Stories from October 2008
Friday, October 31
Immigrants the New Face of ‘Real America’, Politico.comBarack Obama Lays Plans to Deaden Expectation after Election Victory, Times (London)
Obama’s Story Resonates with Bronx Students, MSNBC
2 Accused of Hanging Obama Effigy on Ky. Campus, AP
School’s Success Gives Way to Doubt, New York Times
Vigilance Deters Halloween Eve Arsons in Detroit, AP
BART Reopens Fruitvale Station; Fare-Evading Protesters Hit S.F., San Francisco Chronicle
Untied States, American Conservative
Victims Recovering From Stabbing Spree, Aftenposten (Norway)
Turpentine in Old Wineskins, AR Classic Article
Thursday, October 30
Erica Jong Tells Italians Obama Loss ‘Will Spark the Second American Civil War', New York ObserverMcCain Says Racism Will Barely Affect Election, AP
Peruvian Shamans Send Good Vibes to Candidates: Most Foresee Obama Victory, AP
Obama Confuses “Sanford And Son” with “The Jeffersons”, Chicago Sun-Times
Racial Jokes Make ‘News’ in America, AFP
Enrollment in Gifted Programs Shrinks in Wake of City Measures Meant to Widen Admissions, New York Daily News
Charlotte’s Crime Numbers Tell a Mixed Story, Charlotte Observer
Australia to Implement Mandatory Internet Censorship, Herald Sun (Melbourne)
Bart Debie Heads to Prison, DianaWest.net
Gang, Immigrant Turf War Shatters Calm in Denmark, AFP
Quebec Demands Immigrants Sign-Off on ‘Shared Values’, National Post
Wednesday, October 29
Sense of Unease in Some Black Voters, New York TimesNew Panthers’ War on Whites, Philadelphia Daily News
Racial Profiling: The Myth that Never Dies, National Review Online
Two Suburban Schools Refuse Trips to Newark for Football, Star-Ledger (Newark)
Doctors in Study Prefer Whites to Blacks, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Citizenship Often Determines Who Gets Medical Care, Los Angeles Times
Trevor Phillips: ‘Help White Working Classes or Risk Anti-Immigrant Surge’, Dash24.com
Tory MP Addresses National Black Police Association Annual Conference . . . and Blasts THEM as Racist, Daily Mail (London)
Man Jailed 45 Days for Hate Crime, Toronto Star
Hockey is Dying in T.O., Toronto Sun
Player Banned for Racial Slur, AP
Tuesday, October 28
Amnesty Inevitable, Says Immigration Group, COneNewsNow.comWill Black Voters Be Powder Keg?, World Net Daily
Voting Question: Pocketbooks vs. Racial Issues, AP
Effigy of Sarah Palin Hanging by a Noose Creates Uproar in West Hollywood, Los Angeles Times
U.S. Dropout Picture Is Grim, Report Says, AP
Feeling Persecuted Can Make You Fat—But Only If You’re White, Say Scientists, Daily Mail (London)
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Suspect in Carson Murder, AP
FBI Arrests State Senator on Corruption Charge, AP
Lord’s Prayer Questioned in Australian Parliament, AP
Niger Found Guilty of Slavery Allegations, New York Times
What the Real Crisis Is Like, Freedom’s Phoenix
Monday, October 27
Candidates Don’t Talk About Immigration, San Francisco ChroniclePoll: 7 of 10 Say Candidates’ Race Not a Factor in Their Vote, CNN
White People Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Vote, Philadelphia Inquirer
Halloween Palin Prop Sparks Controversy in WeHo, AP
Latino Population Is Surging, New York Post
Founded As a Black Utopian Colony, Allensworth Today Is Far From It, Los Angeles Times
Differences in Mortality Rates Based on Race, Pokerallied.com
Mixed Swimming Worries Swiss Muslims, Islam Online (Doha, Qatar)
Africans Adapt to Nordic Chill, BBC News
Swedes Cool Towards Ethnic Diversity, The Local (Stockholm)
Socialists Call for Reparations, Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS - Rome)
Friday, October 24
Arizona’s Illegal Hire Sham, Tom TancredoMortgage Prospects Dim for Illegal Immigrants, Wall Street Journal
Gang Membership Spikes for O.C. Children, Orange County Register
Electronic Immigration Screening Likely to Become Widespread, Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
India Will Be My ‘Top Priority’: Barack Obama, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS)
