OLUMBUS, Ind. — This small city 70 miles north of the Kentucky border might seem an unlikely setting for new protections against discrimination over sexual orientation and gender identity.
Known for its Republican loyalties, Columbus is the hometown of Indiana’s conservative governor, Mike Pence, a staunch opponent
With the congressional fight over Planned Parenthood dominating headlines around the country amid the threat of a government shutdown, California politicians are getting in on the action at the local level.
Some House Democrats who have had their seats targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee as ripe for the taking are playing up their defense
Two reports issued Wednesday by organizations that advocate for Palestinian rights ring alarm bells about what they characterize as organized and widespread efforts to suppress debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on American campuses.
The first of the two reports, “The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the U.S.,” jointly produced
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan, in a speech before an audience Wednesday at the National Press Club, announced a new policy to reallocate state correctional funding dollars to raises for teachers in the nation’s most underprivileged districts.
In what were perhaps his most intentional comments to date on race, Duncan addressed the disparities in educational
If immigration officials catch him some day and he is deported, Angel Estrada, 48, already knows whom he will call, and at what hotel in Mexico he will meet his family before attempting to rebuild his life in his hometown of Cuernavaca.
Estrada’s daughter, Karla, 24, who like her father is in the country illegally, has
When an activist evangelical group confronted students at DePauw University last week, screaming that they were “whores” and “sinners,” it didn’t take long for tensions to escalate. What happened that afternoon illustrates the challenges campuses face in balancing free speech and campus safety at a time of heightened cultural and racial tensions.
Janeya D. Cunningham, a first-year
ARLINGTON, Va. — As long as the Confederate flag continues to fly in public spaces, it signals that the sense of democracy in the United States is “hollow” and does not extend to all people.
That’s what U.S. history professor Spencer Crew argued recently at a talk titled “The Confederate Flag and the Legacy of Slavery.”
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When it comes to suicide prevention, awareness and support can’t be limited to just one month. During Suicide Prevention Month, we honor those who increase awareness and take action in communities every day. As leaders of Teach For America’s LGBTQ Community and Native Alliance Initiatives, we can’t sit silent in this work. Together, we must acknowledge the work
A married lesbian couple were sitting with their kids in a Long Beach laundromat last fall when a man said, “I hope your kids don’t turn out gay.” He lunged at them with a knife and ran away.
A Latina mother and her children were outside their Boyle Heights apartment last September when a Latino man
The wounds of segregation were still raw in the 1970s. With only rare exceptions, African-American children had nowhere near the same educational opportunities as whites.
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