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School’s Arab Mascot Draws Fire in California Valley That Prizes Dates

By | February 20th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

INDIO, Calif. — On Friday, Riverside County began its National Date Festival, an annual tribute to a local industry that began in the Middle East. The event, inspired by “One Thousand and One Nights,”

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F.B.I. Joins Ole Miss Inquiry After Noose Is Left on Statue

By | February 20th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

OXFORD, Miss. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday that it had joined the inquiry into an act of vandalism at the University of Mississippi, where a statue of the university’s first black student was found with a noose and a flag with the Confederate battle emblem.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/us/fbi-joins-ole-miss-inquiry-after-noose-is-left-on-statue.html?ref=education

The New York Times

 

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Florida Self-Defense Law Complicated Jury’s Job in Michael Dunn Trial

By | February 17th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In failing to acquit or convict Michael Dunn on the most significant charge — the premeditated murder of a teenager in a dispute over loud music — a jury on Saturday may have run headlong into the breadth and reach of Florida’s contentious self-defense law.

Read more in The New York Times.

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Before Coming Out, a Hard Time Coming Up

By | February 12th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Michael Sam was the loud country boy who wore a tank top and a cowboy hat. He was the smooth-singing baritone who could irritate his coaches and crack up his teammates with his improvised songs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/sports/football/for-nfl-prospect-michael-sam-upbringing-was-bigger-challenge-than-coming-out-as-gay.html?_r=0

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Ruling Could Be Near on Fisher v. Texas

By | February 6th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The case of Abigail Fisher, a Texas woman who sued the state’s flagship university, the University of Texas at Austin, for racial discrimination in

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Venice’s famed tolerance is being tested by the homeless

By | February 4th, 2014|Employment & Housing, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

As the beach neighborhood continues to gentrify, friction between traditional residents and a growing number of homeless is increasing.

Read more in

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the Los Angeles Times.

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With gentrification, Echo Park gang members move outside their turf http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-echo-park-gang-20140126,0,104450.story#ixzz2sNHetIE8

By | February 4th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Displaced by trendy coffee shops and rising rents, many gang members have been forced out of Echo Park, returning to their old turf on weekends. A new injunction targets those who are left.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
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In Talk of Economy, Obama Turns to ‘Opportunity’ Over ‘Inequality’

By | February 4th, 2014|Intergroup Relations|

WASHINGTON — Like so many political fights, the one between President Obama and Republicans over income inequality has become a battle over language. Is it about inequality of incomes or of opportunity? On this question, the president and his party have moved in Republicans’ — and voters’ — direction.

Read more in The New York

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