Category: United States

  • Creating the Covers of Our Own Books: A Look at Multiracial Identity Communication Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington December 2011 63 pages Helyse Sina Turner A Thesis Presented to the Faculty in Communication and Leadership Studies School of Professional Studies Gonzaga University, In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Communication…

  • Standing Up at an Early Age The New York Times 2012-09-14 Adam Himmelsbach Views on Gay Rights of Ravens’ Ayanbadejo Are Rooted in Upbringing In recent weeks, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has been praised in many quarters for supporting the legalization of same-sex marriage. His stance is not new, but it reached a wider…

  • Mosley Wotta releases new album The Bulletin Bend, Oregon 2012-09-14 Ben Salmon Bend hip-hop artist performs in Bend tonight Anyone who knows local artist, musician and educator Jason Graham—aka MOsley WOtta, leader of the hip-hop band of the same name—knows that his relocation to Bend at age 9 from Chicago’s north side has had a…

  • ‘Thrall’ by Natasha Trethewey, the poet laureate of the United States The Washington Post 2012-09-13 Elizabeth Lund Thrall. By Natasha Trethewey. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 84 pp. Natasha Trethewey’s “Thrall” is a must-read collection that equals the power and quality of her third book, “Native Guard,” which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize . “Thrall” also demonstrates…

  • Lawsuit Challenging Obama’s Qualifications Is Tossed Out In Federal Court AlaskaPublic.org 2012-09-12 Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau An Alaska-based federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s qualifications to appear as a candidate on the November general election ballot. Gordon Warren Epperly of Juneau claims that Obama does not have the political…

  • Obama Talks Race, Calls Himself a ‘Mixed Kid From Hawaii’ ColorLines: News for Action 2012-09-13 Jorge Rivas, Multimedia Editor / Pop Culture Blogger Los Angeles, California Lately it’s been a rare occurrence when President Obama talks race but at a campaign stop in Colorado Wednesday he mentioned it and even identified himself as mixed-raced. “Education…

  • Interracial Brooklyn Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations September 2012 Michael J. Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of Sociology Stanford University Intermarriage has been rising in the United States steadily since about 1960. Before 1960 there were so few interracial marriages in the United States that Interraciality was really invisible. Prior to 1960, the idea of…

  • Stir Builds Over Actress to Portray Nina Simone The New York Times 2012-09-12 Tanzina Vega In the digital age Hollywood casting decisions leaked from behind closed doors can instantly become fodder for public debate. And when the decision involves race and celebrity, the debate can get very heated. The online media world has been abuzz…

  • The Lure of Whiteness and the Politics of “Otherness”: Mexican American Racial Identity University of Texas, Austin 2004 185 pages Julie Anne Dowling Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the The University of Texas at Austin In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Using a…

  • The United States Census in Its Relations to Sanitation Public Health Paper Report Volume 15 (1889) pages 43-46 John S. Billings, Surgeon, U.S.A. (1838-1913) I have several times inflicted upon this patient and long-suffering Association papers relating to statistical matters and methods, which, it must be confessed, were better fitted to serve for occasional reference than to occupy…