Category: Politics/Public Policy

  • Gov’t to overhaul services for multicultural families Yonhap News Agency Seoul, South Korea 2014-01-15 Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) — The government plans to streamline its support system for multicultural families to help them integrate into society, officials said Wednesday. The move comes as some existing services, including Korean-language education, have been redundant or…

  • De Blasio Sworn In as New York Mayor The New York Times 2014-01-01 Michael M. Grynbaum Bill de Blasio was sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City early Wednesday, at two minutes past the stroke of midnight. The oath of office was administered by Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New…

  • Am I supposed to be more Brazilian than black? Africa is a Country 2013-12-20 Daniel Barbosa We’re always told (by our media, politicians, commentators, etcetera) that Brazil is the most multicultural and multiracial country in the world. That Brazilian miscegenation gave birth to a unique kind of beauty and that the Brazilian mixture of races…

  • Jolene Ivey on The Rock Newman Show The Rock Newman Show Busboys and Poets Washington, D.C. 2013-10-19 Rock Newman, Host Jolene Ivey, Representative, 47th District, Maryland House of Delegates Also candidate for Maryland Lieutenant Governor Maryland’s House of Delegates member and 2014 Maryland gubernatorial Running Mate, Jolene Ivey visits The Rock Newman Show. Delegate Jolene…

  • Marylander of the Year: Benjamin Todd Jealous [Editorial] The Baltimore Sun 2013-12-28 Our view: Jealous leaves the NAACP a revitalized and relevant institution that is at the forefront of the social justice struggles of our time In the spring of 2008, as the prospect that America would elect its first black president became more and…

  • De Blasio’s Daughter Reveals Substance Abuse The New York Times 2013-12-24 Javier C. Hernandez and Michael M. Grynbaum Chiara de Blasio, right, with her parents in September. Michael Appleton for The New York Times Days before her father’s inauguration, the 19-year-old daughter of Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio disclosed a history of drug and alcohol abuse…

  • The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency Texas A&M University Press 2014-01-15 266 pages 6 x 9 7 b&w photos. 4 figs. 4 tables. Bib. Index. Unjacketed Cloth ISBN: 978-1-62349-042-3 Paper ISBN: 978-1-62349-043-0 Edited by: Justin S. Vaughn, Assistant Professor of Political Science Boise State University Jennifer R. Mercieca, Associate Professor Department of…

  • Obama: I’m Not Interested in Talking About Race in the Abstract The New York Observer New York, New York 2007-11-26 Jason Horowitz During a question-and-answer session in Berlin, New Hampshire last night, Barack Obama received a multi-part question about how he identified himself racially, race relations and his commitment to civil rights from an elderly…

  • Poll Finds Hope Is Running High for Next Mayor of New York City The New York Times 2013-12-13 Kate Taylor and Dalia Sussman With Bill de Blasio’s inauguration less than a month away, New Yorkers are highly optimistic about his mayoralty — but they remain skeptical that he can achieve major changes on some of…

  • Colloquium: Blinded by Sight: Seeing Race Through the Eyes of the Blind University of Pennsylvania 103 McNeil Building 3718 Locust Walk Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6299 Wednesday, 2014-01-29, 12:00-13:00 EST (Local Time) Osagie K. Obasogie, Professor of Law University of California, Hastings College of the Law Professor Obasogie’s research attempts to bridge the conceptual and methodological gaps between…