Officials at the University of Maryland at College Park say their decision to hire a full-time “hate-bias response coordinator” reflects that a new normal has taken hold in higher education, one in which white supremacists and other hate groups are targeting campuses more than ever before.
Maryland announced the new position on Monday as part
“Stay Black”
For Durant, the two-word phrase acts not only as a reminder of his identity but a manifesto of the spiritual journey the 10-year veteran has embarked upon over the last year and a half….
Read more in the San Jose Mercury News.
America has rarely seen more division, polarization and disunion than at this moment. And yet our best selves long for connection. Deep down, we know that separation is an illusion, that there is no us and them, just us. We want to remember that we belong to each other, no matter how we voted a
In recent months, a police informant made a dozen drug buys at a sprawling apartment complex that sits on the northern edge of Baldwin Village. In the last few years, authorities seized half a dozen firearms there and investigated multiple shootings and robberies.
Los Angeles prosecutors say the Chesapeake Apartments, a 425-unit complex spread over more
News that the Department of Justice has threatened to sue Harvard University if it fails to turn over applicant records, has raised new concerns about the future of affirmative action.
It appears that the Department of Justice is persisting in its Title VI investigation of affirmative action practices at the Ivy League institution…
Los Angeles County saw a surge in reported hate crimes last year linked to white supremacists, with a wave of incidents targeting Jews, Muslims and African Americans, according to a study released Thursday.
Immigrants have also been targeted, prompting officials to call in sheriff’s deputies to maintain calm at public meetings….
Read more in the Los
At least 25 transgender people in the United States have been homicide victims so far this year, the highest annual total on record, according to advocacy groups that have been monitoring the grim phenomenon and seeking ways to reduce the toll.
The Human Rights Campaign, in a report released Friday, calculated
With its tolerant culture, Midcentury architectural style and lively arts scene, Palm Springs has for decades been a mecca for the LGBTQ community.
The city is ranked first in the state and third in the nation among cities with the most same-sex couples per 1,000 households, according to an analysis of U.S. census
Nak Kim Chhoeun entered the federal building in downtown Los Angeles a few weeks ago for his immigration check.
He had been reporting to immigration authorities like this every year since being convicted of assault and unlawful gun possession in 1999. This time the Cambodian refugee never came out, said his cousin Posda Tuot, who drove
Deep racial divides among Californians on whether college is necessary
A new Public Policy Institute of California poll indicates residents are worried about the cost of college.
Is college necessary? It turns out about half of Californians don’t think so, according to a new Public Policy Institute of California survey.
And the difference of opinions among ethnic groups