News archive from April 2009
Thursday, April 30
Incursions of Border by Cops, Troops Rising, Washington TimesEurope to Become Muslim in a Few Decades,
Black Women, Hispanics Fuel Voter Turnout in 2008, AP
Minority Dealers Concerned Their Gains Will Erode, Washington Post
'No Child' Law Is Not Closing a Racial Gap, New York Times
Thomas and Breyer Discuss Supreme Court Clerk Diversity at Budget Hearing, Legal Times
Sojourner Truth Becomes First Black Woman to Be Honored Among Statues at U.S. Capitol, Los Angeles Times
Korean-American Charged in Rocket Technology Plot, AP
Minuteman Founder Simcox to Challenge Arizona Senator John McCain, Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix)
Bakersfield Police: Attacker Threatened Baby During Rosedale Rape, KGET-TV (Bakersfield, California)
Parents Accused of Taking Children on Burglary, Reuters
Zimbabwe Prisoners in 'Hell on Earth' Die From Disease and Hunger, The Zimbabewean (UK)
Wednesday, April 29
Right-Wing College Group Riles Students on Campuses Nationwide, FOX NewsThe Media Elite's Secret Dinners, Washington Post
WHO Says No Sign Flu Outbreak Slowing, Reuters
Reverse Discrimination Suits Flourish, AP
NAACP Protests Outside Orlando Magic Game, Orlando Sentinel
Black Contractors File Bias Suit Against Toyota, Los Angeles Sentinel
3 Voting Advocates Guilty, Columbus Dispatch
Analyzing Race and Its Complexities, Chicago Tribune
Prominent Illegal Immigration Opponent Can't Speak at PC, Providence Journal
Slavery Mural in State Dept. of Agriculture Questioned, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Obamas Breathe New Life Into D.C., Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Historian: Blacks Played a Large Part in John Brown's Historic Raid, Davin White, Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette, April 26, 2009
7 Police Officers Die in Tijuana Attacks, Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, April 28
Swine Flu Has Many L.A. Immigrants Reconsidering Mexico Travel Plans, Los Angeles TimesAmerica's Most Dangerous Cities, Forbes
Obama Is Nudging Views on Race, a Survey Finds, New York Times
Obama the First Asian-American President?, AFP
UPS Makes $750K Grant to National Council of La Raza, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Racial Disparities Persist in Higher-Paying Jobs, AP
Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Fight Deportation, AP
Sarasota Teen Shot Over Confederate Apparel, Police Say, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Hamtramck NAACP Picks Asian to Lead, Detroit Free Press
Labour Shortage Forces Canadian Immigration to Keep Borders Open, Global Visas (London)
Most Truckers Transporting Illegals Are Foreign, Kos Media (London)
Elephant Exodus Reported From Troubled Zimbabwe, AP
Monday, April 27
California Counties Cut Healthcare to Illegal Immigrants, Los Angeles TimesImmigrant Unemployment at Record High: Rate Now Exceeds Native-Born, A Change From Recent Past, Center for Immigration Studies
Teen Musicians Unite Their Talents for First Anti-Hate Songfest, Los Angeles Times
Pinal DUI Task Force to Target Salsa Festival, Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Asian-Americans Blast UC Admissions Policy, AP
Field Trip of World Religions Doesn't Go Far, Los Angeles Times
Councilman Removes Confederate Flags From Graves, Media General News Service
Questions Abound About Mexico's Response to the Crisis, Los Angeles Times
Humble Eskimo Lolly Gives Tourist a Bad Taste, New Zealand Herald (Auckland)
Modern European Fascism, Gates of Vienna
Czech Far-Right March Without Major Incidents, Ceske Noviny (Prague)
