The Social Construction of Race
Two more posts on the topic that are worth reading
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Two more posts on the topic that are worth reading
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Cardinal O'Malley's boycott over a commencement speaker's pro-choice position exposes inconsistencies in the way the Catholic Church is responding to those who break with its teachings.
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Want to change the world? En route to curing cancer, how about remembering to vote and go to jury duty?
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A few elite institutions at both the grade-school and college levels are doing better than ever. But their health conceals the collapse of private-sector options in the U.S.
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Years of hiding mean squeaky-clean youths out of school don't have the paper trail to prove they've been in the U.S.. Those with infractions on their records can be better off.
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And 5 other cool ideas from The Atlantic's Technologies In Education Forum.
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Jason Richwine's IQ-based argument that American Hispanics are less intelligent than native-born whites has been called racist. It's also wrong.
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The judiciary can't fix this: The Supreme Court has a poor track record protecting journalists from the government.
The Walter White Project
In a world where Kevin Garnett, Harold Ford, and Halle Berry all check "black" on the census, even the argument that racial labels refer to natural differences in physical traits doesn't hold up.
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The actress's candid op-ed about her mastectomy comes on the eve of a vital ruling over patents for breast cancer genes like hers.
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The candidate's disclosure that she has struggled with bulimia and alcoholism may make her more "relatable," but it doesn't change her record on First Amendment protections.
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Recent news that the Department of Justice pulled AP phone records makes a new book by former New York Times general counsel James C. Goodale all the more relevant.
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While the Latino community has a number of high-profile, openly undocumented spokespeople, young Asian immigrants who call America home are struggling with few resources and fewer role models
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