Even as our federal government has amended its woefully discriminatory policies that denied benefits to the same-sex partners and spouses of federal workers, Governor Bentley has vowed to do just the opposite. Rolling back the clock and insisting that when National Guard personnel are under his control, the state will deny said benefits.
Being routinely stopped by police and searched for no apparent reason, or followed through a neighborhood only to be asked why they are there, are indignities the average white person will likely never suffer.
The principal at the Pan American International High School in Queens — a school that specializes in immersive education for immigrant youth — is coming under fire after making racist remarks about the school's only black teachers. And then dismissing all three from their positions.
Glossed over in the May Jobs Report are troubling facts about the long-term unemployed. Numbers indicate that those out of work for 27 weeks or longer are faced with an increasingly steep climb back into the workforce.
The Boy Scouts of America’s decision to rescind its ban on “openly gay” Scouts predictably stoked a mean-spirited and divisive response, notably from misguided types who mistakenly think the Bible should be used as a tool of oppression. However, there are a few other parts of the "Good Book" that these hateful religious leaders should remember.
