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Library of hate: KKK, racist writings join university collection
“U.S. GOVERNMENT INITIATES OPEN WARFARE AGAINST AMERICAN PEOPLE,” blared one headline. “DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY UNDER ATTACK,” warned another. “DEATH TO ZOG!” urged a third — referring to Zionist Occupation...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Roman Catholicism, Arts and Culture, Jihad
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State shouldn't let landlords discriminate
As we recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act, it is significant to note that the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan regions are among the most segregated in America. Last month, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil...Tags: Condos and Houses, Crime, Law and Justice, Public Housing, Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC
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UC Irvine fraternity suspends itself for releasing blackface video
A UC Irvine fraternity has volunteered to suspend itself after it was blasted for a member-produced video that featured a student in blackface. Lambda Theta Delta announced Wednesday that it would cancel all major events and stop operating as a UCI-...
Tags: Halloween, University of California, Irvine, Social Issues
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'Racist rhetoric' reflected in headline about bombing suspect
The April 24 headline says it all: "Embrace of Islam preceded suspect's radicalization." The inference is clear: Embracing Islam is the root cause that leads to the effect — terrorism. There are a billion people who are Muslims and don't become...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Emmaus
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UPDATED: Martinsville City Council decides to display a controversial quilt
WDBJ7 ReporterMartinsville City Council will display a quilt that's been the center of a heated racial debate. Tuesday night's meeting was the city's first full council meeting since this whole thing started. More than a dozen people spoke either for or against...Tags: Politics, Education, Regional Authority, NAACP, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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Civil Rights leaders describe scene in Danville leading up to Bloody Monday
WDBJ7 ReporterA half-century ago, one moment, and one group's decision to disobey the law, forever changed the history of Danville and the south. It's called Bloody Monday because of the violence that happened that day in the fight for civil rights. The law said...Tags: Salem (Salem, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Indy to pay $150K to settle police beating lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis has agreed to pay $150,000 to the mother of a biracial teenager who was beaten by police in 2010, sparking racial tensions and a federal lawsuit. City attorney Samantha Karn told The Indianapolis Star (http://indy....Tags: Police Arrests, FBI
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Debating Israeli airport security and racial profiling
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.More than 40 readers sent letters to the editor in response to George Bisharat's April 28 Op-Ed article on a bill to include Israel in the U.S. visa waiver program. Bisharat, an American law professor and a pro-Palestinian activist who has traveled...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Barbara Boxer, Politics, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection
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Wet Seal to pay $7.5 million to settle race discrimination suit
Wet Seal will pay $7.5 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit that accused the teen retailer of firing black employees to present a blond-and-blue-eyed front in its stores, according to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, The Wet Seal Incorporated, Employment, Crime, Law and Justice, NAACP
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Ald. Maldonato plays 'do you know who I am?' and 'don't you have anything better to do?' cards on cops. Umbrage ensues
Change of SubjectIn the Sun-Times, Fran Speilman reports that Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) was pulled over by Chicago Police May 1 for pulling out and passing on the right a car that was waiting to turn left at the intersection of North...... -
A 'Passport' to the world of Druid Hill Park
A Roland Park resident has created a "passport" to Druid Hill Park. Janet Felsten, founder and director of the nonprofit group Baltimore Green Map, introduced the green-colored passport April 19 at a Baltimore Green Week kickoff party in the...
Tags: Politics, Personal Data Collection, Bolton Hill, Travel, Maryland Zoo Baltimore
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Obama has leverage to get his way on Guantanamo
President Barack Obama's renewed request to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, confirms what the detainees have already shown with their hunger strike: Permanent detention at the U.S. naval station isn't viable as a matter of practicality or...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Libya
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May 8, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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