Friday, April 24
California School Tries Segregation to Boost Scores, APProf: Blacks Still Second-Class, The Lantern (Ohio State University)
Black Coaches Group Gives CSU an F for Women's Basketball Hiring, Coloradoan (Fort Collins, Colorado)
Katrina Trial: New Orleans' Truth Commission, Christian Science Monitor
Mexico Drug Gangs Now Entrenched in U.S., Newsmax
Race an Issue in Wilson Play, and in Its Production, New York Times
Former Professor in Noose Case Seeks $200M in Lawsuit, CNN
Medicare Change May Impact Black Kidney Patients, Forbes
Can You Belong to More Than One Nation?, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Calls to Ban 'Nasty, Racist' BNP Members From Nursing, Nursing Times (London)
S. Africa Election Results Show Racial Divide, AP
The Seeds of Conflict, American Renaissance
Thursday, April 23
Reverse-Discrimination Case Splits Supreme Court, Christian Science MonitorJerry Brown Calls Prop. 209 Unconstitutional, San Francisco Chronicle
Md. Fears Census Undercount Could Curtail Federal Funds, Capital News Service
What Are US Students Learning About Islam?, Christian Science Monitor
The False Accuser Speaks, Durham-in-Wonderland
Video: Demonstrators Speak in the Pit, Daily Tar Heel (University of North Carolina)
Duluth School Officials Charged in Immigration Conspiracy, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New Riverside Church Pastor Rev. Brad Braxton's $600K Compensation Prompts Parishioners' Suit, New York Daily News
UND's Fighting Sioux Nickname Gets 1 Tribe's OK, AP
By George, England Set to Celebrate, Ananova (Leeds)
Nick Griffin Defends BNP Leaflet That Says Black and Asian Britons 'Do Not Exist', Daily Mail (London)
Wednesday, April 22
High School Exit Exam Hinders Female and Non-White Students, Study Says, Los Angeles TimesLacrosse Accuser to Speak, Daily Tar Heel (University of North Carolina)
Goode Talks on Campus Tonight, Daily Tar Heel (University of North Carolina)
Protesters Call for Reopening of Street, AP
Senecas Plan to Establish Independent School, Buffalo News
Promises, Promises: Obama and Black Farmers, AP
Colleges Push Tuition Aid for Illegal Immigrants, AP
A Fairy Tale Beginning, Washington Post
County to Pay $4 Million to Settle Jail-Beating Lawsuit, Orange County Register
Schools May Close for Ramadan and Other Non-Christian Festivals to Avoid Pupils Missing Classes, Daily Mail (London)
Islam a Political Target in Norway, BBC News
Tuesday, April 21
Home Invasions Soar As Thugs Seek Mexico Drug Cash, ReutersAffidavit Places Spotlight on Gang, Washington Post
America's New Vogue for Black Fashion Is All Due to Michelle Obama, The Guardian (Manchester)
Detroit Councilman Walks Away From Mortgage, AP
Pew Study Shows Illegal Aliens Uneducated and a Burden to America's Health Care System, Federation for American Immigration Reform
Why We Should Get Rid of the NAACP, Washington Post
By Racially Profiling Black Shoppers, Retailers Will Put Themselves in the Red, Austin American-Statesman
Valley Woman Files 'Reverse Discrimination' Lawsuit, KGBT-TV (Harlingen, Texas)
Jones Excited About Diversity, Daily Tarheel (University of North Carolina)
Miss York in Racism Row, The (York) Press
Thought Police Muscle Up in Britain, The Australian (Surry Hills, New South Wales)
Zimbabwe's Central Bank Raided Private Accounts to Prop Up Ministries, AP
Monday, April 20
High Court Poised to Closely Weigh Civil Rights Laws, Washington PostSearch and Seizure, Racial Profiling, and Traffic Stops: A Disparate Impact Framework, Journal of Law & Policy
Some Influential Muslim Groups Question FBI's Actions, Los Angeles Times
