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Op-Ed: The Waste of Solitary Confinement

Solitary confinement causes mental illness, but we use it more than we did 100 years ago. Our society can do a much better job of punishing offenders than simply locking them in isolated cages.

In the Media by John Dewar Gleissner

Pennsylvania high school mentoring program resorts to segregation

Lancaster - A Pennsylvania high school has instituted a new mentoring program for students that began with dividing the homeroom classes by race, gender and language skills, stirring a controversial debate on the historical significance of segregation in schools.

In the Media by Kim I. Hartman - 5 comments

Black Angels over Tuskegee opens off-Broadway Special

New York - During WWII American soldiers went to war and risked it all for our country. But for a special unit of black men, they weren't only battling the enemy abroad; they were fighting for their right to fight. Black Angels Over Tuskegee tells the story.

Digital Journal Report by Kim I. Hartman - 5 comments

Senate Apologizes for Slavery, Beating Juneteenth by a Day

Today, on June 18, 2009, the Senators of the one hundred and eleventh United States Congress, for the first time, issued a formal apology to African-Americans for the institutions of slavery and segregation.

In the Media by Zach Borenstein - 1 comment

Would an All-Black School Be the Answer to School Dropouts?

Toronto, Canada is setting up an Africentric school in September 2009 to reduce the dropout rate of minorities. But would that type of school be successful in a place like Louisiana where racial conflicts continue in some of the schools?

In the Media by Carol Forsloff - 5 comments

'Don't Act White' a Recipe for Education's Descent

John Winston declares the message kids give each other “don't act white” has put education in trouble. He says that this message causes young people to downgrade learning from early grades. He also maintains it keeps people hating each other.

In the Media by Carol Forsloff

Education Consent Decree Shows Equal Opportunity Failed

I attended a meeting this week at an African American church. Folks were concerned about the education consent decree. The purpose of laws against school segregation were to provide equal education. But a quick study says they haven't worked.

In the Media by Carol Forsloff - 5 comments

Natchitoches Funeral Reveals Segregation Alive and Well in Death

Barack Obama, an African American, was celebrated as the first of his race to be President of the United States. But old habits die hard, and segregation continues in some places and times, death being one of them.

In the Media by Carol Forsloff - 6 comments

Segregation of America’s Schools Has Returned

In conversation with the former principal of an elementary school in Natchitoches, Louisiana I discovered what I have observed in many parts of the country. The school is all black. Segregation has returned.

In the Media by Carol Forsloff - 13 comments

Schools Still Trying to Rid Themselves of Segregation Label

After fifty years of being considered "too white", a federal judge decided to postpone the area's landmark decision to officially desegregate the Galveston Public School District. The reason? The sole Plaintiff needed more time to collect evidence.

In the Media by Nikki Weingartner - 3 comments

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Canada urged to segregate elderly prisoners

Nevada's True Grit program offers a segregated facility and age-appropriate activities for the growing number of greying inmates. It's early days but health costs are down and more prisoners are earning parole. Should Canada follow suit?

VIDEO: Karzai backs sex segregation ruling

Afghanistan's government is facing criticism after welcoming guidance from Muslim clerics that women should not mix with men at school, at work or in other aspects of daily life.

Saudi king sacks key conservative

Saudi King Abdullah sacks conservative adviser, Sheikh Abdelmohsen al-Obeikan, a staunch critic of relaxing gender segregation.

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Eight members of the elite Tuskegee Airmen standing in front of a P-40 fighter aircraft. Tuskegee Airmen - Circa May 1942 to Aug 1943 Location unknown, likely Southern Italy or North Africa. Contrary to negative predictions from some quarters, a combination of pre-war experience and the personal drive of those accepted for training, far from failing, had resulted in some of the best pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Nevertheless, the Tuskegee Airmen continued to have to fight racism.

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