I Accidentally Turned My Dad In to Immigration Services

By | October 25th, 2017|Immigration|

This month my father and I drove to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Centennial, Colo., for a routine visit. I offered to drive because my dad was too nervous and excited to take the wheel. “How long have we waited for this day?” he asked me. He

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N.A.A.C.P. Warns Black Passengers Against Flying on American Airlines

By | October 25th, 2017|Intergroup Relations|

The N.A.A.C.P. on Tuesday warned African-Americans to exercise caution when traveling on American Airlines, citing a pattern of “disrespectful” and “discriminatory” behavior from the company.

The organization’s warning came in the form of a travel advisory that described four recent times when black passengers were said to

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Expectations, Race and College Success

By | October 24th, 2017|Education|

Near the beginning of a new study on racial attitudes and college attainment, the authors note the story of Desiree Martinez, who attended a high school in a low-income part of Los Angeles and longed to enroll at the University of California, Los Angeles. She confided her ambitions to a teacher. The teacher frowned and

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California could lose big money if DACA recipients aren’t allowed to work

By | October 23rd, 2017|Immigration|

California stands to lose billions of dollars if DACA recipients are removed from the state’s workforce.

The USC Dornsife Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration and the Center for American Progress use new interactive data to break down the number of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients living in each U.S. congressional district.

The

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Cub Scout Is Exiled After Pressing Legislator on Guns and Race

By | October 23rd, 2017|Intergroup Relations|

When a group of Cub Scouts met with a Colorado state senator this month, they asked her about some of the most controversial topics in the nation: gun control, the environment, race and the proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico.

But questions from one Cub

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In St. Louis, Protests Over Police Violence Disrupt Economy, and Win Attention

By | October 20th, 2017|Police & Community|

ST. LOUIS — Chris Sommers, who runs a chain of successful pizza restaurants here, has long supported both sides in the fierce standoff between police officers and black residents playing out in this city.

He donated to civil rights groups after the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown

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A Big Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations

By | October 20th, 2017|Police & Community|

Usually, we behave better when we know we’re being watched. According to decades of research, the presence of other people, cameras or even just a picture of eyes seems to nudge us toward civility: We become more likely to give to charity, for example, and less likely to speed, steal or

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Rising number of racist incidents at Cal State Long Beach

By | October 19th, 2017|Education, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

A racist message was found on the wall in a bathroom at Cal State Long Beach, last week, targeting black students.

The language was so offensive that university president Jane Close Conoley emailed the entire campus to vigorously condemn it….

Read more at 89.3-FM KPCC.

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Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital

By | October 18th, 2017|Intergroup Relations|

LOS ANGELES — The groundswell over sexual harassment that has rocked Hollywood moved into California’s capital on Tuesday as more than 140 women — including legislators, senior legislative aides and lobbyists — came forward to denounce what they describe as pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men in the nation’s most influential

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Aiding Transgender Case, Sessions Defies His Image on Civil Rights

By | October 16th, 2017|Hate Crimes, LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has dispatched an experienced federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with murdering a transgender high school student last year, a highly unusual move that officials said was personally initiated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

In taking the

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