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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, Teaching and Learning, Students
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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: High Schools, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Schools, Social Issues
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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: Preakness Stakes, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Pimlico Race Course, Sports
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American Front leader's domestic-terrorism trial postponed
KISSIMMEE — The case against the American Front white-supremacy group, scheduled to begin in Osceola County Monday, has been postponed until July. Marcus Faella is the one remaining defendant, whose case cas not been resolved. Early Monday,...
Tags: Prosecution, Punishment, Defendants, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Court Preliminary
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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, Punishment, U.S. Senate, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Religion and Belief
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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: Arts and Culture, Trinity United Church of Christ, Hillary Clinton, Interior Policy, 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,... -
School reform doesn't work
In their commentary ("Six steps for post-Alonso school reform," May 14), Thomas Wilcox, Diane Bell-McKoy and Laura Gamble use many lofty and idealistic sounding words to promote their vision. However, it bears noting that education "reformers" are well-...
Tags: Schools, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Catonsville, Finance, Human Interest
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American Front trial delayed at prosecutor's request
KISSIMMEE – White supremacist Marcus Faella must wait until late July for his day in court. Rather than go to trial Monday, the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office requested and received Monday what Circuit Judge Jon Morgan said would be the...
Tags: Prosecution, Punishment, Defendants, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons
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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: Human Interest, Ellis Island, Politics, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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May 14, 2013
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