News archive from February 2009
Friday, February 27
Illegals Raid Dismays Obama Backers, Washington TimesWilders: "We Will Never Apologize for Being Free Men", Jihad Watch
Indian Firms, Microsoft Top H-1B List, Business Week
Immigration Is Big Topic As 5th Cong. Dist. Candidates Turn Out, WBBM-AM (Chicago)
Clint Eastwood Goes Gunning for PC Killjoys by Saying We Should Laugh at Race-Based Jokes, Allan Hall, Daily Mail (London)
Illegals Targeted Sheriff As Gang Initiation, Washington Times
Suspect in Brutal Beating of Ecuadoran Immigrant Caught Smiling on Camera Minutes After Murder, Daily News (New York), Feburary 26, 2009
Financial Aid and Scholarships for Undocumented Students, FinAid
Immigration Is Top Issue for Both Labour and Tory Voters, YouGov Poll Shows, Telegraph (London)
White Men Meet Indians, AR Classic Article
Thursday, February 26
Students Protest Former Rep. Tom Tancredo's Speech at American U., The Diamondback (University of Maryland)Black Caucus to Press Obama on Priorities, AP
Eric Holder's Tragic Prison, American Thinker
Black: The New Color of Privilege, WorldNetDaily
Hate Group Numbers Up by 54% Since 2000, SPLC
Upside Down Economics, Creators Syndicate
New FAIR Report: Who's Lobbying on Immigration?, Federation for American Immigration Reform
Police Not Focusing on Dangerous Illegal Immigrants, Study Says, Los Angeles Times
Lawsuits Challenge Sanctuary Policies, Washington Times
Pr. William Was Unprepared for Shifting Demographics, AP
Legislator: Rodeo Needs to Hire Minorities, Open Books, Houston Chronicle
Met Police Hit by Claim It Operated Segregated Vans for Black and White Officers, Times of London
Wednesday, February 25
Home Mortgage Relief for Millions of Illegals, WorldNetDailyRecession Hits Black Colleges Hard, Reuters
A Nation of Cowards, Creators Syndicate
China Draws Skilled Chinese Back Home, Los Angeles Times
California School Spends $10G a Year to Teach AP Spanish to Kids Who Speak Spanish, FOX News
Gang Dealt Blow in Colorado Busts, Rocky Mountain News
Mimicking Minstrels, GW Hatchet (George Washington University)
7 Wounded by Gunfire on Mardi Gras Parade Route, AP
After Threats, Juárez Mayor in El Paso, El Paso Times
A Fresh Look at the Lives of Civil War Soldiers Reveals the High Price of Diversity, Chronicle of Higher Education
How Thousands of Men Are Milking the Benefits System to Support Several Wives, Daily Mail (London)
Tuesday, February 24
Despite High Unemployment, Obama Puts Amnesty on the Agenda, FAIR Legislative UpdateJustice Department: We Fail to Enforce Deportation Orders, FOX News
Report: ICE Agents Pressured to Meet Arrest Quotas, AP
Man Gets 3 Years for Smuggling Immigrants at LAX, AP
Time to Shine, The Spectrum (University at Buffalo)
Police Still Probing 'Hate Crime'/Shooting Link, Palo Alto Online
Japanese and Koreans Learn to Live Together in Harmony in L.A.'s Little Tokyo, Los Angeles Times
Boy, 16, Arrested in Gangland Killing As Friends of Second Knife Victim Warn of 'Race War' Between Somalis and Afghans, Daily Mail (London)
One in Nine People Living in Britain Now Born Overseas As 300,000 More Foreigners Settle in the UK, Daily Mail (London)
PCs Are Too PC Over Immigrants, Claims Tory MP, yourcanterbury.com
Monday, February 23
Buchanan Suggests Obama Have a Real Conversation With America, Catholic Citizens of IllinoisCartoonists Treading Lightly When Drawing Obama, AP
5 Ways Diversity Can Save Your Job, DiversityInc Magazine
NEWBOs: The Rise of the New Black Overclass, CNBC
Alarm Over Rise of BNP, Independent (London)
Happily Married?, BBC News
