Two wide-ranging investigations into alleged abuses by deputies have portrayed a department culture sharply at odds with Sheriff Lee Baca’s vision.
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I dreaded reading it. It took me almost a week to finally comb through the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. Four days may not seem like much time to you. But for someone like me who is so passionate about educational justice, it seemed
In a newly-published political science journal article, a Baylor University professor and a Notre Dame graduate student report that state policymaker attention to teacher quality tends to be highly responsive to low high school graduation rates among White students, but not so in reaction to low graduation rates among African-American students.
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Antelope Valley civil rights leaders praise a $12.5-million payment demanded by the United States, but ask Sheriff Baca to oust deputies who mistreat blacks and Latinos.
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The Social Security Administration says that the immigration bill passed by the Senate would help its coffers, adding $276 billion in revenue over the next 10 years while costing only $33 billion.
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U.S. Department of Justice officials have demanded that Los Angeles County, Lancaster and Palmdale pay a total of $12.5 million to residents who the federal government found were victims of harassment and intimidation in the Antelope Valley.
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SACRAMENTO – State demographers estimate that whites and Latinos are now an equal share of California’s population, with Latinos poised to become a plurality by early next year.
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A new study indicates that weaker students who are admitted to elite colleges and universities typically do as well as their better-prepared contemporaries, dispelling a widespread belief that affirmative action tends to do more harm than good.
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With her rainbow bracelet and nose ring, Sarah Halverson doesn’t look the part of cleric. But her activist heart takes her to the streets to speak up for living wages and affordable healthcare.
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A Pomona medical student spent 10 nights in an airport detention area after, he believes, his name turned up on the list. His ordeal underscores the mystery surrounding the government roster.
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