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Segregation gains ground 60 years after Brown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools. Progress toward integrated classrooms has largely been rolled back since the Supreme Court issued…

Presidential checklist: jockeying for position

WASHINGTON (AP) – In the latest prep work for a presidential campaign, Rand Paul is conspicuously courting moderate and establishment Republicans while Ted Cruz keeps…

Protester’s 1971 death still echoes in 2 families

BUTLER, Ala. (AP) — Carrie Johnson and Gladden Smith are bound together by a single, deadly moment — a moment for which she says she…

LA NAACP head quits amid fury over Sterling honor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP resigned Thursday, following outrage over a decision he later reversed to…

St. Louis trial highlights gender bias in pay

ST. LOUIS (AP) — From male-only corporate jets to guys’ golf outings and hunting trips, Francine Katz says her time in the Anheuser-Busch executive suite…

Banned for Life: Racist views exile Sterling from the NBA

Donald Sterling is being exiled for racist views shared in private. America cherishes its freedom of thought and speech. But Sterling’s comments were so nakedly…

Fight over rap lyrics at New York murder trial

NEW YORK (AP) — When he wasn’t busy being what prosecutors portray as the ruthless leader of a violent drug gang, Ronald Herron was moonlighting…

White supremacist gets probation in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge sentenced a White supremacist Tuesday to four years of probation but no additional jail time for terrorizing…

Backers, opponents of Michigan affirmative action ban react to ruling

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday upholding the state’s ban on racial preference in college admissions comes as the University of Michigan…

High Court Upholds Mich Affirmative Action Ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions despite one justice’s impassioned dissent…

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