Required to Detain
Texas legislation could force campus police departments to hold on to those they arrest until federal immigration authorities can consider their legal status….
Read more in Inside Higher Ed.
Vocal Critic of Office for Civil Rights Is Likely to Lead It
Leading conservative activists are predicting that the Trump administration will put a prominent critic of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights in charge of it, to scale back its efforts.
Although the White House has yet to tip its hand on its pick as the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights, speculation among plugged-in Republicans
Richmond Hate Crime Community Forum Dec. 10
Please JOIN us for a Forum to address Hate Crimes, Intimidation and Harassment, as well as the fear of deportation felt by our Immigrant Communities!
Representatives from various organizations will be present to listen to your concerns and offer resources. We are fortunate to have community leaders who are fighting to protect
Can racist tweets help predict hate crimes? L.A. is about to find out
Can police prevent hate crimes by monitoring racist banter on social media?
Researchers will be testing this concept over the next three years in Los Angeles, marking a new frontier in efforts by law enforcement to predict and prevent crimes.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
LA’s housing crunch leaves disabled with few options
Paralyzed from the waist down and requiring a wheelchair, Pacoima resident Martin Rosales struck out last week when he went apartment hunting.
At one Van Nuys building, his wheelchair was too big for the apartment’s front door. Another unit’s bathroom was too small.
Read more in the Los Angeles Daily News.
U.S. Household Income Grew 5.2% in 2015, Breaking Pattern of Stagnation
WASHINGTON — For American families, household incomes rose strongly in 2015, breaking a yearslong pattern of income stagnation. The median household’s income in 2015 was $56,500, an increase of 5.2 percent over the previous year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
Read more in The New York Tines.
The Most Detailed Map of Gay Marriage in America
More than three years after a Supreme Court decision gave federal recognition to same-sex marriages performed in states that allowed them, the demographics of same-sex married couples largely remain a mystery.
In fact, no one has a definitive
White House considers ending for-profit immigrant detainee centers but critics say it could add billions to the cost
The Obama administration is considering an end to the practice of keeping immigrant detainees in for-profit centers, weeks after the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced it would stop its use of private prisons.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Campuses Cautiously Train Freshmen Against Subtle Insults
WORCESTER, Mass. — A freshman tentatively raises her hand and takes the microphone. “I’m really scared to ask this,” she begins. “When I, as a white female, listen to music that uses the N word, and I’m in the car, or, especially when I’m with all white friends, is it O.K. to sing along?”
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In Brooklyn, Stifling Higher Learning Among Hasidic Women
In the mid-1940s, Joel Teitelbaum, an eminent and charismatic rabbi, immigrated to the United States, colonizing a section of Williamsburg in Brooklyn for his Hasidic sect, the Satmar, its name taken from the Hungarian town of Szatmar, where Rabbi Teitelbaum had fought to resist the encroachments of a modernizing society.
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