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READER SUBMITTED: Hall High School Grad Takes on Climate Change
West HartfordEmma Beede, 2009 graduate of Hall High School in West Hartford, is combating climate change by taking on the fossil fuel industry. In January, the senior at Rhode Island School of Design founded Divest RISD, a campaign demanding that the school end its...Tags: South Africa, Ecosystems, Petroleum Industry, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Respect for our leaders
Recently, not only in some of the opinion letters written to the Daily American, but just in casual conversations with people have I heard such appalling statements about people elected to serve our country. In only the case of President Obama, I've...Tags: Barack Obama
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Insider Charges HFPA With Racism After Golden Globe Voters Reject Black Applicant (Exclusive)
ReutersMay 17 (TheWrap.com) - A member of the Golden Globes' Hollywood Foreign Press Association has leveled an ugly charge of racism against it for rejecting a rare application by a black journalist to join the 84-member group. Samantha Ofole-Prince...Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Baseball is diamond in the rough to black players at Gardena Serra
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon on a cluttered street in Gardena, some very big and skilled athletes are hanging out on a concrete basketball court, bouncing around underneath rusted backboards and chain nets, acting out a typical inner-city scene, with...
Tags: Tennis, California Interscholastic Federation, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Social Issues
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Forecast for L.A.'s mayor race: paltry turnout
More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election. That low turnout could mean that the winner will garner fewer votes than any newly elected...
Tags: Primaries, Richard Riordan, Eric Garcetti, Politics, Chicago Elections
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Agoura High School students targeted in racist graffiti
Authorities are investigating racist graffiti found at Agoura High School, including a "hit list" targeting African American students, they said Thursday. Students found the hate messages in a boy's bathroom on campus Wednesday morning, KTLA-TV ...Tags: Social Issues, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Letters to the Editor for May 16
“42” reminds how far we’ve come on race Dear Editor, The other night my wife Kristen and I went to see the movie42, the Jackie Robinson story. Being the son of a baseball coach and having played baseball in high school, I am...
Tags: Schools, Water Supply, High Schools, Movies, Crime, Law and Justice
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UC Irvine probes hate incident involving racist note
UC Irvine's chancellor pledged Wednesday to find and discipline whoever slipped a racist note into a black female student's backpack last week. The student found the note, which read "Go back 2 Africa slave," while she was in the science library on...
Tags: Social Issues, University of California, Irvine
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Kevin Krigger could ride into Preakness history as black jockey
The day after riding in the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger packed his family and gear and headed for Pimlico Race Course — by way of Cincinnati. A woman there had captured his heart. She was Liliane Casey, 88, whose father, Jimmy Winkfield, was the...
Tags: Triple Crown, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, Pimlico Race Course, Preakness Stakes
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A LOOK BACK
May 12, 1958: The United States and Canada signed an agreement to create the North American Air Defense Command (later the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD). May 13, 1963: The U.S. Supreme Court, in Brady v. Maryland, upheld, 7-2, a...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Religion and Belief, Judaism, U.S. Senate, North American Aerospace Defense Command
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Soccer-Italian football culture "backward" says Milan coach
ReutersMay 12 (Reuters) - AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri condemned Italian soccer culture as backward on Sunday after his team's match at home against AS Roma was interrupted by racist chanting from fans. Allegri also criticised the interruption, during...Tags: Social Issues, Sports, Soccer
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A closer look at some of Obama's more memorable speeches
As President Barack Obama starts his second term, scholars will begin making note of some of his most memorable speeches and public remarks that might mark his presidency and his two successful campaigns. Recognizing that the list will change, and there...Tags: Sociology, White House, Arts and Culture, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America
May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 14, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 16, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
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