L.A. County probes increase in hate crimes against Muslims and Sikhs
Los Angeles County officials are investigating an apparent surge in hate crimes targeting Muslims late last year.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Anaheim is land of Disney, not Ku Klux Klan, dismayed residents say, features CAHRO’s Rusty Kennedy
For many Anaheim residents, it was not enough Sunday simply to condemn a Ku Klux Klan rally that turned violent over the weekend.
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CAHRO’s Brian Levin makes observations about Anaheim KKK rally
The Ku Klux Klan has been in the news in recent days in some dramatic ways.
A KKK rally turned violent in Anaheim over the weekend, leading to a dozen arrests. And Donald Trump has generated criticism for his mixed response to being endorsed by former KKK leader David Duke.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
How Society Pays When Women’s Work Is Unpaid
In countries around the world, the ways in which men and women spend their time are unbalanced. Men spend more time working for money. Women do the bulk of the unpaid work — cooking, cleaning and child care.
Read more in The New York Times.
The problem with slut shaming in schools
Mary “James” Salazar and her mother have always watched “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” together. That’s where they first encountered slut shaming. Victims on the TV show were blamed for their own sexual assault, or judged because of the clothes they’re wearing.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
The Next Ann Coulter
Even the name of this man’s speaking tour is inflammatory — certainly a no-go during prime time — and students are interrupting his appearances, accusing him of being sexist and promoting rape culture. Meet Milo Yiannopoulos.
Read more in Inside Higher Ed.
Under Fire From Lawmakers, a Flagship Tries to Explain Why Diversity Matters
When J.T. Taylor came to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville as a freshman, she immediately found a home at the Pride Center, which serves students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Ms. Taylor, a senior who is African-American and identifies as queer, says she has also benefited immensely from a mentoring
Expert Says Diverse Students Subjected to ‘Intellectual Apartheid’
SAN FRANCISCO ― Zaretta Hammond grew up in a low-income, non-White neighborhood in San Francisco, born to a teen mother who was raising three children by age 22.
Before Hammond began her formal education, her mother visited the school where neighbors typically enrolled their children. She searched for an alternative, fearing the nearby school’s scant resources
Antonin Scalia’s Death Probably Won’t Affect ‘Fisher,’ but It Could Change the Future of Affirmative Action
The death on Saturday of Antonin Scalia, the sharp-tongued justice who shaped constitutional debates for nearly 30 years, could end up shifting the Supreme Court’s ideological balance. But his absence is unlikely to affect the highly anticipated ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the pending legal challenge to race-conscious college-admissions policies. In short,
College freshmen are more liberal and keen on political activism, survey says
Today’s American college freshman is more liberal, less religious and increasingly committed to civic involvement and political activism than her predecessors in previous generations, according to a national survey released Wednesday by UCLA researchers.
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