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A LOOK BACK
May 12, 1958: The United States and Canada signed an agreement to create the North American Air Defense Command (later the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD). May 13, 1963: The U.S. Supreme Court, in Brady v. Maryland, upheld, 7-2, a...Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, Religion and Belief, Punishment, Judaism
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Forecast for L.A.'s mayor race: paltry turnout
More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election. That low turnout could mean that the winner will garner fewer votes than any newly elected...
Tags: Voting, Barack Obama, Richard Riordan, Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Agoura High School students targeted in racist graffiti
Authorities are investigating racist graffiti found at Agoura High School, including a "hit list" targeting African American students, they said Thursday. Students found the hate messages in a boy's bathroom on campus Wednesday morning, KTLA-TV ...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Social Issues
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Letters to the Editor for May 16
“42” reminds how far we’ve come on race Dear Editor, The other night my wife Kristen and I went to see the movie42, the Jackie Robinson story. Being the son of a baseball coach and having played baseball in high school, I am...
Tags: Baseball, Civil Rights, Movies, Jackie Robinson, Entertainment
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UC Irvine probes hate incident involving racist note
UC Irvine's chancellor pledged Wednesday to find and discipline whoever slipped a racist note into a black female student's backpack last week. The student found the note, which read "Go back 2 Africa slave," while she was in the science library on...
Tags: Social Issues, University of California, Irvine
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Kevin Krigger could ride into Preakness history as black jockey
The day after riding in the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger packed his family and gear and headed for Pimlico Race Course — by way of Cincinnati. A woman there had captured his heart. She was Liliane Casey, 88, whose father, Jimmy Winkfield, was the...
Tags: Civil Rights, Belmont Stakes, Pimlico Race Course, Equestrian, The New York Times
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Politics, Great Allentown Fair, Battle of Antietam
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READER SUBMITTED: Hall High School Grad Takes on Climate Change
West HartfordEmma Beede, 2009 graduate of Hall High School in West Hartford, is combating climate change by taking on the fossil fuel industry. In January, the senior at Rhode Island School of Design founded Divest RISD, a campaign demanding that the school end its...Tags: Radio, Global Change, Media Industry, Education, Colleges and Universities
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A closer look at some of Obama's more memorable speeches
As President Barack Obama starts his second term, scholars will begin making note of some of his most memorable speeches and public remarks that might mark his presidency and his two successful campaigns. Recognizing that the list will change, and there...Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Trinity United Church of Christ, Politics, U.S. Senate
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Senate Unanimously Strengthens Racial Profiling Law
The Hartford CourantThe state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to expand the state's racial profiling law to include more police departments. The measure comes one year after another bill had strengthened the law in other ways and was passed by large majorities in both...Tags: Credit and Debt, Waterbury, Laws, Redding (Fairfield, Connecticut), East Haddam
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UCI vows action after black student is targeted with racist note
UC Irvine's chancellor on Tuesday pledged to find and discipline whoever slipped a racist note into a black female student's backpack last week. The student found the note, which read "Go back 2 Africa slave," while she was in the science library May 7,... -
Respect for our leaders
Recently, not only in some of the opinion letters written to the Daily American, but just in casual conversations with people have I heard such appalling statements about people elected to serve our country. In only the case of President Obama, I've...Tags: Barack Obama
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