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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, Elections, Newspaper and Magazine, Civil Rights
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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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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: Eric Garcetti, Barack Obama, Wendy Greuel, Elections, Politics
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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: University of California, Irvine, Social Issues
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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: Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Civil Rights, Laurel Park, Triple Crown
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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: Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Trinity United Church of Christ, Elections, John Kerry
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UCI vows action after black student is targeted with racist note
UC Irvine's chancellor on Tuesday pledged 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 May 7,... -
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: San Francisco Giants, Social Issues, Basketball, Major League Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals
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Pass the Home Act
I strongly agree with Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc. director Robert J. Strupp that all Marylanders should have an equal opportunity to live in decent, safe housing with "access to transportation, jobs and safe, academically achieving schools" ("State...
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Honoring our nation's diversity and immigration laws
As long as The Associated Press and various other media outlets are redefining how we can speak about people "living in or entering America illegally or without legal permission" ("illegal immigrants" now is verboten), we should finish the job: Stop...
Tags: Migration, Career and Workplace, Mexico, Politics, Ellis Island
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Suit accuses Compton school district of abuse, racial profiling
A group of parents and students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Compton school district alleging a pattern of abuse and racial profiling of Latinos by school police. One family alleged that school police targeted a student's father for arrest...
Tags: Social Issues, Police Arrests, Laws, Apple iPod, Students
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Suspicions fire racial tensions
Gina Blandin has a theory about what caused the flooding disaster that befell New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last August, an idea that has little to do with engineering studies or physical evidence and everything to do with the poisonous...Tags: Brookings Institution, Local Government, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Restaurant and Catering Industry
May 16, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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May 16, 2013
|Story| LAT - HOLD Archive
May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 16, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 14, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 13, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 8, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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