Israel Cancels Plans To Segregate West Bank Buses

Critics derided the plan as racist and said it would harm Israel’s image, which has already been under pressure because of its continued settlement activity in the West Bank.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A Palestinian boy takes a photo of graffiti with Hebrew that reads "non-Jews in Israel equals enemies," on a bus in an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem, Monday, March 24, 2014. Israeli police say vandals have slashed car tires and sprayed a bus with hate graffiti in a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem.

A Palestinian boy takes a photo of graffiti with Hebrew that reads "non-Jews in Israel equals enemies," on a bus in an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem, Monday, March 24, 2014. Israeli police say vandals have slashed car tires and sprayed a bus with hate graffiti in a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem. JERUSALEM  — Israeli Prime

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Foreclosure Crisis Fueled Dramatic Rise Of Racial Segregation

Displacement of black and Latino households was so dramatic, crisis should be seen as a ‘mass migration event’ says lead author of paper

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare

Alma Ponce and her family, daughter Ruby, 10, left, son Heriberto Jr., 5, and husband Heriberto, pose for a photo outside their Woodland, Calif., home. Wells Fargo began foreclosure proceedings on their home, even as the family sought to refinance. (AP/Rich Pedroncelli) The foreclosure crisis that drove approximately 9 million people across

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US Has “Much Left To Do” On Racism: Segregation Worse Now Than In 70s

One UN committee member is shocked that “in spite of several decades of affirmative action in the United States to improve the mixing up of colors and races in schools … segregation [is] nowadays much worse than it was in the 1970s.”

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration last week sent a significant delegation to provide testimony to the United Nations on the United States’ progress in implementing a landmark international treaty barring racism and race-based discrimination. For two days, close to 30 representatives from 10 government agencies appeared before a U.N.

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INFOGRAPH: Segregation In The Israeli ID System

Sources Population estimates for 2011 collated from Israeli CBS, Palestinian CBS, OCHA and Badil. Maps are illustrative, based on data collated from Israel CBS and OCHA. ID matrix adapted from Helga Tawil-Souri. Additional facts from B’Tselem and Adalah.   Population Data. Central Bureau of Statistics, 2012. Statistical Abstract of Israel (accessed on 15 May 2014) […]

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
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Sources Population estimates for 2011 collated from Israeli CBS, Palestinian CBS, OCHA and Badil. Maps are illustrative, based on data collated from Israel CBS and OCHA. ID matrix adapted from Helga Tawil-Souri. Additional facts from B’Tselem and Adalah.   Population Data. Central Bureau of Statistics, 2012. Statistical Abstract of

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‘Brown At 60’: Segregation Plaguing US Schools: Report

In past 60 years, some progress has been made, but education inequities remain endemic, finds UCLA report.

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
DANIELLA GAMA DIAZ, PAIGE SIMPSON, DANIELLE LEVINE

Six decades after the formal desegregation of U.S. schools, segregation along lines of race and class continues to plague nation-wide education, according to a report released Thursday by the UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles. Entitled Brown at 60: Great Progress, a Long Retreat and an Uncertain Future, the study finds that

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Chicago Transit Authority Tackles Racial Employment Disparity

Much of $2b in new transit money will be built by local workers, thanks to a new agreement by a nonprofit and Chicago’s transit authority.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

This is the second in a two-part series exploring the Jobs to Move America plan and its impact on Chicago’s unemployed. An agreement made by the Chicago Transit Authority is giving hope to the city’s poorest communities, providing a pipeline to manufacturing jobs that have long been absent in the city. This month, the CTA opened the bidding

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