'No One Should Feel Immune': Mexican Cartels Spread to Hundreds of US Cities as War Rages On, AP
Feds Hit Rev. Al with Record 285G Elex Fine, New York Post
Black Man Kissing White Woman Causes Stir, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Homeless in Hamptons, New York Post
An Unruly Deportee Puts the US in a Legal Bind, Kansas City Star
Afrikaners Protest Torture-Murder of Two White Women, Afrikaner-Genocide-Archives
Kwaito Hit to Cost 5FM R10,000 Fine, Sunday Times (Johannesburg)
Japan to Immigrants: Thanks, But You Can Go Home Now, Time
Jackie Chan's China Comments Prompt Backlash, AP
Friday, April 17
Mexicans Total 32% of Immigrants, Washington TimesCalderon Presses Obama, US on Immigration, Washington Times
The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From US, Fox News
Hillary Clinton: Haiti, Cuba Policies Are Under Review, Miami Herald
Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Letter to Al Sharpton, Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Liberal Actress Says Tea Parties Were Racist, Washington Times
Law Would Ban California Businesses from Language Discrimination, Los Angeles Times
Mourners Remember Ray Jenkins, the Father of Reparations, Detroit News
Africa's 'Mormon Superstar' is First Black African LDS General Authority, Salt Lake Tribune
Young, Gifted and Black: China Unveils Ding Hui, Its New Olympic Hope, Times (London)
Self-Segregation, AR Classic Article
Thursday, April 16
UNC Leaders Apologize for Speech Fiasco, News & Observer (Raleigh)The Power behind the Power, Ebony
Sex, Race and IQ: Off Limits?, Newsweek
A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States, Pew Hispanic Center
Schwarzenegger: Immigrants Not Cause of Budget Woe, AP
Illegal Immigrants Cashing in on Federal Tax Credits, Study Shows, Washington Examiner
Chaplain's E-mail Sparks Controversy, Harvard Crimson
The Rotting Racist Underbelly of the Tea Party Protests, Jack and Jill Politics
Boris Johnson's Backing Boosts Illegal Immigrant Amnesty Campaign, Guardian (London)
Sadiq Khan Says US Foreign Policy on Pakistan is Damaging Britain, Observer (London)
Citizenship Program Needs to Focus on Canadian 'Values': Kenney, Canwest News Service
Immigrants behind Most Cases of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Norway Post
Wednesday, April 15
Illegal Alien Supporters Attack Tancredo Event at UNC Chapel Hill, Americans for Legal Immigration (Alipac)Furious Protest Stops Tancredo's UNC Speech, News & Observer (Raleigh)
Illegal Immigration Slowdown in California, Los Angeles Times
Bernanke: Minorities Need to 'Strengthen Their Financial Literacy', Washington Post
Shariah Bankers: West Ready for Faith-Based Alternative, Washington Times
Smithsonian Picks Black History Museum Designer, AP
Decline in Blacks in Prison for Drug Crimes Reverses 25-Year Trend, Christian Science Monitor
Obama Immigration Proposal May Not Be at Odds With Economy, New Mexico Independent
'Diversity' Is Turning Britain Into East Germany--A Nation of Sneaks, Telegraph (London)
Britons Take 'Migrant' Jobs in Farms and Factories, Times of London
Man Jailed for Spraying Urine, Feces on Food in UK, AP
Tuesday, April 14
He Wears Skins; We Wear Veldskoens, Special to AR NewsBloomington Teen Charged in Alleged Hate Crime Attacks, Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
Investigators Take Closer Look at Rep. Jackson in Blagojevich Case, New York Times
Lawmakers Approve Illegal Immigrant License Ban, AP
University Community Reacts to Diversity Statistics From Committee, Cavalier Daily (University of Virginia)
