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Behind Trump’s Plan to Overhaul the Government: Scaling Back the Safety Net

By | June 22nd, 2018|Employment & Housing, Intergroup Relations|

WASHINGTON — President Trump, spurred on by conservatives who want him to slash safety net programs, unveiled on Thursday a plan to overhaul the federal government that could have a profound effect on millions of poor and working-class Americans.

Produced over the last year by Mr. Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, it

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Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States

By | June 21st, 2018|Intergroup Relations|

WASHINGTON — Deaths now outnumber births among white people in more than half the states in the country, demographers have found, signaling what could be a faster-than-expected transition to a future in which whites are no longer a majority of the American population.

The Census Bureau has projected that whites could drop

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White People Need Diversity, Too

By | June 20th, 2018|Education, Intergroup Relations|

At my university and many others, “diversity” is like Frank’s RedHot sauce, “they put that sh*t on everything!”

It is drenched on mission and value statements. It is mixed into committees and task forces established to examine the ills facing Black and Brown students on campus. A few dabs are added to million-dollar projects to assess

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Defending Affirmative Action

By | June 13th, 2018|Education, Intergroup Relations|

A federal lawsuit challenging Harvard University’s affirmative action policies is about to go to trial, with the Justice Department backing claims of plaintiffs who say the university is discriminating against Asian-American applicants.

At one level, the case is only about Harvard, but the university’s policies are similar to those of many other institutions

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Education Dept. Received Hundreds Of Complaints Last Year About Racist School Discipline

By | June 12th, 2018|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The Department of Education received more than 200 civil rights complaints last year involving students who say they were victims of racist school discipline, HuffPost has learned ― a noteworthy figure as U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos considers revising or rescinding Obama-era guidance meant to protect students from

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Why More White Americans Are Opposing Government Welfare Programs

By | June 8th, 2018|Intergroup Relations|

A new study shows that since 2008, more white people in the United States oppose welfare programs, in part because of increasing “racial resentment.”

One of the reasons for this opposition, according to the report, is white Americans’ perceptions that they might be losing their financial and social status while people of color make gains in

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Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple

By | June 4th, 2018|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker on Monday in a closely watched case pitting gay rights against claims of religious freedom.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority in the 7-2 decision, relied on narrow grounds, saying a state commission had violated

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What Do ‘White Guys’ Think About Race? This Professor Is Trying to Find Out

By | June 4th, 2018|Education, Intergroup Relations|

What does it mean to study racism on college campuses? Mostly talking with white students about race, says Nolan L. Cabrera, an associate professor in the University of Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education. One might think they wouldn’t have much to say, but do they ever. In one case, a young man

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L.A. consular officials receive training on hate crimes from Anti-Defamation League

By | June 1st, 2018|Hate Crimes, Immigration, Intergroup Relations|

The picture flashed before two dozen people gathered at Los Angeles’ Mexican Consulate.

It showed a 25-year-old man, an immigrant from Mexico, lying on a hospital bed after being beaten about a decade ago in a Pennsylvania town.

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How a Student Got Kicked Out of Class — and Became a Conservative Hero

By | June 1st, 2018|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Charlie Kirk showed up dressed for the occasion.

Kirk — the head of Turning Point USA, a conservative political-­advocacy group — took the stage this spring at Indiana University of Pennsylvania wearing a navy-blue T-shirt that read: “There are only two genders.”

The rural state university, in a former coal-mining town, had become one of the latest

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