But make no mistake: the pain of discrimination is still felt in America. By African-American women paid less for doing the same work as colleagues of a different color and gender. By Latinos made to feel unwelcome in their own country. By Muslim Americans viewed with suspicion for simply kneeling down to pray. By our gay brothers and sisters, still taunted, still attacked, still denied their rights. On the 45th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, discrimination must not stand. Not on ac
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his father at the University Hospital of North Durham.The 45-year-old was held after hospital staff raised concerns over the death of Ralph Stephenson, 86, on 11 June. The pensioner, of Stanley, was admitted on 21 May with symptoms relating to Parkinson’s disease and pneumonia. A post-mortem examination indicated the death was suspicious, police said. The son was arrested at his home on Tyne Road East in Stanley on Monday. He is now being questio
SARAH I didn’t want to post it – because I don’t believe. But… it does fit here. The Illustrated – 11.02.2009 The controversy The dark side of a champion Written by Blaise Calame Rafael Nadal, the era of suspicion Superhuman performance, strikes from elsewhere, a physical Gladiator: in 22 years, the Spanish tennis over the planet. But is it flawless? Her young career is fraught with gray areas. Melbourne, 1 February 2009. Spaniard Rafael Nadal won his first Australian Open aft
