Posted February 17, 2011 By Anita Elash Paris After two years of trying, human rights activist Abdelaziz Dahhassi realized his dream late last year of setting up a think tank to find new ways to fight ethnic and religious discrimination in France. But it was the US State Department, and not the French government, that [...]

Posted February 16, 2011 After two years, human rights activist Abdelaziz Dahhassi finally realized his dream of setting up a think tank to find new ways of fighting ethnic and religious discrimination in France. But backing for the venture came from an unlikely and controversial corner: the U.S. State Department. “I’m not saying we couldn’t [...]

Posted February 8, 2011 By Deanne Corbett The gaffe-prone CEO of Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann, has done it again. Despite treading carefully around the media in the years that followed his infamous flashing of the victory sign as he entered a courthouse to face corruption charges in 2004, Ackermann is now taking flak over a chauvinist [...]

Posted on February 2, 2011 By Heidi Groover Racist posters hung around The University of Montana Music Building last week have prompted calls for more acceptance of diversity on campus. Music professors spoke to classes about diversity and President Royce Engstrom sent out a campus-wide e-mail Monday calling for tolerance. “We’re still trying to figure [...]

Posted January 30, 2011 By Karel Janiecek and Vanessa Gera The Balazova family lived on nothing but potatoes and rice one month as they struggled to pull together the money to buy an electric typewriter for their teenage daughter. It was one of many sacrifices that paid off. Today, 31-year-old Zuzana Balazova teaches at a [...]