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A Dream Deferred: Legal Barriers to Hairbraiding Nationwide are Leaving a Tangled Mess
For more than a decade, African hairbraiders-who create attractive and artistic hairstyles without damaging chemicals-have been handcuffed, arrested, thrown in jail or fined thousands of dollars for practicing their cultural art form. But thanks to the advocacy of the Institute for Justice and its clients, lawmakers and courts in a growing number of states are forcing overzealous bureaucrats to set braiders free.
TNCP Takes a Look at Giving in Our Community: Exploring Homelessness – KATRINA
African American State Legislators Call for Compassion for Hurricane Survivors; Tens of Thousands of Evacuees Face Being Homeless for the Holidays
Top: Tanisha Speed, with her son, Treyvon Speed. They were separated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Ms. Speed’s was able to make it to Lansing with her toddler, Anthony Mitchell (not shown).
Whitewashing Blackface
The controversial article that was printed in the November 27, 2005 – December 10, 2005 article entitled “Blackface Costumes Spark Dialogue” has spurred interesting dialogue from our readers. We have received more feedback from the story that any other. Special commentary section in “Excuse Me Are You Listening?” on Page 2, in our next edition.
This current article is one individuals response to “whitefacing”.
BUSH CALLS ON CONGRESS TO RENEW VOTING ACT: Also signs bill to place Rosa Parks statue in the Nation’s Capitol
President George W. Bush is seen Thursday, Dec. 1. 2005 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, as he signs H.R. 4145, to Direct the Joint Committee on the Library to Obtain a Statue of Rosa Parks, which will be placed in the US Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. The President is joined by, from left to right, U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson, Mrs. Laura Bush, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. White House photo by Paul Morse.
Blackface Costumes Spark Dialogue
A Halloween costume contest at an off-campus college hangout ended with several Stetson University students capturing first place — and a visit to the dean of students.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo on May 5th
According to the U.S. Census Bureau and quite contrary to what is usually reported, 79% of Mexicans speak Spanish at home. Of this group, about half speak English “very well.” Thirty-seven percent of Mexican-origin residents are under 18, the highest percentage of that age group among Latino groups. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Image U.S. Census Bureau Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey
Attorney General Gonzales Should Revisit Ashcroft FOIA Memo
The nomination and confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as President Bush’s replacement for outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft proved a lightning rod for criticism of many Bush Administration policies.
BIGGIE’S MURDER TO REMAIN UNSOLVED: FBI ends investigation citing no basis for prosecution
The final nail in Biggie’s coffin was hammered down last week as the FBI has decided to close its investigation into the rapper’s 1997 murder. Federal prosecutors reviewed the evidence and concluded there was no basis for prosecution, Louis J. Caprino Jr., acting head of the criminal division of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said in Friday’s editions of the “Los Angeles Times.”
The Fight Against Slavery in the New Global Economy
LANSING, MI — Some may have been shocked by the devastation of the tsunami in Thailand but were dumfounded when reports of human traffickers preying on the children l