NATIONAL NEWS
Sherrod aside, black farmers denied againWASHINGTON - Black farmers, due $1.2 billion for a legacy of discrimination by the U.S. Agriculture Department, suffered a new and disheartening setback this week, despite the national spotlight provided by the quickly disavowed firing of a black department worker. More » |
Va. professor asserts he found oldest black schoolWILLIAMSBURG, Va. - A College of William and Mary professor thinks he may have found the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for African American children. More » |
Black racism: A real problem, or pure politics?Is black racism a real problem? Or is it pure politics? Shirley Sherrod was dismissed from her Agriculture Department job because remarks she made about her dealings with a white farmer almost a quarter century ago were perceived as racist. She was offered her job back last Wednesday because a full viewing of that speech showed it to be a tale of racial reconciliation. More » |
Poll: US Hispanics mix hopes, strainsMIAMI - Yadilka Aramboles eyes her three young children playing on the sidewalk and sees college in their future - even though her husband's modest accountant's income barely covers the family's most basic expenses. More » |
Ousted USDA official unsure about returning to workALBANY, Ga. - Former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, who was forced to resign after a blogger posted comments she made to an NAACP audience about race, is unsure about returning to a government job, she said last week. More » |
