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Blacks in 2012 voted at higher rate than whites for first time
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — November’s election marked the first time in U.S. history that black voters turned out at a higher rate than whites, according to new census data showing how much the country’s burgeoning population of racial and ethnic...Tags: Voting Rights Act of 1965, George W. Bush, Polls, Barack Obama, Elections
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Hispanic activists ask Orange leaders to settle redistricting court fight
A group of Hispanic community leaders pressed Orange County leaders this morning to settle a pending federal lawsuit that alleges the county's newly-drawn political borders have diluted Latino political power. Puerto Rican Leadership Council President...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Voting
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Defining academia's achievement gap
My last comments about dropouts included the reasons for students leaving school and listed academic failure as one significant factor. Because of this factor, these students would also fall into the educational “achievement gap” category....
Tags: School Examinations, Human Interest, Colleges and Universities, Students, Standardized Testing
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Immigration reform divides Republicans
WASHINGTON — The immigration reform bill crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has deeply split the Republican minority even as lawmakers prepare to take the first votes on the proposal Thursday. Alabama's Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a...Tags: Marco Rubio, Career and Workplace, Lawyers, Jim DeMint, Immigration
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The Big Uneasy
The lavish Carnival banquets already are under way at Antoine's Restaurant, the parading clubs are finalizing their ornate processions and the reviewing stands are in place along St. Charles Avenue. Everything, in other words, looks to be ready for the...Tags: Mardi Gras, Culture, NAACP, Festive Events, Racism
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Column: Jason Williams scores one for gay rights
By Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald columnistBoom. And just like that, history is made. Just that quickly, a barrier becomes rubble. Just that fast, everything changes. "I’m a 34-year-old NBA center," writes Jason Collins in the May 6 edition of Sports Illustrated. "I’m black....Tags: Periodicals, The Miami Herald, Entertainment Events, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Sports Illustrated
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Tony Plakas: Boy Scouts' new proposition just provides a distraction
Last week, the executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America made a proposition: Yes to gay youth and no to gay leaders. After "the most comprehensive listening exercise in its history," the BSA's executive committee conceded gay boys interested in...Tags: Religion and Belief, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Christianity, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Metta World Peace relates Cookie Monster shirt with Jason Collins
Metta World Peace wore a blue Cookie Monster T-shirt for his end-of-season meeting with Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Coach Mike D'Antoni on Monday. Then he had a message for everybody when asked about NBA player Jason Collins, who revealed...
Tags: Basketball, Los Angeles Lakers, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Jason Collins
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Gay NBA player Jason Collins feels the love; will goodwill continue?
Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team to come out as gay, is receiving widespread support for his announcement. The reaction to his news Monday was swift. President Obama, who just last year announced his...Tags: Basketball, Gay Rights, Chris Culliver, Civil Rights, Russell Simmons
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Super Bowl, Chris Kluwe, Basketball, Gay Rights, Los Angeles Lakers
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Polish far-right "flash mobs" scare liberal thinkers
Reuters* Masked young men ambush academic lectures, conferences * Liberals say far-right intimidating, could turn violent * New tactics combine soccer hooliganism and politics * Right-wing says it is defending Polish values By Marcin Goettig WARSAW, April...Tags: Religion and Belief, Culture, Parliament, Racism, Values
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Local musician to perform at Latino Spirit Awards
Staff WriterIn order to prepare for his solo performance at the Latino Spirit Awards in Sacramento, Esteban Corona spent a majority of the week playing his viola for anyone who would lend an ear. The 23-year-old El Centro resident said he hoped playing in...Tags: Entertainment, Robert J. Lopez, Music, Music Industry
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