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Israel still needs Mideast partner
Trudy Rubin's op-ed regarding peace in the Middle East being possible with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plan is simply ridiculous. There is a reason why even most Israelis don't believe it Actions and the Arab leadership's rhetoric when...Tags: Travel, Elections, Wilton Manors, Career and Workplace, Illegal Immigrants
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Immigration talking points have racist edge
I wonder how all these Republicans would feel if the 14 million illegal immigrants in this country were white-skinned, English-speaking Canadians, instead of brown-skinned, Spanish-speaking Mexicans and Central Americans. Would the Republicans in...Tags: Career and Workplace, Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Congress, Fort Lauderdale, Social Issues
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The curse of Redskins
Leonard PittsSee if this makes sense to you: For years, I've argued with certain African-American people about their insistence upon using the so-called N-word which, to my ears, is, inalterably, a statement of self-loathing. They say I don't understand. They say the...Tags: Roger Goodell, The Miami Herald, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Washington Redskins
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Letters to the Editor - June 16
Finish the job of Medgar Evers To the editor: Mississippi’s tireless civil-rights worker, Medgar Evers, was killed 50 years ago. An assassin’s bullet mortally wounded Evers in front of his home, leaving a widow and depriving three...Tags: Verizon Communications, Government, Ku Klux Klan, Civil Rights, Career and Workplace
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Column: The curse of Redskins
See if this makes sense to you: For years, I’ve argued with certain African-American people about their insistence upon using the so-called N-word which, to my ears, is, inalterably, a statement of self-loathing. They say I don’t...Tags: Roger Goodell, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The Miami Herald, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Entertainment Events
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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...
Tags: Elections, Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage, Justice and Rights, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Race, faith and honesty shape jury selection
The Miami HeraldSANFORD, Fla. One African American father bristled at media stories pushing "racial connotations" and civil rights leaders' "saber rattling" in the Trayvon Martin slaying. Another potential juror, a white, middle-aged, goateed musician, seemed impartial,...Tags: Lawyers, Mark O'Mara, Sanford, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Music Industry
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Ax-throwing ex-con threatens Volusia County teens
Daytona Beach police are searching for a man witnesses say threw an ax through the rear window of a Jeep Cherokee with four teenagers inside in a fit of road rage Friday afternoon. According to police, two 16-year-old boys, one 18-year-old man —...
Tags: Daytona Beach, Port Orange
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Housing discrimination hasn't disappeared
The reassuring story of desegregation in America has gotten a lot of play these last few years. Black migration to suburbs and an influx of immigrants, we're told, have relegated all-white neighborhoods to the ash heap of history. It’s “THE...
Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Discrimination, Services and Shopping
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Zimmerman defense hopes jury to be seated next week
The Miami HeraldSANFORD, Fla. For seven days, lawyers in the George Zimmerman trial grilled scores of Seminole County residents about their exposure to the case's widespread publicity. Starting Wednesday, lawyers will begin to zero in on other topics, which could...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Recreational Substance Use, Litigation, Shootings, The Miami Herald
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Rulings push jury selection in Trayvon Martin case into second week
ReutersSANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A judge's decision to sequester jurors for the murder trial of a Florida neighborhood watchman who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in 2012 will slow an already painstaking selection process to find impartial minds...Tags: Interior Policy, Lawyers, Mark O'Mara, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control
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George Zimmerman trial: Day 5 of jury selection in Trayvon Martin shooting
SANFORD - At 9:30 a.m. Friday, 23 people who survived Round 1 of jury selection this week in the George Zimmerman murder trial caught a break: they were free to leave until Tuesday. And just before 5 p.m., Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson called in another...
Tags: Mark O'Mara, NPR, Trayvon Martin, Trials, George Zimmerman
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