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...even in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio the figure was a troubling 1 in 10. It's a tribute to America's racial progress that a biracial man born before Jim Crow died could come this close to the presidency, but if you believe that contemporary America is color-blind, you probably also believe the Georgia Congressman who recently called Obama "uppity," then claimed he had no idea it was a traditional Southern slur for blacks who didn't know their place. ("Uppity" often modified the slur everyone knows is a slur.) Blacks are still known as "minorities" because this...
This spring’s Yardfest was the first in the event’s three-year history to feature two artists—the Wu Tang Clan and Gavin DeGraw. The CEB’s choice of Third Eye Blind the previous year led to a great deal of dissatisfaction among students who thought the act was out of touch with their current musical interests...
...been promising. One Republican familiar with the process said the decision to involve Timmons could become a political liability for the campaign's reformist image, especially in the wake of the controversies over the lobbying backgrounds of other McCain staffers, including campaign manager Rick Davis. "It's one more blind spot for Rick Davis and John McCain," the person said...
...hope that watching disabled athletes compete will change old attitudes and improve opportunities for the nation's 83 million handicapped. "I think the Paralympics is great, because it shows that people with disabilities like us are pretty much like normal people," says Fan Chunhe, 23, who has been blind since birth. He came to Beijing five years ago from his village in the mountains of Inner Mongolia. "I wanted to go out into society," Fan says. "In the mountain valley there was no opportunity to work." In Beijing, he found a job as a masseur. "As a blind person, massage...
...Forbidden City, which has long been impassable for wheelchair users, installed $585,000 worth of ramps and lifts ahead of the Paralympics, the China Daily reported. And in recent years, large cities like Beijing have been filled with miles of yellow sidewalk markers with special raised patterns to aid blind pedestrians...