Maryland Fights ‘Brain Waste’ With Immigrant Integration Programs, Southern Maryland Online
Dallas Officials Clash Over a Street’s Name, AP
Dallas ISD Chief Hinojosa Says Bilingual Teachers ‘Protected’, Dallas Morning News
Tories Get Tough on Immigration After Labour’s U-Turn on Foreign Workers, Daily Mail (London)
Riot Police Clear Calais Migrant Camps, London Telegraph
Integration Has Failed, Part II, AR Classic Article
Thursday, October 23
A Tale of Two Gaps: Achievement and Home Ownership, or How Political Correctness Is Unraveling America, Ed NewsFulbright Emphasizes Diversity Among Its Fellows, Chronicle of Higher Education
‘Forrest’ in School Name Comes Up for Vote Nov. 3, Times-Union (Jacksonville, Florida)
Lacrosse Party Dancer Still Claims Assault, News & Observer (Raleigh)
Chesapeake Police Groups Say They’ll Sue If City Voids Tests, Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads, Virginia)
Students Will Get HIV Tests, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wealth Gap Creating a Social Time Bomb, The Guardian (Manchester)
Black Europeans Pin Political Hopes on Obama, Reuters
Culture Clash: Kenyan Runners in Mexico, San Francisco Chronicle
Woman: 'They Wanted to Destroy My Body and Spirit', CNN
Wednesday, October 22
Police Prepare for Unrest, The HillMiddle-Aged Women Drive Rise in U.S. Suicides: Study, Reuters
Police Say Girl Lied About Racism Charges, WTMJ-TV (Milwaukee)
Hempstead High on Guard Following 2 Days of Brawls, WCBS-TV (New York)
ACLU Picks Brooklyn Law Professor As President, AP
NC Sheriff’s Slurs Snarl Locals’ Immigration Work, AP
Chesapeake Will Study Police Tests After No Women or Blacks Advance, Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads)
Chancellor Issues Decision on Student Effort to ‘Bring Back Boone’, DU Today (Denver)
Marshmallow Temptations, Brain Scans Could Yield Vital Lessons in Self-Control, Boston Globe
Iceland Faces Immigrant Exodus, BBC News
They Start Over After All Is Lost in Africa, News & Observer (Raleigh)
Tuesday, October 21
Prejudice Rife in Sunshine State, Sky News (UK)Barack Obama’s Review of William Ayers’ Book, zombietime
A McCain ‘Win’ Will Be Theft, Resistance Is Planned, MCW News
One Nation Under God, Indivisible . . .’?, World Net Daily
Rage at Gov’s Force of a Different Color, New York Post
ACLU Slams LAPD With Allegations of Racial Profiling, NBCLosAngeles
John Murtha Calls Western Pa. ‘Redneck’, WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh)
Greektown Develops Latin Flavor, Baltimore Sun
Hispanics Have More Risk Factors for Developing Alzheimer’s Disease Than Other Groups, Research Suggests, Kaisernetwork.org
Koran Reference Delays Littlebigplanet, Stuff (New Zealand)
Spain Tries to Buy Out Immigrants, Time
Monday, October 20
Powell Endorses Obama, Politico.comThe Real Mark-to-Market, Gates of Vienna
South Texas Deputies Authorized to Fire into Mexico, AP
Tensions High as Madison Memorial Closes, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
Police Charge Student for Faking Anti-Muslim 'Hate Crime' , WorldNetDaily.com
Nagin Goes to Oakland, WNOE-FM (New Orleans)
Effective Interactions With African-American Males , Townhall.com
Undocumented Asian Students Face Stigma, AsianWeek
Amateur Player Scores Internet Hit by Beating NBA Guard, AFP
'Landmark' HIV Case Goes to Trial, Canadian Press
Britain to Restrict Immigration, Minister Says, CBC News
Friday, October 17
Once Wary, Hispanics Now Warm to Obama, ReutersA Somali Influx Unsettles Latino Meatpackers, New York Times
Black Supervisors Punished a Deputy Out of Racism, Jury Finds, Los Angeles Times
Threat Charges Won’t Stick, Houston Chronicle
7th Grader Called Racist for Wearing Palin T-Shirt, Fox 35 News (Orlando)
Kansas City on Track for Record Killing Season, AP
Prosecutors: Afghan Girl Enslaved in Seattle Area, AP
Migration Not Helping Skills Shortage, Australian (Sydney)
Italy Proposes Immigrant Classes, BBC News
Machete Gangs Bring Fear to South Africa as They Carry Out Mutilations for Traditional Medicine, Telegraph (London)
Integration Has Failed (Part I), AR Classic Article
