WASHINGTON — Ever heard of David Valadao? Exactly.
The soft-spoken freshman congressman may
be little known outside his district in California’s Central Valley, even to many of his House Republican colleagues.
SAN DIEGO — Two high school football coaches and a teacher are each being suspended for two days without pay after posting pictures on Facebook showing themselves wearing blackface and costumes meant to mimic the famed Jamaican bobsled team, school officials announced Friday.
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A lesbian couple “was just
WASHINGTON — A measure that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to federal nondiscrimination law has gained its 60th supporter in the Senate, giving it what appears to be a filibuster-proof majority as a key vote looms.
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The Obama administration has weighed in on a key legal question in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in June that courts could not approve the
The University
Conflicts at two religious colleges last week reflect the continuing tensions over gay rights at such institutions, and the ways student groups are navigating the issues.
WASHINGTON — With immigration re-emerging as the topic of focus in Washington, an unusual coalition of business executives, Republican Party activists and evangelical leaders will descend on Capitol Hill early next week to pressure House Republicans to pass their own legislation.
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Nearly 500 of the almost 1,200 Black males who are enrolled at Ohio State University have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 thanks to the work of Dr. James L. Moore, III and the staff at the school’s Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male.
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Two members of the Los
Angeles City Council called Wednesday for major changes to the city’s sexual harassment training, saying every employee should take the sessions, not