Qatesqaq (N); Qat’sqaq (S) – White Qaniq qatertuq. (N); Qaniq qat’rtuq. (S) – The snow is white. Societies around the world recognize and name colors in distinct ways. Among Alutiiqs, there are just four basic color terms: red, white, black, and green. Alutiiq people recognized a broader range of colors, but most were described in […]
Police investigators in Jo Cox’s county of Yorkshire in northern England are refusing to confirm or deny that the suspected assassin of the spirited 41-year-old lawmaker may have been motivated by far-right nationalist beliefs. Several eye witnesses to the attack by 52-year-old Thomas Mair, a local man, say he shouted “Britain First” as he shot […]
Lincoln, Neb., September 3rd, 2014 —A Latino defendant convicted of murder who is poor is more likely to be sentenced to death by white jurors, a new study shows. The study was conducted by UNL psychology and ethnic studies professor Cynthia Willis-Esqueda and her colleague, Russ K.E. Espinoza of California State University, Fullerton, who earned […]
HOUSTON – (May 9, 2014) – Texas Hispanics were more than twice as likely as whites to have enrolled in health insurance plans offered through the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace between September 2013 and March 2014, according to a report released today by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Episcopal […]