Invasion of £1-an-Hour Migrants, Daily Express (London)
Swindon School Faces Inquiry After Brutal 'Racist' Attack by Asian Teenagers, Telegraph (London)
Ten Years After Macpherson, Police Race Quotas Are Axed, Daily Mail (London)
Italy Passes Controversial New Rape Penalty Law, Deutsche Welle (Bonn)
Friday, February 20
Nation of Cowards?, City JournalEssay Competition: Secession and Racial Nationalism, The Occidental Quarterly
Steele: GOP Needs 'Hip-Hop' Makeover, Washington Times
SC Rep: Opposition to Stimulus Is Slap in Face, AP
White Firefighter to Get a Trial on Bias Claim, Seattle Times
Black Pastors to Ask Burris to Resign, AP
Police: 'Brazen' Suspect Returned to Scene of Midtown Slaying, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Housing Advocates Launch Civil Disobedience Movement, NY1 News
Minister Says Race-Based School Project Unacceptable, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Mexico Migration Falls by More Than Half, AP
Events Commemorate Unjust WWII Japanese Detention, AP
What Really Happened?, AR Classic Article
Thursday, February 19
Immigration Reform Advocates Push Forward in Tough Economy, The HillNew Face of Offender in Federal Courts Is Hispanic, AP
Boulder Students Back Off Barack Obama High, Denver Post
Mullen Students Given Empathy Lesson, Denver Post
Racial Profiling Alleged in Trial of Staten Island Hit-and-Run Suspect, New York Daily News
Is Hip-Hop in Seattle Being White-Washed?, Seattle Weakly
Democrats Strike Different Tone on Katrina, AP
Portlander Finds 'Obama Coins' Not All That Mint, The Oregonian (Portland)
Multiracial Identity Associated With Better Social and Personal Well-Being, ScienceDaily
Britons Flee French Island of Guadeloupe As Rioters Turn on White Families, Daily Mail (London)
Marlon Jackson Angers Nigeria With a 'Jackson 5 Museum', Urban Daily
Fleeing From South Africa, Newsweek
Wednesday, February 18
Holder: US a Nation of Cowards on Racial Matters, APU.S. Military Will Offer Path to Citizenship, New York Times
Maryland Woman Charged With Smuggling Sensitive Technology, The Examiner (Washington)
Immigration Is Hot-Ticket Item for Texas Legislature, Dallas Morning News
Conyers Seeks DOJ Probe Into Controversial Sheriff, The Hill
New Testing Discloses a Deadly Danger Is in Bexar, mySA (San Antonio)
Mixed Verdict Over Migrants' Run-In With Rancher, AP
Racial Gap in Cancer Deaths As Wide As in 1981, USA Today
Morris Brown's Water 'Will Keep Flowing', Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Obama's Roots Inspire Kenyan Dad's Homeland, AP
Should I Stay or Should I Go: What Every White Zimbabwean Asks, Times of London
Tuesday, February 17
Next Step: Sainthood, Special to AR NewsGroundbreaking Civil Rights Book Republished, AP
The Greater Reality of Minorities on TV, Los Angeles Times
Iowa Trooper Suspended for Obama E-Mail, KETV (Omaha)
No One's Home: Neighborhood Abandoned, WJBK-TV (Detroit)
Filipino Veterans Benefit in Stimulus Bill, New York Times
30,000 Haitians Ordered to Leave U.S., AP
Race, Class Fuel Social Conflict on French Caribbean Islands, AFP
Bid to Stop the Killing of Albinos, New York Times
Britons on Trial Over 'Airliner Bomb Plot', Reuters
Friday, February 13
The New York Times, the Watchdogs, and the Crusade to Destroy the Immigration Reform Movement, Issues & Views—The BlogAs U.S. Job Opportunities Fade, More Mexicans Look Homeward, Wall Street Journal
UPS Promotes Diversity in NASCAR Through $75,000 in Scholarships, Earthtimes.org (Press Release)
Probie Wife's Explosive Charge: 'Racist' FDNY Killed My Husband; Training Targeted Minorities, New York Daily News
