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Mailbag: Irvine 11 coverage ignores Jewish viewpoint
Why would you reprint most of the "Applauding the 'Irvine 11'" article from the Los Angeles Times on Sept. 27, 2011? The article already appeared, in its entirety, the previous day in the L.A. Times. Did you feel we hadn't gotten enough of the prejudice...Tags: Science, Glaciers, Weather, Los Angeles Times, Landforms
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Baked goods spur controversy at college campus in California
I have no beef with the student Republicans. Oh, I disagree with them about affirmative action, and probably a dozen other things as well. But I am not troubled - amused, but not troubled - by the way they've expressed their view. Unfortunately,...Tags: Native Americans, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Berkeley, Pulitzer Prize Awards, African Americans
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Educating the family
Poverty, undereducation and disconnectedness to society beget exactly those same things — a problem that has stymied policymakers since the advent of public education, which was supposed to be the solution. Four centuries of publicly funded...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, Minority Groups, Mount Vernon, Harvard University
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Herman Cain denies GOP's horrible history with blacks
CNN ContributorYou would think that a black man born and raised in Georgia, who was a teenager during the civil rights movement, would understand the transition of African-Americans from voting overwhelmingly Republican to strongly supporting the Democratic Party....Tags: Television, Entertainment, White House, Lyndon B. Johnson, United States Census Bureau
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Richard S. Amador Sr. dies at 75; expert in community economic development
Richard S. Amador Sr., a California-born son of migrant farmworkers who became a nationally recognized expert in community and economic development and formed a nonprofit group that created thousands of jobs for East Los Angeles residents, has died. He...Tags: U.S. Army, Lyndon B. Johnson, Small Businesses, Career and Workplace, Loans
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Andre Pineda dies at 46; pollster aided top Democrats
Andre Pineda, a Democratic pollster and expert on the burgeoning clout of Latino voters, died this week. He was 46.
He died Tuesday after jumping off Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge.
Pineda, a native of South Pasadena, built an international...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Los Angeles Times, Bill Richardson, Elections, Business Enterprises
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Two congressmen discuss state redistricting with O'Malley
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday night that two Maryland congressmen — one Democrat, one Republican — have asked him to make "substantial" changes in the state's proposed new political map.
O'Malley spoke after back-to-back meetings in...Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., David Brinkley, Constance A Morella, Elections, Martin O'Malley
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Five Arrested in 2010 Long Beach Cold Case Murder
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- Five have been arrested in connection with last year's slaying of a Lake Elsinore man, Long Beach police said Friday. Shawn Verette, 38, of Bellflower, and 32-year-old Luis Orozco of Norwalk were taken into custody Thursday...Tags: KTLA, Social Issues, Minority Groups, African Americans, Theft
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Refugees focus of Aberdeen program
A free educational program on political refugees who have or potentially will immigrate to Aberdeen will be Oct. 20 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1620 Milwaukee Ave. N.E. The sessions are 2-3:30 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Deb Worth, associate director of...Tags: Minority Groups, Documentary (genre), African Americans, Refugee, Politics
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Congressional redistricting set for final debate
Maryland's House of Delegates is poised to give final approval Wednesday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to redraw the state's eight congressional districts, but not before lawmakers engage in a final showdown over the controversial map.
Despite...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Elections, Martin O'Malley, C. Anthony Muse, Government
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Report: Few Latinos are finishing college
Staff WriterA new report from the CollegeBoard states that only 19.2 percent of Latinos between the ages of 25 and 34 completed college in 2009, compared to the national average of 41.1 percent. Learn more about the report's results by reading today’s edition...Tags: Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities
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'Platanos and Collard Greens' comes to Purdue
Press ReleasePurdue University's Black and Latino cultural centers are teaming up to present the comedy "Platanos and Collard Greens" on Oct. 13. Read More: Platanos and Collard Greens The play, which is free and open to the public, will be at 8 p.m. in Stewart...Tags: Arts and Culture, David Lamb, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), African Americans, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)
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