theageof60.Theratesofdeathamongparticipantsinthisgroupdidclearlyshowracialdifferences,withapproximately9% ofblacksdyingat anearlyagecomparedto6% ofwhites.There werealsodifferencesincausesofdeathbyrace. Forinstance,black men weresignificantly more likelytodieofmurderandwhitemenfromAIDS. Themostcommoncausesofdeath...
Mattie’s Dinette is still open, but the barbershop is gone. The remaining businesses along this once thriving commercial strip are mainly package-liquor stores, auto-parts outlets and taverns. “There used to be a clothing store,” says Osby. “The drugstore there, it’s so bad he can’...
The Legacy of ‘The Lodger’ – Marie Belloc Lowndes’ Influential Jack the Ripper Story Oct. 9: Midge Raymond and John Yunker sign their debut eco-thriller, Devil’s Island, Third Place/Ravenna, 7pm Oct. 16: Margaret Mizushima signs her new PNW thriller, Gathering Mist and discusses her ...
It would be nice to hear, what is Jack Hagees opinion about all this. My wild guess is, that there are more Christian Zionists than there are Jewish Zionists worldwide? Probably I’m wrong, but there is something seriously wrong in christianity especially in western Europe. Many Christian...
2 months agoRace CardFaces of the Race Card Project,Race Card Francesca Sam-Sin, Katy, TX. “No offense BUT, what are you?” That’s usually how the conversation about my race begins. When I arrived in the U.S. in the 80’s I was really surprised by the emphasis on race. The ...
5. My party's candidate for 1970 Governor of Ohio Boys State. I was "liberal" party candidate and lost to a black kid from Sandusky. Ohio named Tony Harris. The race made news on television and in newspapers all Ohio Midwest. I lost. ...
Jack is renowned forwriting about his own undergraduate experience: he was granted admission to a top-ranked US college but, even with student aid, was left struggling to meet basic living costs. He now works to help other colleges and universities understand what is happening to their own stu...
Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. —Oscar Wilde 43 American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome. —Jack Germond 41 Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has...
It’s not about race; though the politicians supported by the media want to portray it as such. I’ve never been chased nor shot at by the police because my parents taught me to never run from the police, to cooperate and to respect them. Where is the media coverage of officers being...
Union Jack Flag The difference is the U.S. flag keeps evolving. It represents the struggle for the Nation to be a more perfect union. Yes, under this U.S. flag, racism has flourished and the Confederate battle flag and the Nazi flag have been allowed to fly and people who hate have ...