Mexico Slams Burger King for 'Whopper' of Insult, AP
Third World Child Trafficking Increases Along with Immigration, BNP News
Lost Aboriginal Language Revived, BBC News
Supermarket Under Fire for English Only Rule, ONE News (Wellington)
Singer With Most Popular German Band Faces Jail for 'Infecting Man With HIV', Times of London
Religious Rift Tears at Orissa Communities, BBC News
Democratic Future Fades for Fiji, BBC News
Monday, April 13
Video of an Attack on a White Man Infuriates the French, Special to AR NewsWill a 'Red' Help Blacks Go Green?, WorldNetDaily
Black Voters Waver on Support for Paterson, New York Times
Immigrant Blacks Are Overrepresented in Certain Colleges, Studies Say, Daily Pennsylvanian (Philadelphia)
State Democrats Despoil Democracy, Boston Herald
Judge Blocks New Rules for Licenses, IDs in Texas, AP
Mpls. Pays Settlement to Black Officers in Bias Suit, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Thomas Frazier, Father of 14 Children, Jailed for Owing More Than Half-Million in Child Support, Flint (Michigan) Journal
Obama Brother Accused of UK Sex Assault, News of the World (London)
14,000-Year-Old Hunting Kit Found in Scotland, MSNBC
BNP 'Threat' to Labour in Europe, BBC News
Friday, April 10
Barack Obama in His Own Words (Part III of III), Special to AR NewsIllegal Obama Vote Cast as Wife's Last Wish, AP
Justices to Hear White Firefighters' Bias Claims, New York Times
SC College Sued for Discriminating against Whites, AP
Diversifying Middle America, Inside Higher Ed
'More Work to Do': Police Force is Still Struggling to Attract Women, Minorities, Winston-Salem Journal
Refusal to Accept Reality is Killing Detroit, Detroit Free Press
Lawmaker Defends Comment on Asians, Houston Chronicle
Father Accused of Selling Daughter Takes Deal, KSBW-TV (Monterey, Calif.)
Water Cut Off in Mexican Capital, BBC News
Moors Want Spain to Apologize after 400 Years, Times (London)
When the River Ran Red, AR Classic Article
Thursday, April 9
Obama to Push Immigration Bill As One Priority, New York TimesDid Integration Negatively Affect Discipline for Black Kids?, Digital Journal
Extremist Web Sites Are Using U.S. Hosts, Washington Post
Illegal Immigrant Voting a Reality in Some States, MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Massachusetts)
NY Judge Rules in Favor of 1970s Apartheid Victims, AP
Shopping While Black, Austin American-Statesman
FBI Raids in Minn. Aimed at Africa Money Transfers, AP
Great Hair Style or Exercise? Solving the Dilemma, WFLD-TV (Chicago)
BMI Not an Accurate Obesity Measurement, RedOrbit
Sharia Infiltrates German Courts, Schools, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Family Security Matters
Wednesday, April 8
Did John Hope Franklin Want $100 Trillion for Blacks?, Huffington PostOut-of-Wedlock Births Hit Record High, CNN
New Admission Policy Prompts Diversity Debate, Daily Nexus (UC Santa Barbara)
Boston Students Struggle With English-Only Rule, Boston Globe
'Tuition Equity' Bill Fails in Senate, Denver Post
CBC Members Praise Castro, Politico
Ethics Board Launches Probe Into Rep Jesse Jackson Jr., Chicago Sun Times
Mychal Bell's Mom Arrested, KALB-TV (Alexandria, Louisiana)
HIV-Positive Man Killed With Hatred, Toronto Star
One in Six Rapes Committed by Foreign Attackers, Shock Police Figures Reveal, Daily Mail (London)
Rare Megamouth Shark Caught, Eaten in Philippines, AP
Tuesday, April 7
Graduate School Admissions, Race, and the White Status Game, VDARERacial Split Threatens State Democrats, Greenwood Commonwealth (Greenwood, Mississippi)
Estados Unidos? Almost 1 of 2 New Americans in 2008 Was Latino, AP
