NEW YORK (AP) -- The right people at the right time in the right location. That phrase - repeated over and over in a secret recording of a police supervisor … Read More
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Opinion: Los Angeles mayoral candidates blurring the lines of race and identity
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Politics boils down to box checking. It’s not a perfect prediction, but the boxes we check on our Census forms—religion, race, ethnicity, sex, even … Read More
Opinion: If men were angels, the Voting Rights Act would not be necessary
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Is forty-eight years long enough to erase centuries of systemic disenfranchisement of voters who belong to minority ethnic or racial groups? If you are an … Read More
Opinion: We still need the Voting Rights Act to give equal access
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These days, voting is largely uneventful. You show up at the polls, check in, vote, and get your sticker. Long gone are the days of having to take a … Read More
Opinion: What Census box are Hispanics supposed to check now?
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Like a dinner host chatting up new guests at the table, the U.S. Census Bureau wants to know Hispanics better. The Bureau is considering changes to its … Read More
“Central Park Five” doc tells story of Raymond Santana’s wrongful conviction
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On a dark night in 1989, Raymond Santana and four other teens were taken into custody at a New York City police precinct house where they were interrogated for … Read More
Opinion: If Obama’s appeal to minorities is a gamble so is the GOP’s appeal to the “white voter”
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It was clear early on in Mitt Romney's campaign that he had committed himself to the “white vote.” Of course, he had little choice. Almost 90 percent of … Read More
Study: Hispanics less likely to get CPR or know how to give it
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CHICAGO (AP) -- People who collapse from cardiac arrest in poor black neighborhoods are half as likely to get CPR from family members at home or bystanders on … Read More
NY stop-and-frisk debate gains political spotlight
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NEW YORK (AP) — After more than a decade of complaints, the New York Police Department's practice of stopping and frisking people on the streets has suddenly … Read More
Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet the Greeley Grays, 1940′s Latino baseball team
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GREELEY - Gabriel Lopez comes from a family of baseball dynasty, the Greeley Grays. He was on a mission to learn more about his family and it turned into so … Read More
