Tag: discrimination
North Korea makes Paralympics debut with teenage swimmer
With more than 2.4 million tickets sold, the London Paralympics are likely to be the biggest games since Great Britain hosted the first ones 64 years ago. Fifteen nations are making their debut this year, including an unlikely appearance from North Korea. ...
Minnesota pastor about to lose his church over support for gay marriage
In 2005, Rev. Oliver White of Grace Community United Church announced his support for gay marriage. Two-thirds of his congregation left the church. The congregants left with their money, and in 2007, White was forced to take out a loan to keep the church afloat. The church now owes $200,000, and is at risk of closing its doors....
Advocates fear implications Dharun Ravi case
Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Monday after being convicted earlier this year of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy for spying on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, who was kissing another man in their Rutger dormitory. Clementi later committed suicide....
South African gold miners launch largest lawsuit in Africa's history
About half of South Africa's gold miners suffer from silicosis, a life-threatening disease caused when silica from gold lodges in the lungs. Now, thousands of gold miners have signed on to the largest class action lawsuit in Africa's history....
Trayvon Martin case stirs debate over public access to 911 calls
The Trayvon Martin case caught national attention after authorities released several 911 calls made around the time of Martin's death. A debate is underway over whether or not sensitive material like 911 phone calls should be available to the public....
VIDEO: Police chief at center of Trayvon Martin scandal steps down 'temporarily'
Bill Lee, the Sanford police chief under fire for his department's reaction to the shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin, has stepped down, temporarily he said, so as not to be a distraction as the investigation moves forward....
Courts set to consider the legality of Texas, South Carolina voter ID bills
With the U.S. Justice Department saying no to new voter ID laws in Texas and South Carolina, two states that are governed by special provisions of the U.S. Voting Rights Act, the two states have turned to the federal court system to try and get permission to implement their new laws....
Catholic Church prepares to canonize first Native American saint despite mixed reactions
Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk Indian born in New York in 1656, has been approved for sainthood by the Catholic church. With her canonization, she'll become the first Native American saint. But given the Church's history of violence and oppression against Native Americans, this isn't necessarily news to celebrate....
Israel's secular and moderate majority struggling with ultra-Orthodox minority
There's growing tension in Israel between the most ardent, ultra-Orthodox Jews and the country's more mainstream secular and moderate communities. Some of the Haredim want to impose greater restrictions on the public space in the Jewish state....
As Morales pushes for more reforms, Bolivians express frustration
Evo Morales swept into power in Bolivia as the first indigenous president in a nation that counts indigneous people as almost two-thirds of its population. He promised reforms and has followed through, though many say they're not far-reaching enough. Or they're just not buying in at all....
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