Stories from May 2008
Thursday, May 15
Council Members Face Recall Petitions,
Detroit Free Press
Kilpatrick Enacts Policy to Limit Access to the City’s Text Messages,
Detroit Free Press
The Messy Truth of Race, Rape & Class,
(Cleveland) Plain Dealer
Let’s Get Rid of Victoria Day,
The Star
Lloyd’s Is Hit by Slavery Lawsuit,
Edinburgh News
Town Halls Should Map Race and Religion to Identify ‘Tension Hotspots’, Says Hazel Blears,
Daily Mail (London)
Britain Gets First South Asian Female Lord Mayor,
AFP
Permanent Migrants on the Rise,
Sydney Morning Herald
African Leaders Praise Govt on Apology,
The Age (Melbourne)
Danish Government in Row Over Head Scarves in Court,
AP
Italy Arrests 400 in Illegal Immigrants Swoop,
AP
Wednesday, May 14
La. Furniture Salesman Guilty of Spying for China,
AP
Hate Crimes Rise Against Hispanics and the Disabled,
Tennessean (Nashville)
Black, Republican—And Voting for Obama,
Houston Chronicle
Commentary: No Racism in the Presidential Election?,
CNN
Omitting Race: Politically Correct or Good Crime Reporting?,
Quill (Society of Professional Journalists)
Stephen Hawking in Hunt for Africa’s Hidden Talent,
London Times
Beach Disputes Study on Racial Bias in Arrests,
Aaron Applegate, Virginia-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia), May 6, 2008
Negative Images Harm Black Youth, Forum Told,
Windsor Star
Migrant Clampdown ‘Will Leave Fruit to Rot’,
London Telegraph
Mexico Finds It’s Not Easy to End Violence Against Women,
McClatchy Newspapers
Blacks to Outnumber Whites in Brazil,
AP
Tuesday, May 13
Racism Alarms Obama Backers,
Washington Post
Morehouse Valedictorian Stands Out—He’s White,
AP
Feds Combing Jails For Illegal Immigrants,
Seattle Times
Predictable Trend Seen Across U.S.,
Tulsa World
SCSU Student Leaves Training at Technical High School,
St. Cloud (Minnesota) Times
Stop of Black NYPD Chief Stirs Racial Tension,
AP
School Accused of Favoring Muslim Students,
UPI
Newspaper Cartoon a Hate Crime, Islamic Group Claims,
CBC News
‘British Values Mean Nothing to Me,’ Says the Gipsy Mother Who Forced Her Daughter to Marry At 13,
Daily Mail (London)
Federation Eases Stance on Foreign Quotas,
Reuters
South Africa Faces Up to ‘Wage Apartheid’,
AFP
Monday, May 12
Shaker Students Score National Merit Scholarships,
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Radical Chicano Group Gets Millions In Earmarks,
Judicial Watch Blog
Up to 700 Arrests Estimated in Postville Raid,
Des Moines Register
Locke High School in South Los Angeles Locked Down After Huge Brawl,
Los Angeles Times
Anti-Illegal Immigration Group Wants San Diego Highway Sign,
AP
A Video Portrait of Barack Hussein Obama,
Eyeblast.com
In These Primary Numbers, Warnings for the Fall,
Washington Post
O Father, Where Art Thou?,
Newsweek
3 Arrested After Teen Attacked at Forrest H.S.,
WJXT-TV (Jacksonville, Florida)
Pagan Prisoners Allowed Twig Wands in Cells,
The Scotsman (Edinburgh)
Friday, May 9
Happy Mother’s Day: Woman Pregnant With 18th Child,
AP
Hate Radio’s Bigotry Against Hispanics,
American Progress Action
Hill Drops a Racial Bomb,
New York Post
Damsel of Distress,
Wall Street Journal
Black America: Nearer to Overcoming,
The Economist
Put Your UW Devotion Into Words . . . For $1,000,
Seattle Times
Woman Needs Green Card to Get UPS Package,
UPI
Updated: Mitchell High Principal Responds to "Rape Dance" Investigation,
WREG-TV (Memphis)
British Airways Takes Beef off the Menu to Avoid Offending Hindus,
This Is London
Multiculturalism and the War Against White America,
AR Classic Article
Thursday, May 8
Border Busts Coming and Going,
Los Angeles Times
Groups Struggle to Clean Up Mess Illegal Immigrants Leave Behind,
FoxNews
Islamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland,
Washington Pos
Supervisor Says County Spends More Than $1 Billion a Year on Benefits To Illegals,
KHTS-AM (Los Angeles)
AG: Close Colleges to Illegal Immigrants,
News Observer (Raleigh)
