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Chicago won’t allow high school students to graduate without a plan for the future
To graduate from a public high school in Chicago, students will soon have to meet a new and unusual requirement: They must show that they’ve secured a job or received a letter of acceptance to college, a trade apprenticeship, a gap year program or the military. Burgemeester Rahm Emanuel (D) said he wants to make […]
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Justice for Jasmine: Black Miss. Teen Forced to Share Valedictorian Title Sues
A black mother brought a federal lawsuit against a Mississippi school district last week, claiming that it made her daughter “co-valedictorian” with a white student who had a lower grade-point average. Jasmine Shepard, the very first black valedictorian in 110 years in the Cleveland, Mej., school district, says that the day before graduation, she found out […]
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Thousands march in L.A. for impeachment of President Trump; his supporters hold their own rally
Several thousand protesters marched through downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, waving signs and chanting, “Down, down, down with Trump — up, up, up with the people” as they urged Congress to impeach the president. The peaceful demonstration was one of dozens of events held across the country Sunday, aimed at voicing displeasure with Trump and his White House. […]
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Revised travel ban rolls out to a muted response at US airports
(CNN) — As the revised version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban went into effect Thursday night, the public reaction was muted compared with the massive protests that erupted in January. Small groups of lawyers and volunteers gathered at the arrival terminals of major airports including Chicago, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Lawyers […]
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Adults view black girls as ‘less innocent,’ new report says
When compared with their white peers, young black girls are viewed less as children and more like adults, according to a new research report. Adults in the United States tend to view black girls as “less innocent” and more grown up than white girls, volgens die verslag, which published by Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty […]
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Police Commission says LAPD officers were justified in shooting 18-year-old during ‘running gun battle’
Three officers were justified in fatally shooting an 18-year-old during what police have described as a “running gun battle” in a Watts housing project in which one officer was shot and wounded, the Los Angeles Police Commission ruled Tuesday. n a 4-0 stem, the civilian panel sided with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck in clearing the […]
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Emmett Till marker near grocery store site vandalized
A civil rights marker about Emmett Till on the Mississippi Freedom Trail has been vandalized twice in the past two months, according to the firm that manages the trail. The historical marker outside the grocery store where 14-year-old Till was accused of whistling at a white woman while visiting his family has to be refurbished […]
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Border Patrol agent pleads guilty in drug smuggling case
'N U.S. Border Patrol agent pleaded guilty Thursday to smuggling backpacks he believed contained drugs across the border. Appearing in a federal courtroom in San Diego, Noe Lopez pleaded guilty to attempted distribution of methamphetamine and attempted distribution of cocaine. He faces a possible minimum sentence of 10 years for each of the two counts […]