Thursday, October 16
Boyd Gets Maximum 18 Years; Victim’s Father: ‘I Hate You’, Knoxville (Tennessee) NewsWhy Some Blacks Still Might Not Vote for Obama, Washington Post
Obama Supporters Fear Race May Bring Candidate Down, Reuters
Candidate Banners Can Leave Clients, Businesses Bruised,
Murtha Apologizes for Calling Western Pa. Racist, AP
Obama Funded Extremist Afrocentrists Who Shared Rev. Wright’s Anti-Americanism, National Review
TUSD Spending $550,000 to Recruit Highly Qualified, Minority Teachers, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
Sarkozy: "Arabic Is the Language of the Future", Brussels Journal
Protest Mars Opening of First Mosque in East Germany, Reuters
Virgin Zulu Dancers Cover Up After European Tourists Take Pictures of Their Bottoms, London Telegraph
Wednesday, October 15
Children of Immigrants Reshaping America, MSNBCImmigration Arrests Exceed Drug Arrests in Latest DOJ Crime Stats, OhMyGov.com
High Rate of H-1B Visa Fraud, Business Week
No Racism in the Booth, Washington Post
Castro: Racism in US Keeps Many Away From Obama, AP
Buffalo Has Nation’s Highest Unemployment Rate for Black Males, Buffalo News
Mexican Soldiers Crossed Clear Line, Washington Times
Canada’s Arab Immigrant Vote, Al-Jazeera
France to Halt Games When Anthem Is Booed , Breitbart
Secret Plot to Let 50million African Workers Into EU, Daily Express (London)
Tuesday, October 14
Austrian Right May Reunify After Haider Death, ReutersPolitical Shifts As More Blacks Elected, MSNBC
MLK Love Letters Caught in Legal Fight, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One in Three Recent Atlanta Police Academy Graduates Have Criminal Records, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Study: Peers, Not Profs, Influence Student Views, AP
What If the US Opened Its Borders to Unlimited Immigration?, Denver Post
Public Schools Teach the ABCs of Islam, Christian Broadcasting Network
Bi-Racial Bone Marrow Hard to Find, KABC-TV (Los Angeles)
D.C. Seeks Tougher Penalties for Khat, Washington Post
Fired Professor Madonna Constantine Sues Columbia, Columbia (University) Spectator
Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Abuse of Teen Servant From Nigeria, Washington Post
35 Different Languages Are Spoken in Dorset Schools, Bournemouth (UK) Echo
Friday, October 10
The American Secessionist Streak, Los Angeles TimesDomestic Violence Hits Black Women Harder, Chicago Defender
Attacking Our Black Leaders, NationNews
Is Willingham Racist?, cfb360.com
Voodoo Linked to Cobb County Election, WSB-TV (Atlanta)
Lewisville City Council Rejects English-Only Measures, Star-Telegram (Fort Worth)
Doll With Islamic Message Stirs Controversy, Owasso (Oklahoma) Reporter
Suicide Anonymous: Church of Scotland Backs Shariah Law, BNP News
Europe’s Far-Right Revival Isn’t Nazism, Los Angeles Times
Romanian Actress Battles Racism in Italy, Independent (London)
Forgotten Black Voices, AR Classic Article
Thursday, October 9
Seeing How the Other Half Lives, CBS NewsNuts! How ACORN Got Me Into Vote Scam, New York Post
Study Calls Into Question Number of Non-Citizen Voters, Dallas Morning News
Where Is the Economic Aid for Black America?, The Daily Voice
Report: Minority College Attainment Up, But Stalls, AP
Arizona, Arizona State & Nebraska Law Schools Accused of Discrimination Against White Applicants, TaxProf Blog
Qld Man Refuses to Take Down Aussie Flag, Ninemsn (Sydney)
Foreigner-Free Japan Hotels Want to Stay That Way, AP
‘We Need Slaves to Build Monuments’, The Guardian (Manchester)
African Countries Improve Their Governance, Study Shows, Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday, October 8
The Audacity of Obama, Phyllis SchlaflyBlack Congressmen Declare Racism In Palin’s Rhetoric, New York Observer
Why I’m Voting "Yes" on the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative, Denver Post
The Trouble With Black Boys . . ., Nationnews (Barbados)
HUD: Five Million Fraudulent Mortgages Held by Illegals, KFYI (Phoenix, Arizona)
300 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Caught in SC Raid, AP