Idaho Student Says Teacher Tossed His Mexican Flag in Trash ,
AP
Middle School Scene of Attack,
Baltimore Sun
Canada’s Top Problem Is Filling Labour Shortage,
Canwest News Service
UK ‘Reaping Benefit’ of Immigration,
Press Association (UK)
Barroso: Islam Is Part of Europe,
Khabrein.com
Wednesday, May 7
Missouri Civil Rights Initiative Suspends 2008 Ballot Effort,
Missouri Civil Rights Initiative
Examining the United Church of Christ,
Real Clear Politics
Immigrants Feel Less Welcome in Frederick,
Washington Post
Sharp Rise in Jail’s Black Population,
San Francisco Digest
VH1 Ventures Into Latin Content With "Viva Hollywood",
Reuters
U.S. Firm Fined for Violations Related to H-1B Program,
IDG News Service
Buried Prejudice: The Bigot in Your Brain,
Scientific American
Canada Can’t Find 41,000 People It Wants to Deport,
Reuters
Britain Tightens Visa Regulations,
AP
Girls May Get Morning After Pill for Free,
New Zealand Herald
The Unspoken Truths About Aids,
London Times
Tuesday, May 6
Not Black and White: Rethinking Race and Genes.,
slate.com
Is Worse Better? Some Surprising White Support for Obama,
VDARE.com
Critics of Old Guard Take Black Activism Online,
Washington Post
Black Teens Feel the Chill of 'Bilingual Preferred',
Inland Empire
More Killer Germs Resisting World’s Antibiotics,
McClatchy
U.S. May Punish Nations That Refuse Their Ex-Cons,
Austin American-Statesman
Thug Culture Celebrates The Worst Possible Examples,
Yahoo! News
Autonomy Vote Bares Bolivia’s Deep Divisions,
AP
White Zimbabweans Bring Change to Nigeria,
Christian Science Monitor
Terror of Rhodesian Bush War Days Returns,
allAfrica.com
Monday, May 5
Stupidity Foils the Black Prince,
Sydney Morning Herald
Race on Campus: Beyond Obama, The Unity Stops After Campaign Rallies,,
Wall Street Journal
Farmer Reparations,
Human Events
Black Kids on Buses May Slip onto MPS Lore,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
‘Insensitive’ Letter Sparks Apology From Stark State,
The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
Begging to Cross U.S.-Mexico Border,
AP
The District’s Quarter Finalists,
Washington Post
Seminole County School Workers Ordered to Speak Inglés Only,
Orlando Sentinel
Love Music Hate Racism Carnival, Victoria Park, London,
Independent (London)
Schools Made Up of Only Ethnic Minorities,
London Telegraph
Drug-Resistant TB on Rise in Britain: Study,
Reuters
Friday, May 2
Crackdown Means Fewer Illegal Migrants,
AP
Domestic Insurgents—Not Protesters—Seized Control of Iolani Palace Yesterday,
Hawaii Reporter (Honolulu)
‘Context,’ You Say? A Guide to the Radical Theology of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright,
National Review
About 200 Join May Day March in Santa Ana,
Los Angeles Times
Minority Population in Md. Grows, White Population Shrinks,
AP
60 Percent of Black Children Can’t Swim,
AP
African Refugees Make Iowa Home,
WHO-TV (Des Moines)
Texas Man Tries to Cash $360,000,000,000 Cheque,
The Register (London)
BNP Wins and Holds 100 Seats for First Time Ever,
British National Party News
Skilled Migrants Creating Probs: Study,
AAP
Rome’s New Mayor Promises Purge of Migrants,
London Telegraph
Catastrophe in Kansas City,
AR Classic Article
Thursday, May 1
CIA Chief Sees Unrest Rising With Population,
Washington Post
Surge in U.S. Hispanic Population Driven by Births, Not Immigration,
Wall Street Journal
Business Joins May Day Reform Cry in L.A.,
Los Angeles Times
Census: Fewer Non-Hispanic Whites Moving to Florida,
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale)
Hawaiian Sovereignty Activists Barricade Iolani Palace,
Hawaii Reporter (Honolulu)
Blacks Wrestle With Obama-Wright Rift,
Christian Science Monitor
Mandela Is on US Terrorist Watch Lists,
USA Today
Half EU Migrants ‘Have Left UK’,
BBC News
Solving Europe's Population Crisis,
BBC News
Mexican Lawmakers Decriminalize Migrants,
AP
Mugabe Declares Runoff in Defiance of Electoral Commission,
AP