Crackdown on Illegals Produces Crime Decline, WorldNetDaily
On Idyllic Gwynn's Island, Echoes of a Racial Divide, Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
Stolen Cessna's Pilot Captured, ABC News
Reading Between the Lines of a Player's Mangled English, News & Record (Burlington, North Carolina)
Obesity Rates Differ Among Racial/Ethnic Groups in Kids As Young As Four, Eureka Alerts
Roswell Hispanics Claim Police Racial Profiling, AP
Mexico Has Money Ready for Expatriate Investment, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
Monday, April 6
Surviving Jena Six: The Dreams of Mychal Bell, Global GrindSupreme Court Lets Philly Officer Killer's Conviction Stand, AP
Blacks at Odds Over Scrutiny of President, Washington Post
Per Capita Federal Welfare Expenditures by State, Audacious Epigone
Research Shows White Players Lacking on Recent Final Four Basketball Teams, Orlando Sentinel
How Banks Were Bullied Into Making Bad Loans, WorldNetDaily
Uighurs Ask Supreme Court for Their Freedom, AP
Why It's Harder for African Americans to Stop Smoking, Examiner
'Chia Obama' Booted From Local Stores, WTVT-TV (Tampa Bay)
Asian Men in Burkhas Rob Jewellers, Herald (Glasgow)
Paris Liberation Made 'Whites Only', BBC News
Friday, April 3
Barack Obama in His Own Words (Part II of III), Special to AR NewsOne Oath Leads to Another, New York Times
10 Silverado Students Arrested Following Fight, Daily Press (Victorville, California)
It's Back: Immigration Heats Up, Yahoo! News
BP Explorers Collect Trash Left by Illegal Immigrants in the Huachucas, Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald
UNC Students Stand Up for University Access for Illegals, News & Observer (Raleigh)
NYC's 'Obama Fried Chicken' Restaurants Ruffle Feathers, Sarah R. Kaufman, Benjamin Peim, and Carrie Melago, New York Daily News, April 3, 2009
Now Fire Service Introduces Hijab Headscarves for Muslim Workers, Daily Mail (London)
Polish Migrant Workers Leave Britain in Droves, Voice of America News
Church Leader Sparks Georgian Baby Boom, BBC News
What Can I Do?, AR Classic Article
Thursday, April 2
Citing Census, Hispanics Urge Immigration Reform, APLa.'s Black-Majority Seat Could Become Less Black, Louisiana Weekly
The Rev. Al Sharpton Is the New Sheriff Politics Needs, New York Daily News
DoD Grants $17.4 Million To Minority Academic Institutions, U.S. Department of Defense
Osceola County Moves to Diversify Its Business Partners, Orlando Sentinel
McCain Seeks Pardon for First Black Champ, AP
Bias Suits Settled With Gold'n Plump, Job Agency, , March 31, 2009
Dunkin' Franchise Ends Over Refusal to Sell Pork, AP
Mexican Asylum Seekers on Rise in Vancouver, Vancouver Sun
Racism Revealed in Swedish Anti-Immigrant Party, No Apology, SR International-Radio Sweden (Stockholm)
Most Migrants in Vienna Schools, Wiener Zeitung
Wednesday, April 1
Yamato Workers Freed As Immigration Probe Continues Into Bellingham Company, Bellingham (Washington) HeraldArticle Has Cop Dissing Blacks, Philadelphia Daily News
Obama's Aunt Can Stay in U.S. Another Year, Boston Herald
Queen Latifah Wants Stronger Parts, AP
Illegal Immigrant Tuition Passes Hurdle in Colo., AP
Dallas ISD, Area Firms Sought Hundreds of Worker Visas Amid Job Losses, Dallas Morning News
Surveillance Towers Planned for Detroit, Buffalo, AP
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses State Court on Ceded Lands, Honolulu Advertiser
Norway Anti-Immigration Opposition Party Wins Support, Bloomberg
Madonna's African Adoptions Part of Growing Trend, AP
South Africa's Hi-Tech Healer, BBC News
