While Obama carried the youth vote overall, his support declined from 2008 among all young voters and among key subgroups. In particular, Obama lost ground among young whites, men and 
independents.
Only 44% of white voters under 30 backed Obama, … Read the rest
Before Election Day, there was widespread suspicion that enough white voters would balk at voting for an African-American candidate for president that the polls would be proved wrong.
It didn’t turn out that way.
Barack Obama won a convincing popular … Read the rest
The steady decline over the past five years in the number of matric pupils studying science has education experts worried.
The number of pupils studying science fell from 229934 in 2008 to 182083 this year.
Though there has been a … Read the rest
Four years after Barack Obama was elected president, this is not exactly a “post-racial” America.
A new study from Washington University in St. Louis finds that under Obama, many black Americans feel less free than whites when it comes to … Read the rest
The Florida State Board of Education passed a plan that sets goals for students in math and reading based upon their race.
On Tuesday, the board passed a revised strategic plan that says that by 2018, it wants 90 percent … Read the rest
IFP leader says Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Commission is not a model to be followed.
Delivering the second annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture at the University of the Western Cape this week, Mrs Graca Machel spoke of the TRC as … Read the rest
Inequalities in South Africa are threatening economic growth, with children born into poor families unlikely ever to escape poverty or reap the rewards of living in Africa’s largest economy.
The World Bank’s sobering assessment released last week found that a … Read the rest
