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Retired Tennessee State University Teacher Attends her Last DNC as a Super Delegate

As Democratic and Republican political leaders across the nation gather for their respective national party conventions (Democrats this week in Denver and Republicans next week in St. Paul), one among the thousands is a standout: Inez Crutchfield.

August 26, 2008

Raising a Flag of Resistance

On every major holiday, Maria Landry Ross would display a decorative flag to commemorate the occasion. Unable to find one to commemorate the Dr. Martin Luther King federal holiday or Black History Month, she created one for her personal use. King’s work took on personal significance for Ross on the morning of June 19, 2000, […]

August 6, 2008

U.S. Politicians Find Ways to Play on Racial Fears

A Republican congressional candidate in a majority-White Mississippi district runs ads trying to tie his Democratic rival with Barack Obama’s former pastor, seen by some as an anti-White firebrand.

July 2, 2008

Latino Voters Reward Education Candidates, Machinists Survey Says

Latino voters would reward any presidential candidate who pushes for vocational and technical education, according to a poll conducted for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which represents 720,000 active and retired members nationally.

June 17, 2008

Native Americans

Indian Candidate from New Mexico Runs Literally for Congress

Benny Shendo Jr.’s bid for Congress isn’t just a political race. He’s literally running for office touring northern New Mexico on foot and by bike as he seeks votes in a six-way Democratic primary.

May 27, 2008

African-American

Baker’s Heat

Moving beyond the scope of the literary scholarship for which he is known, Dr. Houston A. Baker Jr., in his latest book, takes a fierce stand as a social critic and assesses several Black scholars and the writings that have won them recognition as public intellectuals.

May 14, 2008

Faculty & Staff

POLITICOS TURNED PROFESSORS

Former politicians are turning down lucrative job offers elsewhere to teach students who are interested in, but sometimes cynical about, the political process.

May 14, 2008

U. of Okla. Freshman, 19, Elected Mayor of Muskogee

A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state.

May 13, 2008

Report Explores Link Between Latino’s Faith, Politics and Activism

Latinos’ religious affiliation and church attendance influence their political party preferences, degree of support for the war in Iraq and positions on moral issues raised in the last presidential campaign, according to a report recently released by the Center for the Study of Latino Religion (CSLR) in the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS).

March 11, 2008

Scholars Discuss Diversity in Presidential Race

Five political scientists answered Diverse readers questions about the presidential race.

February 27, 2008

College Prof Enters Race for Maine Congressional Seat

FARMINGTON Maine A retired history and political science professor is entering the race for Maine’s 2nd District congressional race in hopes of unseating 3rd-term Democratic Rep. Michael Michaud.

November 20, 2007

British Officials Boycott Oxford Debating Society over Speaking Invitation to Holocaust Denier

LONDON The British defense secretary and at least three other lawmakers canceled appearances at Oxford University’s debating society because of a speaking invitation made to David Irving, a historian once jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust.

November 19, 2007

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