On one of the first days of class at Dos Puentes Elementary School in Upper Manhattan last month, a new student named Michelle peered up through pale blue glasses and took a deep breath.
“Can I drink water?” Michelle, 6, said.
“Diga en Español,”
IMMIGRATION is not the easiest issue to debate. It stokes emotions about “homelands” and invasions, as we have seen all summer, both in the Republican presidential contest and in the tragic situation in Europe. These arguments tend to produce more heat than light, making objective analysis difficult. Many politicians find
A few weeks ago, I sat in a movie theater and grinned. Anne Hathaway was in ‘‘The Intern,’’ perched on a hotel bed in a hotel robe, eating from a can of overpriced nuts, having tea and freaking out. What would happen if she divorced her sweet, selfless stay-at-home dad
Educational publisher McGraw-Hill said it will revise and reprint a geography textbook that refers to African slaves in America as “immigrants” and “workers,” after a complaint by the mother of a Texas high school freshman, reports KTRK-TV.
Roni Dean-Burren of Pearland, Texas, posted on Facebook a picture of a section of the textbook “World Geography” that her son,
California is about to tackle head on the charged issue of racial bias in law enforcement.
Gov. Jerry Brown this weekend signed legislation mandating that California law enforcement agencies collect — and make public — data on the racial makeup of all those encountered by police.
For civil rights activists, Brown’s action was a big step toward protecting
At a time when the term diversity appears steadily shifting in meaning and sliding off many radars as a priority, more than 100 of the top diversity officers across the country gathered in Chicago this week for what has been described as closed-door, frank talk about the status of diversity and how to regain the
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s rage about gun massacres, building for years, spilled out Thursday night as he acknowledged his own powerlessness to prevent another tragedy and pleaded with voters to force change themselves.
“So tonight, as those of us who are
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation encouraging that future history textbooks for public schools in California include a section on the 1930s deportation of more than 1 million U.S. citizens of Mexican descent.
“With our state being the home to so many successful Mexican Americans, our children and all Californians should be aware of the injustices
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