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- Senate Democrats Threaten Lawsuit Over Kavanaugh Documents August 16, 2018Senate Democrats filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time in public service. If they don't get answers they vow to sue.
- Pope Francis Expresses 'Shame' and 'Sorrow' Over Latest Abuse Allegations August 16, 2018After days of silence and a barrage of criticism for failing to address the most recent priest sex abuse scandal, the Vatican speaks: "The Holy See condemns unequivocally the sexual abuse of minors."
- Muslim Woman Says She Refused Handshake And Then Suffered Discrimination August 16, 2018Farah Alhajeh says she was shown the door on a job interview after placing her hand over her heart instead of extending it, in line with her religious beliefs. A Swedish court ruled in her favor.
- FDA Approves New Generic Version Of The EpiPen For Allergic Reactions August 16, 2018Consumers will have a new generic alternative to the widely used — and pricey — device to counter life-threatening allergic reactions.
- Monsoon Hammers India With 'Unprecedented Flood Havoc,' Killing Scores Of People August 16, 2018The heavy rains hitting the popular tourist destination of Kerala have loosed deadly floods and landslides. "Never before had the State witnessed a calamity of this scale," says a local leader.
- Senate Democrats Threaten Lawsuit Over Kavanaugh Documents August 16, 2018
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