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Posted @ aspiredrecords.comROME ? Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country ? adults and children alike ? brushing aside accusations of racism by human-rights advocates and international ...
BERLIN : When Dominique Rosales takes the stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate here Saturday with the other members of the Ailey II dance company, it will mark the end of an unlikely round-trip journey. Rosales, the daughter of a black Cuban father ...
In the early 1950s, a doll called Scribbles shook up the toy industry. Her face had no features of its own but could be sketched on with a special marker, washed clean and drawn on again. Creepy as this may sound, she's a handy metaphor for creating ...
A black Republican group has put up billboards in Florida and South Carolina saying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim that black leaders say is ridiculous. The National Black Republican Association has paid for billboards ...
It seems the days of robust, flag-waving patriotism seen after the Sept. 11 attacks are gone. And arguably in its place, a general pessimism about our country has set in: An Associated Press-Ipsos poll of 1,000 Americans last month showed nearly four ...
WASHINGTON -- Jesse Helms, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics and presidents of both parties with his use of senatorial privilege, died today. He was 86. Helms ...
Venus Williams, 28, will tonight face little sister Serena Williams, 26, in the pair's 17th professional showdown. After a tumultuous semi-final session in which the Williams' family reputation was sullied by Elena Dementieva, Venus and Serena have ...
(CNN) -- What is patriotism? Is it serving your country during wartime, or making war on injustice in your hometown? Is it gathering with friends and setting off fireworks, or is patriotism a feeling that transcends words? Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kyle ...
Israel?s vision of Jerusalem as its ?indivisible capital? came under attack yesterday as leaders reacted to Wednesday?s carnage by calling for a wall across the city?s ethnic divide. The Government says that the barrier between itself and ...
Should local school districts be merged to save money? Should affirmative action be banned in state hiring, contracts and college admissions? Would you pay a percentage point more in sales taxes for new roads and other transportation projects ...