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Cost of Burbank police litigation hits $7.1 million
The cost incurred by the city as it continues to defend itself against a slew of lawsuits filed by former and current police officers has hit $7.1 million and counting, officials announced recently. And most of the cases — which center on claims...
Tags: Social Issues, Google Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Sex Crimes
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High court ponders: Is racism over?
Sometimes U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia remind me of Statler and Waldorf, the grumpy old cranks in the balcony of "The Muppet Show" — except that in the courtroom Thomas usually lets his fellow conservative do all...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Social Issues, Voting Rights Act of 1965, U.S. Congress, Elections
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AP makes 'illegals' illegal
This week the AP Stylebook, the standardized style guide for newspapers and other publications across the United States, announced that no longer, under their rules, will it be acceptable to use the term "illegal immigrant." AP Executive Editor Kathleen...Tags: Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, The Washington Post, Gays and Lesbians, Illegal Immigrants
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The 17th Annual Jewish Film Festival Makes Its Way Around Area Cinemas
17th Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Fest April 4-15, hjff.org. Two documentaries are the highlights at the 17th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival, which will be bringing 21 films related to Jewish culture and history to theaters...
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Ed Koch, Judaism, New York City, Inglourious Basterds (movie)
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In Theory: Should Boy Scouts end ban on gays?
The Boy Scouts of America has sent its members a survey as part of its ongoing debate over whether to repeal or continue its ban on gay members. Instead of asking for a simple yes or no, the questionnaire goes into depth on several topics, for example...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Gays and Lesbians, Youth Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups
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Another plea for tolerance
Change of SubjectIt’s impossible for anyone who hasn’t spent their whole life in a state of benighted prejudice to know the pain and hardship that people like myself endure every day in our efforts to ensure that gays and lesbians remain oppressed...... -
School-closings controversy needs some reality checks
Let's not pretend that when you close schools on the South and West sides, the children affected aren't black. Let's not pretend that's not racist. ... Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, speaking at a protest rally Wednesday As long as we'...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Gays and Lesbians, Entertainment Events, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Public Schools
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Md. rental housing discrimination likely to die in committee
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Maryland Senate voted by the narrowest of margins this week to send a bill that aimed to address rental housing discrimination back to committee, effectively ending its chances of passing this year. Sen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, who...Tags: Social Issues, Chicago Housing Authority, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Poverty, Public Housing
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As times change, will tolerance for tradition be tolerated?
With the issue of same-sex marriage argued before the Supreme Court and raging elsewhere in America, a question: Is it possible to be a traditional Christian or Muslim or Orthodox Jew — and hold to one's faith on what constitutes marriage —...
Tags: Social Issues, Christianity, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Television Industry
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Mich. club settles atheist discrimination suit
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A New York-based atheist organization that accused a Michigan country club of discrimination says the lawsuit has been settled. The Center for Inquiry says Tuesday that the Wyndgate Country Club of Rochester Hills, Mich.,...Tags: Social Issues, Clubs and Associations, Litigation, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Judging the Voting Rights Act
Rightly regarded as one of the most lustrous legacies of the civil rights movement, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaws discrimination in voting nationwide, but it also requires that states with a history of denying minorities the right to vote obtain...
Tags: Social Issues, John G. Roberts, Jr., U.S. Congress, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Virginia to dedicate historical marker in Danville for NASCAR pioneer Wendell Scott
The state of Virginia will issue an historical marker in honor of NASCAR pioneer and Danville native Wendell Scott on April 5. The dedication will be at noon April 5 at the marker’s location at 118 Wendell Scott Drive in Danville. In 1963 Scott...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Virginia Department of Transportation, Local Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Stock Car Racing
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