 'Credibly Accused' Of Sexual Abuse October 16, 2018The list, which includes allegations dating back as far as 1948 and as recently as 1996, was released days after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl.
- NPR Poll: Rural Americans Are Worried About Addiction And Jobs, But Remain Optimistic October 16, 2018What's on people's minds in rural America? A new poll shows that the addiction crisis and economic issues have people worried. But many retain an upbeat outlook about the future of their communities.
- Coffee Rust Threatens Latin American Crop; 150 Years Ago, It Wiped Out An Empire October 16, 2018
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- Speaker John Bercow should quit, says Maria Miller after Commons bullying report October 16, 2018The Speaker is under pressure after a critical report into bullying and harassment in the Commons.
- Hate crimes: Rise in offences linked to religious beliefs October 16, 2018More than half of the religious hate offences reported in England and Wales were directed at Muslims.
- Brexit: Theresa May seeks cabinet unity ahead of EU summit October 16, 2018Theresa May is seeking to rally senior ministers behind her as talks enter a critical phase.
- Universal credit rollout delayed yet again October 16, 2018Documents reveal plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to address problems with the system.
- Bill Turnbull: Cancer chemo treatment was 'unbearable' October 16, 2018The presenter says he watched all 67 episodes of Game of Thrones "to pass the time" during treatment.
- Speaker John Bercow should quit, says Maria Miller after Commons bullying report October 16, 2018
