- TX Teacher Suspended After Telling Muslim Student ‘I Bet You’re Grieving’ | TPMDC
- The alleged incident in Texas is just the latest in a short string of small incidents targeting American Muslims following the death of bin Laden. A mosque in Portland, ME was vandalized in what police there are calling a hate crime and a Muslim unity rally was canceled in Portland, OR after organizers feared reprisals from both non-Muslims upset over terrorism and Muslims who organizers said might be angry by an event that supported the killing of bin Laden.
- Comic-Industry Rep: Market Won’t Support Black Comic Book Characters | The Root
- To say "this is the way we've always done it" is pure BS.
- Black Civil War Re-Enactors Reclaim History | The Root
- At the end of the Civil War in May 1865, a throng of Union soldiers marched along the streets of Washington, D.C. … Missing at the march, however, were the surviving black soldiers who counted themselves among the ranks of nearly 200,000 African Americans who fought during the last two years of the war. Only white soldiers were allowed to take part.
Black troops held their own parade in Harrisburg, Pa., in November 1865. They marched through the state capital celebrating not only the end of the war but also the end of slavery.
This is one of the many little-known tales that black Civil War re-enactors are keeping alive as the nation celebrates the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict.
- Barbara Lee: End the War Now | The Root
- Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was the sole member of Congress to vote against the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, a decision all the more controversial against the backdrop of post-9/11 fear and pain. …
Taking a moment away from her renewed anti-war push on Capitol Hill, Lee spoke with The Root about military strategy, how the anti-war movement has developed beyond its hippie roots and why the death of Osama bin Laden has only made her more determined.
- BBC News – Why is Tesco struggling in the US?
- [I'm totally a fan of Fresh & Easy. Hadn't realized they belonged to Tesco. -L]
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