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After the game-winning goal by Joel Ward against the Bruins on Wednesday night sent the Capitals to the play-offs, Twitter became ablaze with racial epithets toward the player. Ward was unaware until a teammate shared it on the plane ride home. This is not the first time social media has been used to disseminate hate.…
This was the plea heard from Rodney King almost 20 years ago at the height of the infamous LA riots, sparked by the aquittal of the officers who brutally beat him. The anniversary of those riots come at a time when this country is embattled by some of the same issues, with the recent arrest…
And don’t get pregnant, at least not if you’re single. A 29 year-old volleyball coach and science teacher, Cathy Samford, was fired from a Texas Christian school last fall for violating the morality clause of her employment contract: she was single and pregnant. Samford led the volleyball program for three years and was named the Coach…
American unemployment is at its lowest level since April 2008. This is one of the indicators used to show the status of the economy. Who’s getting hired? Women as well as men, in industries they might not have considered before. And guess who else…older workers. So a recession has had a positive hiring affect on…
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