Friday, 10th September 2010

American schools returning to segregation?

Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Education, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Race, Real History, Shera Crossan

American schools returning to segregation?

Fronted by tall, proud columns, Goldsboro High in North Carolina was once a flourishing school reflecting the city’s 50-50 black-white mix. But the nearly 100-year-old school has verged on academic failure in recent years. Particularly troubling to civil rights advocates, the student population has become racially and economically isolated – to the point that the [...]

Community colleges fight illegal immigrant ban

Posted on 25. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Economy, Education, Immigration, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

SHELBY – Officials at Cleveland Community College believe all students deserve a chance to further their education. And, like many other North Carolina community colleges, they support reversing a ban restricting illegal immigrants from doing so. A policy created in May 2008 by the N.C. Attorney General’s Office restricts illegal immigrants from admission to all [...]

NC remembering victims of sterilization program

Posted on 25. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Education, Health, Real History, Science and Technology, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

NC remembering victims of sterilization program

North Carolina recalled a regrettable side of its history on Monday by unveiling a roadside marker remembering poor people, mental patients and prisoners who were sterilized against their will by state officials. The cast aluminum sign in downtown Raleigh provides a permanent remembrance of the program intended to keep thousands of people considered mentally disabled [...]

NC rep calls gay student slaying case a ‘hoax’

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan

A North Carolina congresswoman said Thursday she chose her words poorly when she called claims that a Wyoming college student was murdered because he was gay a “hoax.” Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx said during debate in the House that Matthew Shepard‘s 1998 death wasn’t a hate crime and shouldn’t be invoked by supporters of a [...]

Homeschool-denying judge sets case on mom’s Sabbath

Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Education, Events, Feedback, Religion, Shera Crossan

The judge who ordered a North Carolina homeschooling mother to place her children in public school demanded all objections to his order to be filed today – the day the mom in the case observes the Sabbath. Venessa Mills says she was unable to meet the deadline for two reasons – because it was Sunday [...]