Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on Sunday to express their outrage over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed 25-year-old black man who family members have described as mentally challenged.
Daily News
Christine Ewings learned in a phone call from a friend that her street had been closed because a young black man had been shot by police.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-mother-20140818-story.html
Los Angeles Times
FERGUSON, Mo. — Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a police officer, sparking protests around the nation, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy performed on Sunday found.
The New York Times
FERGUSON, Mo. — Gov. Jay Nixon announced early Monday that he would deploy the Missouri National Guard to this St. Louis suburb, ratcheting up efforts to quell unrest that has paralyzed the city since an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer.
The New York Times
For the first time ever, non-Hispanic Whites are projected to make up less than 50 percent of the U.S. K-12 public school population. The National Center for Education Statistics has estimated that minorities will comprise 50.2 percent of students in public school classrooms in the 2014-15 academic year.
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Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Rialto >> The team of Rialto Unified teachers who created a controversial assignment that asked eighth-graders to argue whether or not the Holocaust occurred, after consulting excerpts from a Holocaust denial website, appears to have had inconsistent leadership and oversight, according to documents obtained by the Los Angeles News Group.
Daily News
FERGUSON, Mo. — For four nights in a row, they streamed onto West Florissant Avenue wearing camouflage, black helmets and vests with “POLICE” stamped on the back. They carried objects that doubled as warnings: assault rifles and ammunition, slender black nightsticks and gas masks.
The New York Times
Residents and community activists are demanding answers after the fatal shooting of a mentally ill man by Los Angeles police officers on Monday night.
Los Angeles Times
In a typical last-minute scramble, Jannette Navarro, a 22-year-old Starbucks barista and single mother, scraped together a plan for surviving the month of July without setting off family or financial disaster.
The New York Times
Once more onto the high wire of race for President Obama, once more because a young black man had been shot dead on an American street.
Los Angeles Times