Whose History?

By | February 23rd, 2015|Education|

American history is constantly debated not only by historians but by politicians. So it was largely unsurprising when some Republicans started to criticize the new Advanced Placement U.S. history framework last year for allegedly downplaying positive elements of America’s past. Many historians were caught off guard last week, however, when the criticism grew legs, at least

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Sanctions Put Academic Freedoms to a Test on a Campus Far From Tehran

By | February 23rd, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

AMHERST, Mass. — Word of the new policy spread through Facebook, text messages and emails, leaving consternation and fury in its wake. The state’s flagship campus had announced this month that it intended to ban Iranian nationals from admittance to certain science and engineering programs, including physics, chemistry, and electrical and computer engineering, citing a

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CAHRO’s Brian Levin: Motive Sought in Horrendous Killings of Muslim Students

By | February 20th, 2015|Hate Crimes, Police & Community|

The horrendous killings of three young Muslim-American university students near the University of North Carolina by an atheist man Tuesday evening has prompted authorities there to look at the incident as a possible hate crime. Initial police statements citing a dispute over a parking space as a potential motive were subsequently expanded to include a

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Ideology Seen as Factor in Closings in University of North Carolina System

By | February 20th, 2015|Education|

An advisory panel of the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors has recommended closing three academic centers, including a poverty center and one dedicated to social change, inciting outrage among liberals who believe that conservatives in control of state government are targeting ideological opponents in

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How To Look Slim?

By | February 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|

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Study shows bias between the terms ‘black’ and ‘African-American’

By | February 17th, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

If you’re applying for a job and call yourself “black” as opposed to “African-American” there can be a lot, according to a recently released study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Read more in the Los Angeles Daily News.

 

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Aid to Needy Often Excludes the Poorest in America

By | February 16th, 2015|Employment & Housing, Intergroup Relations|

The safety net helped keep Camille Saunders from falling, but not Charles Constance.

The difference? Ms. Saunders has a job, and Mr. Constance does not. And therein lies a tale of a profound shift in government support for low-income Americans at a time when stagnating wages and

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Funerals Planned for 3 Muslim Students Killed in North Carolina

By | February 12th, 2015|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — This college town and its neighboring cities awoke Thursday to a day of grief as families prepared to lay to rest three Muslim students shot dead in their condominium complex in a crime that has stunned the community with its senselessness.

Read more in The New York Times.

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F.B.I. Director Speaks Frankly About Police View of Blacks

By | February 12th, 2015|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, on Thursday delivered an unusually frank speech about the relationship between the police and black people, saying that officers who work in neighborhoods where blacks commit crimes at higher rates develop a cynicism that shades their attitudes about race.

Read more in The New York Times.

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