Students: Change Boulder High name to Barack Obama High, Rocky Mountain News
Buffalo Man Who Launched TV Network to Show Muslims in Positive Light Arrested--for Beheading His Wife, Editor & Publisher (Northbrook, Illinois)
Woman Files Lawsuit Against Miley Cyrus for Offensive Gesture, FOXNews
How Your Looks Betray Your Personality, New Scientist
Axe Falls on St George: Parade Is Halted After Council Says It Attracts Racist Thugs, Daily Mail (London)
Asylum Seeker Family Wins £150,000 Compensation, Telegraph (London)
Doubts Over Swiss Attack Claims, BBC News
The Agony of Africa, AR Classic Article
Thursday, February 12
Anti-Islam Film's Maker Blasts UK Over Ban, CNNPhoenix, Kidnap-for-Ransom Capital, Los Angeles Times
At 100, NAACP Fights to Keep Struggle Alive, AP
Lufkin High School Class Sparks Concerns of Segregation, KLTV (Tyler, Texas)
Hard Times a 'Two-Fer' for Border Patrol, Congressional Quarterly
Assimilate This, New York Daily News
Baylor Sues Clippers, Alleging Racist Attitude, Los Angeles Times
Liberian Gov't Holds Talks With US to Prevent Deportation of Liberians, Liberian Journal (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota)
Ed Balls: Minister Fears Rise of Fascism Amid Economic Gloom, Telegraph (London)
Prince Harry Sent on Equality Training by Army After 'Paki' Slur, Daily Mail (London)
Wednesday, February 11
1990s FHA Mortgage Default Rates by Ethnicity, VDARE.comChinese House Hunters Tour U.S. in Search of Sweet Deal, USA Today
Mexicans Who Enter the United States Illegally Lack Education, National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
Some Places Revisit Immigration Laws, USA Today
Overtures to the Obamas, Washington Post
Midwife Births Raise Questions About Citizenship, AP
Black Caucus Rejects Membership of White, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Fayetteville)
Schools Seek Teachers of Color, Cincinnati Enquirer
Church of England Votes to Ban Clergy From Joining BNP, Telegraph (London)
Drug-Related Violence in Mexico Kills 21, AP
Tuesday, February 10
Obama Snubs Black Press, Washington TimesAkaka's Sovereignty Fight Garners Obama's Backing, Washington Times
California May Have to Cut Prison Population by 40 Percent, CNN
Young Black Men Unaware of H.I.V. Risks, Survey Finds, New York Times
Waunakee Parents in 'an Uproar' Over Teaching Social Studies in Spanish, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
Liberians Facing Mass Deportation From U.S., CNN
Judge Unanimously Charged, Suspended, WFSB-TV (Hartford, Connecticut)
Prosecutors Want Barry Jailed Over Tax Returns, Washington Post
Over 200 Americans Killed in Mexico Since 04, MSNBC
British Teenagers Have Lower IQs Than Their Counterparts Did 30 Years Ago, Telegraph (London)
Amazon Indians Accused of Cannibalizing Farmer, CNN
Dismay in Africa As West Focuses Inward, East African (Nairobi)
Monday, February 9
Calling All (But Only) Non-White Lawyers,16 Illegals Sue Arizona Rancher, Washington Times
Time to End Black History Month?, AP
Fight Prompts Lockdown at Juvenile Probation Camp in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles Times
MSU Study Finds High Level of Medical Mistrust Among Minority Women Impacts Quality of Health Care, MSU (Michigan State University) News
Obama's Tardiness Sets Him Apart From Bush, FOX News
Diversity Pledge, National Review Online
What If You Had a Racist Friend?, BBC News
Drug Gangs Winning the War for Mexico, Houston Chronicle
Good Schools Will Be Forced to Take in Excluded [Expelled] Black Pupils Under New Government Law, BNP News
