The Worldwide Leader in Diversity News, Information and Intelligence http://www.diversityspectrum.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:53:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/News/Equity-Of-Competition-For-High-Tests-Scores-Of-Gifted-Kindergarten-Students Teachers at the Bloomingdale Head Start program in Manhattan tell Alexis Stewart that her 4-year-old son, Chase, is bright.... Education - News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:15:34 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/Performing-Arts/Singer-Wyclef-Jean-Considering-To-Join-The-Presidential-Race-In-Haiti Haitian-American musician and humanitarian Wyclef Jean is considering running for president of Haiti. Jean's family released a statement Tuesday, saying... The Arts - Performing Arts Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:53:11 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/News/College-Professors-Discourage-Minority-Scientists-From-Pursuing-STEM-Careers Significant numbers of today’s women and underrepresented minority chemists and chemical engineers (40 percent) say they were discouraged from... Education - News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:38:30 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/News/Divided-New-Jersey-State-Supreme-Court-Encourage-Gay-Advocates-To-Start-Over A divided state Supreme Court Monday declined to jump back into the same-sex marriage issue, instead encouraging gay activists... Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender - News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:23:35 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/Literature/Bruce-Watson-Tells-The-Epic-Story-Of-One-Summer-In-Mississippi The comedian Dick Gregory used to joke bitterly during the civil rights era, that you could always spot a white... The Arts - Literature Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:24:34 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/News/Virginia-Senator-Crusades-For-The-End-Of-Government-Funded-Diversity-Programs Virginia Sen. Jim Webb called for ending government-run diversity programs in a newspaper column Friday, saying they have disadvantaged... Government - News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:46:41 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/News/Black-Farmers-Await-Discrimination-Settlement Willie Adams' 60-acre Georgia farm has been in his family since 1938. He wants to hold onto its red... African American - News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:22:48 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/American-Indian/Iroquois-Lacrosse-Team-Misses-World-Championships-UK-Refuses-American-Indian-Confederacy-Passports Time ran out for a team of Iroquois lacrosse players who have been blocked from traveling to a tournament... People Spectrum - American Indian Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:30:35 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/Sports/USA-Swimming-Launches-Local-National-Effort-to-Improve-Sexual-Misconduct-Policies Children and teenagers began streaming into a gleaming aquatics facility in Laurel on Thursday, yanking on swim caps and... Lifestyle Spectrum - Sports Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:29:32 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/Sports/USA-Swimming-releases-Diversity-in-Swimming-Study A recent study commissioned by USA Swimming and conducted by the University of Memphis exposes some alarming statistics for... Lifestyle Spectrum - Sports Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:29:08 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/News/Farmer-s-Wife-Defends-Shirley-Sherrod President Obama has expressed his regret to former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod over her ouster, the White... Government - News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:37:58 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/News/Keith-Olbermann-s-Special-Comment On the 15th of October, 1894, a fervently patriotic, almost jingoistic French man stepped into the office of the... African American - News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:13:55 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/Literature/Latest-Review-Of-Jeffrey-Records-Book-Making-War-Thinking-History In Making War, Thinking History, Jeffrey Record describes how North Korea's invasion of South Korea caught President... The Arts - Literature Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:27:53 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/News/Seeking-a-Mortgage-Don-t-Get-Pregnant Expectant parents shopping for a home are not the only ones concerned about the date of the baby’s arrival. Mortgage lenders... Women - News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:44:17 +0100 http://www.diversityspectrum.com/index.php/Education/New-Schools-Along-Liberia-s-Borders-Bring-Hopes-of-Strengthening-Peace-and-Trade Liberia’s government has teamed up with UNICEF to build the first of what it calls “child friendly schools”... Diversity Atlas & Almanac - Education Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:33:08 +0100