A Decision That Helped Shape Michelle Obama
WASHINGTON — She was born into the segregated Chicago of the 1960s, when public schools actively resisted integration. But in 1975, the city, under pressure to comply with the landmark Supreme Court decision desegregating public schools, opened a racially integrated high school for high achievers that changed the young woman’s life.
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Asian Americans Battle ‘Invisibility’ In Bid to Break Through the Bamboo Ceiling
By all accounts, Dr. Leslie Wong has had a distinguished career in higher education.
After serving as dean of Evergreen State College and provost and interim president at the University of Southern Colorado, Wong was appointed president of Northern Michigan University, a position he held for eight years. In August 2012, Wong became the 13th president
Court halts Texas execution over question of intellectual disability
Hours before Texas could carry out the nation’s first execution since Oklahoma botched a lethal injection last month, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the execution on grounds that the inmate’s
Firebombing at L.A. housing project may be racially motivated
Police are trying to determine whether a firebombing at the Ramona Gardens
Oak Park High students to get reality check after anti-Semitic tweets
The Anti-Defamation League will present a “stand-up assembly” at Oak Park High School and invite a Holocaust survivor to
Study: Catholic Church has fallen short in serving growing Hispanic population
SAN FERNANDO >> When Janelly Jimenez was struggling with her grades in her first year of college, she decided to return to the Catholic Church where
School prom ‘draft’ prompts reflection in exclusive Newport Beach
Corona del Mar High School has palm trees, ocean breezes and a parking lot where students hustle out of shiny BMWs as they head to class.
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Column: Thank you, Donald Sterling, for reminding us how far we’ve come
Personally, I’m grateful for Donald Sterling’s retro racism. One glance at this knuckle dragger shows how far most other people have evolved. It’s worth celebrating, particularly in California.
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Shelly Sterling hopes to keep ownership of the Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling said Wednesday that she believes she is legally entitled to maintain ownership of the NBA team and will attempt to do so, even as the pro basketball league pushes to remove her husband from the team he has owned for 33 years.
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In Youth’s Death, Some See a Montana Law Gone Wrong
MISSOULA, Mont. — Teenagers call it garage hopping. The goal was to sneak into an open garage, steal some beer or other items and slip away into the night. It was dumb and clearly illegal. It was not supposed to be deadly.
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