Day: October 12, 2014

  • Kaine pushes for Indian recognition Sulfolk News-Herald Suffolk, Virginia 2014-10-02 Tracy Agnew, News Editor U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is making another push to recognize six Virginia Indian tribes, including the Nansemond, through his support of a proposed rule that would bring more flexibility to the process. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of…

  • 11 ways race isn’t real Vox 2014-10-10 Jenée Desmond-Harris It was surprising — and, to many, annoying — to learn that Raven Symoné, the brown-skinned girl who played the adorable youngest character on TV’s seminal black sitcom, The Cosby Show, doesn’t consider herself “African-American.” (In a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, she said she thought…