Of the top 500 donors to federal campaigns and committees in 2014, only 12 were nonwhite by the broadest possible definition, and none of those 12 cracked the top 100. With no people of color among the very largest donors, that means that just over 99 percent of the money from the top 500 donors came from its white members. While nonwhite voters lean heavily Democratic and have for decades, the 12 mega-donors among their number are evenly split, with six backing Republicans and six Democrats. Only two of the top 200 donors are nonwhite, and both are of South Asian descent, meaning that the United States’ largest racial and ethnic minorities are the most underrepresented among major donors. Just one of the top 500 donors is black, and one Hispanic.
Only two of the top 200 donors are nonwhite, and both are of South Asian descent, meaning that the United States’ largest racial and ethnic minorities are the most underrepresented among major donors. Just one of the top 500 donors is black, and one Hispanic.
It's Time To Look Away, Dixieland, by countrycat Mt. Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, SC is Currently on Fire, by Grizzard Oklahoma Supreme Court: Public Ten Commandments Monument Must Come Down, by ericlewis0
Mt. Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, SC is Currently on Fire, by Grizzard
Oklahoma Supreme Court: Public Ten Commandments Monument Must Come Down, by ericlewis0
As of Wednesday, Oregon's Measure 91 allows adults 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana outside their homes, eight ounces inside their homes, and four pot plants. Adults can also gift and receive pot, but public smoking remains illegal. The initiative will eventually allow production and sales of marijuana, which the Oregon Liquor Control Commission will regulate. The agency expects rules to be ready for retail sales during the fall harvest of 2016, although there's some talk in the legislature of starting sales through existing medical marijuana dispensaries this October.
The initiative will eventually allow production and sales of marijuana, which the Oregon Liquor Control Commission will regulate. The agency expects rules to be ready for retail sales during the fall harvest of 2016, although there's some talk in the legislature of starting sales through existing medical marijuana dispensaries this October.
For the price of a $5 raffle ticket, Van Meter is offering its residents a chance to use a police Taser on a city official. City Hall is selling the tickets as part of a public safety fundraiser. The raffle winner will get the chance to use a Taser on City Administrator Jake Anderson or Councilman Bob Lacy at the Van Meter Fire Association Street Dance on July 18.
City Hall is selling the tickets as part of a public safety fundraiser. The raffle winner will get the chance to use a Taser on City Administrator Jake Anderson or Councilman Bob Lacy at the Van Meter Fire Association Street Dance on July 18.
The museum will be a living, breathing testament to how American evangelicalism can at once claim it is under siege from secularists, the LGBT rights movement, or feminism—yet also boast of acquiring a prime private perch, strategically located at the nation’s epicenter of law and politics, and nestled among its iconic public monuments. If you ask its creators, it’s meant to protect American Christianity from persecution. But it may be the most strident example yet of how that expression of religion, which in many ways is running counter to trends in American public opinion, continues to flex its political—and financial—muscle.
Twitter employs just 49 black people out of a total US workforce of 2,910. The tiny number of African American staff—35 men and 14 women—represents just 1.7% of Twitter’s US staff. The stark lack of black employees comes despite the company’s repeated pledges to make its staff better reflect the diversity of its 302 million users – and as Twitter actively exploits its large number of minority users to bring in more advertising revenue.
The stark lack of black employees comes despite the company’s repeated pledges to make its staff better reflect the diversity of its 302 million users – and as Twitter actively exploits its large number of minority users to bring in more advertising revenue.