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The North-South Divide on Two-Parent Families

By | June 11th, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

When it comes to family arrangements, the United States has a North-South divide. Children growing up across much of the northern part of the country are much more likely to grow up with two parents than children across the South.

It’s not just a red-blue political divide,

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Media Fuels Negative Perception of Black Athletes

By | June 5th, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

A new study from the University of Missouri released this week suggests that Black athletes are treated differently than their White counterparts in the media, a fact that comes as no surprise to many whose lives and livelihoods revolve around sports.

In an examination of 155 news articles, MU associate professor of strategic communication Dr. Cynthia

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‘Intolerant Jackass Act’ author may collect signatures for ballot proposal

By | June 4th, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

The so-called Intolerant Jackass Act is, so far, being tolerated by state officials.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Wednesday that the author of the proposed initiative may begin circulating the measure and collecting signatures.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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Canada’s Forced Schooling of Aboriginal Children Was ‘Cultural Genocide,’ Report Finds

By | June 3rd, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

OTTAWA — Canada’s former policy of forcibly removing aboriginal children from their families for schooling “can best be described as ‘cultural genocide.’ ”

That is the conclusion reached by the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission after six

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Supreme Court sides with Muslim girl denied a job over head scarf

By | June 2nd, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

Finding a civil rights cause that increasingly brings together conservatives and liberals, the Supreme Court told employers Monday that they had an “affirmative” duty under federal anti-discrimination law to accommodate the religious practices of employees and job applicants.

By an 8-1 vote, the justices sided with a 17-year-old Muslim girl who was rejected for a job

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White Like You: The Challenge of Getting White Students to Grapple With Racial Identity

By | May 29th, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

When Frances E. Kendall talks to college leaders about race, she tends to hear a lot of facts and figures about minorities.

Three percent black. Five percent Asian. Three percent Latino. And maybe one or two Native Americans.

And then the numbers stop.

“No one says, ‘We have this many white students,’” says Ms. Kendall, a consultant who

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My Title IX Inquisition

By | May 29th, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

When I first heard that students at my university had staged a protest over an essay I’d written in The Chronicle Review about sexual politics on campus — and that they were carrying mattresses and pillows — I was a bit nonplussed. For one thing, mattresses had become a symbol of student-on-student sexual-assault

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Analysis Once aided by courts, can Latino politicians survive Supreme Court act?

By | May 27th, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

The U.S. Supreme Court’s unexpected decision to take up a Texas voting case poses perhaps the most acute threat in a generation to Latino political strength in California. But how much of the threat actually materializes is decidedly less known.

In a situation rife with questions, one of the most ironic is this: Have Latino politicians,

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Supreme Court could deal California ‘a one-two punch’ on redistricting

By | May 27th, 2015|Intergroup Relations|

In recent years, California voters have backed a series of changes to the state’s elections system to reshape its political landscape. Now, potential upheaval is brewing again, this time from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Next month, the nation’s highest court will rule on a case challenging the legality of independent commissions to draw congressional districts. On

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