Full Coverage: Race politics

09.01.2003 Recent riots at border posts in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan highlight the growing risk of inter-ethnic conflict in and around Central Asia's Ferghana Valley region, reports Alisher Khamidov.

08.01.2003 Although drug use is roughly proportionate across U.S. ethnic groups a growing number of people are recognizing that the "War on Drugs" has taken on a distinctly racial cast. In one Oklahoma town 16 percent of the African-American population was arrested in one bust.

03.01.2003 While the U.S. grapples with issues of race in politics and society, some countries--like Niger--have still have not ended the practice of slavery within their borders.

02.01.2003 An Israeli intelligence document could affect the outcome of the forthcoming election and threatens to change the very fabric of the state, says Uri Avnery.

31.12.2002 The Israeli Knesset is considering banning three Arab politicians from running in next month's general elections for supporting the Palestinian uprising. Such actions show that Israel is heading "in the direction of an apartheid system," says Azmi Bishara, one of the politicians facing the ban.

30.12.2002 The Bush Administration should demonstrate its commitment to civil rights and opposition to the divisive ideas advanced by Senator Trent Lott by appointing more moderate judges, supporting affirmative action and advancing hate crime legislation, says a coalition of civil rights groups.

24.12.2002 Another senior Republican, Deputy Majority Whip Cass Ballenger, has publicly expressed "segregationist"--and sexist--feelings toward a Black woman legislator, and should follow the example of Trent Lott and resign, according to a leading feminist group.

23.12.2002 Citing domestic pressures, Pres. Bush Saturday postponed his planned mid-January trip to Africa, just as the Congressional Black Caucus was stepping up pressure for increased AIDS funding. Africa Action called the Bush decision "wholly unjustified and insensitive to those dying on the frontlines in the War on AIDS."

20.12.2002 New laws requiring the registration of U.S. residents from 5 Muslim countries are discriminatory and will not enhance U.S. security, a Japanese American group said yesterday, recalling the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. 700 Muslims were arrested in California this week as they registered under the new law.

17.12.2002 Leaders of the civil rights movement reject the "apologetic" words of Sen. Trent Lott, pointing out that his political history is in perfect tune with his remarks at the Strom Thurmond birthday fete.

16.12.2002 Nicholas Centino, Student of Color Campus Diversity Director for the U.S. Student Association, describes how students are working to celebrate diversity and strengthen affirmative action on campuses around the country.

13.12.2002 Senator Trent Lott "betrayed his role as the Majority Leader of all Americans" and should resign, said the head of the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights yesterday; the NAACP and The Nation also called on Lott to step down following remarks widely viewed as supporting racism.

13.12.2002 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's peace plan for Cyprus dropped like a bombshell on the divided island, sending shock waves through the two communities, reports Ann-Sofi Jakobsson Hatay.

09.12.2002 African Americans were harder hit than whites by the fall in U.S. household income during 2001--the first such drop in eight years--according to poverty data reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.

06.12.2002 Hundreds of thousands have been uprooted in Cote D'Ivoire and renewed fighting threatens to plunge the country--once the political and economic bedrock of West Africa--and the region into deeper crisis. Racial politics are at the root of the conflict, say many analysts.

06.12.2002 Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by 10 weeks of violence that has effectively cut the West African nation of Cote d'Ivoire, or Ivory Coast, in two, according to human rights and Africa activists who said that the fate of the entire region could be at risk unless peace talks make quick progress.

03.12.2002 Despite strong reservations by south east Asian nations, Australian Prime Minister John Howard reiterated his comments that he will use pre-emptive strikes against terrorists in other countries.

03.12.2002 In Motion Magazine offers a wide array of opinions--from students, professors, and others--in defense of affirmative action in education and the workplace.

03.12.2002 The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the question of affirmative action in college admissions, setting the stage for the upset of a lower court decision confirming the importance of diversity in higher education. (See Analysis)

02.12.2002 Tighter immigration rules by the US mean increased refusals for Asian, Chinese and Russian students to seek entry to the United States. Surveys conducted by the Association of American Universities and the American Physical Society show that student enrolment has been affected this year.