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L.A.’s process for reviewing police shootings stinks

By | June 10th, 2015|Police & Community|

The questions dragged on and on.

Why did police stop 25-year-old Ezell Ford in South Los Angeles on Aug. 11, 2014, and why did they end up shooting the unarmed man to death?

Few answers were forthcoming. No full explanation from police or anyone else about the death of a young man diagnosed, according to his mother,

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Developmentally disabled to lose programs if California budget remains stagnant

By | June 10th, 2015|Disability|

The workshop where Destry Walker has been employed for 20 years swells with the sound of trainees who assemble boxes, operate blister machines that seal Res-Q-Me keychains in plastic and pack loose can dies into small bags.

For Walker, the workshop is where he has learned to become a leader and an advocate, where he earns

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Report: Student Loan Debt Stratified by Race, Class

By | June 5th, 2015|Education|

t’s well known that graduating college students in recent years have faced student loan debt at unprecedented levels far exceeding that of previous generations of American graduates. Nonetheless, a new report released by the New York-based Demos public policy organization documents the patterns of debt along racial and class lines with Black, Latino, and low-income

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Media Fuels Negative Perception of Black Athletes

By | June 5th, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

A new study from the University of Missouri released this week suggests that Black athletes are treated differently than their White counterparts in the media, a fact that comes as no surprise to many whose lives and livelihoods revolve around sports.

In an examination of 155 news articles, MU associate professor of strategic communication Dr. Cynthia

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‘Intolerant Jackass Act’ author may collect signatures for ballot proposal

By | June 4th, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

The so-called Intolerant Jackass Act is, so far, being tolerated by state officials.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Wednesday that the author of the proposed initiative may begin circulating the measure and collecting signatures.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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Canada’s Forced Schooling of Aboriginal Children Was ‘Cultural Genocide,’ Report Finds

By | June 3rd, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

OTTAWA — Canada’s former policy of forcibly removing aboriginal children from their families for schooling “can best be described as ‘cultural genocide.’ ”

That is the conclusion reached by the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission after six

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Supreme Court sides with Muslim girl denied a job over head scarf

By | June 2nd, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

Finding a civil rights cause that increasingly brings together conservatives and liberals, the Supreme Court told employers Monday that they had an “affirmative” duty under federal anti-discrimination law to accommodate the religious practices of employees and job applicants.

By an 8-1 vote, the justices sided with a 17-year-old Muslim girl who was rejected for a job

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Supreme Court rejects Arizona appeal over law to ban bail for immigrants

By | June 2nd, 2015|Immigration, Police & Community|

The Supreme Court, over three dissents, rejected Arizona’s appeal Monday of a law that would have denied bail to immigrants here illegally who were arrested for a serious felony.

The measure had been adopted in 2006 by the state’s voters, and it said judges may not release on bail persons who have “entered or remained in

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