From The New York Times: By agreeing to hear a major case involving race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas, the court thrust affirmative action back into the public and political discourse after years in which it had mostly faded from view. Both supporters and opponents of affirmative action said…
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From The Guardian: The 62-year-old socialist politician turned himself in at 8.55am on Tuesday in the northern French city of Lille and is being held for questioning over allegations that he aided the procurement of prostitutes and benefited from fraud. Detectives want to ascertain whether Strauss-Kahn, a former French presidential…
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Seventy years later, let us never forget FDR’s legacy of shame, Executive Order 9066. See also: 70 Years After FDR’s Japanese Internment Camps (12)
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Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. On State Violence, White Male Privilege, and “Occupy” by…
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From ImmigrationProf Blog: A new U.S. Census Bureau report released yesterday revealed that the number of Americans in poverty hit a record 49 million in 2010, or 16 percent. The new data showed poverty rates for the elderly, Asians and Hispanics higher than previously known. The figures were calculated by…
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