Declining white population is spawning fears, bias
Declining white population is spawning fears, bias
Over the last three decades, demographers have told us that there would come a day when the declining white population would become less than half of the U.S. population. The […]
Gerrymandering: Moving from ‘cracking’ and ‘packing’ to fairness
On Oct. 3, the United States Supreme Court heard Gil vs. Whitford, a Wisconsin case regarding extreme partisan gerrymandering of the Wisconsin Legislature. In that case, Republicans drew a legislative […]
Xalisco Boys – now in northern Ohio
*Sam Quiñones always gives us insights into places where we wouldn’t otherwise look, that’s the value of his writing. He tells us about the heroin trade, migrating to the U.S. from […]
Latino Owned Businesses On the Rise In Ohio
Finally, some economic news that’s not depressing: the number of Latino owned businesses in Butler County, Ohio have doubled in the last decade, according to the Middletown Journal. The article […]
4 State Polls Show Strong Support For Energy Standards
By Christina Angelide Last week, NRDC, Consumers Union and state public interest groups, including Environment Illinois, Environment Ohio, Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy, and Sierra Club Michigan and Sierra Club […]
Tea Party Associated With Racist Immigration Group FAIR
That an Ohio chapter of the Tea Party blatantly announces its affiliation with FAIR, or the Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform (FAIR), highlights the fact that the Tea Party […]
Police Sued For Assaulting Latino Kid With Down Syndrome
The Ortiz family in Cleveland, Ohio are suing police there, claiming their 17 year-old son Juan, who has Down syndrome, was assaulted in a case of mistaken identity. The alleged […]