"Obama Clearly Will Work a Magic in the Islamic World", CNN
James Carville Hints at Riots If Obama Loses Election, NewsBusters
Boyd to Request Sentence Leniency, Knoxville News Sentinel
Far-Right Austria Governor Isolates Asylum Seekers, AP
Swiss to Vote Anew on Free Movement With EU, AP
Tuesday, October 7
Corsi in Kenya: Obama’s Nation Boots Obama Nation Author, TimeChildren Aware of Voter Prejudice in US, AFP
High Court Refuses to Hear Racial Profiling Case, Christian Science Monitor
Activists Angered by Blame for Crisis, Washington Post
Seeing Race and Seeming Racist? Whites Go out of Their Way to Avoid Talking About Race, American Psychological Association
Villaraigosa Addresses Perceived Tensions Between Blacks and Latinos, Los Angeles Times
Imaginary Worlds Where Everyone Is the Same Colour, The Guardian (Manchester)
Knife Crime ‘Fuelled by Brutalised Refugees’ From War-Torn Regions of Africa, Telegraph (London)
Latin Gangs Rule Spain’s Streets, Monsters and Critics
SA Men the World’s Most Violent, Times (Johannesburg)
Monday, October 6
Immigration Foe Makes Run at Lowey, Journal News (White Plains, New York)Federal Probe Into S.F. Sanctuary City Policy, San Francisco Chronicle
Census: Big Brother Anxieties Could Hurt Count, AP
Study: 22% of 2007 Felonies Caused by Illegals, KFYI (Phoenix)
Failed Effort to Prove Diversity, Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
Maybe We Should Blame God for the Subprime Mess, Time
OJ Simpson No Longer a Touchstone of US Racial Politics, Guardian (Manchester)
US Supreme Court Rejects New Trial for Former Black Panther, AFP
Immigrants Face Growing Economic Mobility Gap, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Italian Troops Deploy in Crime-Ridden Town, AP
Ancient Peru Pyramid Spotted by Satellite, Discovery Channel
Friday, October 3
Loudoun and Prince William’s Immigrant Populations Shrinking, Loudon Times (Loudon County, Virginia)Some in Cicero Take Issue With Flying of Mexican Flag in Park, Chicago Tribune
NAACP Takes Aim at Firing, Times Herald (Norristown, Pennsylvania)
The Nuclear Option, Cornell (University) Daily Sun
The Islamist Elephant in the Room No Politicians Will Acknowledge, National Post (Toronto)
UK Judge Recognizes Grave Threat Posed to Converts from Islam to Christianity, Beliefnet
British Bishop: Questions Remain on Sharia, Religious Intelligence (London)
A Rising Tide of Migrants Unsettles Athens, International Herald Tribune
Iran: ‘Barbie’ Doll Beats Islamic ‘Sara’, Adnkronos International
Alas, Poor Yuqui, AR Classic Article
Thursday, October 2
Why Your Race Matters to Your Health, US News and World ReportFlow of Illegal Immigrants Slows, Pew Center Finds, CNN
Study Traces AIDS Virus Origin to 100 Years Ago, AP
White Congressman Shut out of Black Caucus, WorldNetDaily
Ike Evacuees Complain of Violence at Shelter, AP
Former Candidate for Congress Indicted on Charges of Obstructing Justice, Los Angeles Times
Winfrey’s Mom Countersues Store for Its $156K Bill, AP
Drugs, Alcohol Worsening Problems for Seminoles, AP
For Sikhs, ‘It Is in Their Blood’ To Campaign, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Flight of White Britons From UK Leaps to 70,000 Per Year . . . But Population Still Rising As Eastern Europeans Come to Britain, Daily Mail (London)
Manual Outlines Muslim Radicalization in Prisons, AP
Wednesday, October 1
How Many Non-Citizen Voters? Enough to Make a Difference, Social Contract PressGeert Wilders Speaks to the Hudson Institute in New York, September 25, 2008, Partij voor der Vrijheid
The Long Road to Slack Lending Standards, Real Clear Markets
DC Suburb With Long Liberal Legacy Faces Accusation That Election System Excludes Minorities, AP
Could You Pass the New Citizenship Test?, CNN
Feds Consider Death Penalty Charge in Eve Carson Case, News & Observer (Raleigh)
McKinney: DoD Shot 5,000 Prisoners During Katrina, Hot Air
School Says 4 Confessed to Obama Effigy, AP
US Mexicans Send Less Money Home, BBC News
'Xenophobic Climate' Fueling Policies, Violence in Italy, Christian Science Monitor