WASHINGTON – “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,” President Obama said Friday, discussing the death of a black teenager and the acquittal of his shooter as he offered some of his most personal and extensive remarks on race since he became president.
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The presidents of 93 Catholic colleges and universities have sent a letter to the House speaker, John A. Boehner, and the minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, urging them to pass a comprehensive immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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A 10-year-old autistic child at a Los Angeles Unified School was bullied and physically abused by an instructional aide for six weeks, leaving him with post-traumatic stress disorder, an attorney told a jury today.
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About half of African Americans are satisfied with society’s treatment of blacks, according to the Gallup poll, which was conducted before the George Zimmerman verdict.
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Dr. Christian Head of UCLA’s medical school alleged that the university failed to prevent discrimination and said he was routinely humiliated.
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UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — Tracey Wolff never had a problem with her 19-year-old son’s individualism: his “crazy”
New York City plans to spend $18 million over the next two years to help young unauthorized immigrants qualify for a federal program that grants a temporary reprieve from deportation, officials announced on Wednesday.
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Demonstrators held a peaceful rally in Beverly Hills against the George Zimmerman trial verdict, but 17 people were arrested during a rally that turned rowdy in Victorville, authorities said Wednesday night.
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ORLANDO — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. strongly condemned “stand your ground” laws Tuesday, saying the measures “senselessly expand the concept of self-defense” and may encourage “violent situations to escalate.”
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The case of Trayvon Martin presents a minefield to a president who has long moved carefully on racial matters, underscoring the unique hazard — and opportunity — President Obama faces whenever the discussion of skin color moves front and