Doctors Should Shop Illegal Immigrant Patients to Police, Says Italian Government, Guardian (Manchester)
Friday, February 6
No Longer Rounding Up Just Fugitive Immigrants, Los Angeles TimesBad Economy Forces Some Migrant Workers Home, East Hampton Press
Bill Seeks Limits on Hiring Foreign Bank Workers, AP
7 Black Houston Firefighters Sue, Say City Exam Biased, Houston Chronicle
Regents Degree Requirements Could Negatively Impact Poor, Minority Graduation Rates, New York Daily News
Police Blotter, Chattanoogan.com
Refugee Pact Survives Court Challenge, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Probe Blasts Black Police Group, BBC News
£100,000 Battle of Head Who Stood Up to 'Muslim Bullies', Daily Star (London)
The South African President's Harem, National Post (Toronto)
The Rise of College 'Racism', AR Classic Article
Thursday, February 5
Holder Seen as a Chance To Right Racial Wrongs, Washington PostRegents' Panel OKs Big Change in UC Admissions, San Francisco Chronicle
Korean Students Largest Ethnic Group in US for Three Years, Korea Times (Seoul)
'Backstage Racism' Exists, Lecturer Says, The Eagle (Bryan, Texas)
The Michelle Obama Hair Challenge, Salon
More N.C. Counties Sign Up to Spot Illegal Immigrants in Jails, WRAL-FM (Raleigh)
Who Shot Billey Joe Johnson?, Yahoo! Sports
NY School Officially Renamed for President Obama, AP
Tiger Woods' Bad Tip, New York Post
Halifax's Hidden Racism, The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Live Like an Illegal Immigrant in Mexico, ABC News
Wednesday, February 4
NAACP Chief Outlines New 'Human Rights' Focus, APObama's Press Office Needs Diversity, CNN
Betting White Men Can Learn, Seattle Times
Gillibrand Changes Immigration Stance, NY1
Bill Would Require Paid Confederate Holiday in SC, AP
Beanie Babies Maker Renames Sasha, Malia Dolls, AP
Miley Cyrus' Slant-Eye Pose Slammed by Asians, Reuters
Thatcher Agent Wants BBC Apology, BBC News
Italy Torn by Racial Strains, BBC News
Italy Bans Kebabs and Foreign Food From Cities, Times of London
Tuesday, February 3
Paris, Texas, Race Relations Dialogue Turns Into Dispute, Chicago TribuneRacial Profiling Methods May Be Flawed, Nature News
Black and Blue: Gang Cops Say It's OK to Profile. Others Call It Harassment., Willamette Week (Portland, Oregon)
Kansas Ranks 4th in Rate of Black Homicide Victims, Wichita Eagle
VCU Police Chief Arrested in Underage Sex Sting, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Bloody Cockfighting Raid in NC Nets 73 Arrests, AP
Shedding Light on Vitamin D Deficiency 'Crisis', MSN
"Elevator" Commercial (Americans Fired, Foreign Workers Hired), NumbersUSA
Foreign Doctors, Our Values, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The Rise of the Right: Europe's Scary Solution to Immigration, Alternet
Monday, February 2
Octuplets Mom Wants $2 Million to Tell Her Story, KTLA-TV (Los Angeles)Michael Steele Becomes First Black RNC Chairman, AP
Hispanic to Lead Texas University System, AP
AP Investigation: Banks Sought Foreign Workers, AP
Hispanic Group Alleges Hate Speech on Cable News, Broadcasting & Cable
Middle-Class Flight From San Fernando Valley, LA Weely
Cops Accused of Racial Profiling, WTNH-TV (New Haven, Connecticut)
For an Illegal Immigrant, Getting Into UCLA Was the Easy Part, Los Angeles Times
Upland Councilman Apologizes for Inauguration Remarks, Los Angeles Times
Texas prisoners riot for 2d time in two months, AP
Islamification of Britain Continues: New Police Uniform Features Hijab, BNP News
Black Latin Americans Dream Obama Will Mean Better Times, Christian Science Monitor
