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When layoffs come to L.A. schools, performance doesn't count
John H. Liechty Middle School opened in 2007 in Los Angeles' impoverished Westlake neighborhood with a seasoned principal, dozens of energetic young teachers and a mission to "reinvent education" in the nation's second-largest school district.
The...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Crime, Law and Justice, Event Planning, Teachers, School Examinations
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Timeline: Proposition 8
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJan. 3, 2000: California starts registering domestic partners. While groundbreaking, the law affords same-sex couples only two benefits: hospital visitation rights and health insurance coverage for the dependents of government employees covered by...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Labor Legislation, Unemployment Benefits
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Book review: 'Inherently Unequal' by Lawrence Goldstone
Special to the Los Angeles TimesInherently Unequal The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 Lawrence Goldstone Walker & Co.: 242 pp., $26 In the years immediately following the Civil War, America appeared to possess the will and the means to end racial...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Herbert Spencer, Rubber Products Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Presidents can't declare war? Just watch them
It really couldn't be clearer. "The Congress shall have power … to declare war." Yet these are probably the most egregiously ignored words in the Constitution. You would think that Republicans, especially, with their showy fondness for "originalism"...Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Newt Gingrich, Laws, Richard Nixon
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Fighting mosques in the name of freedom
Last year, a Muslim congregation in Murfreesboro, Tenn., a pleasant college town of about 110,000 people southeast of Nashville, decided that the time had come to build a proper mosque.
For 20 years or more, the town's roughly 250 Muslim families had met...Tags: Murfreesboro, Crime, Law and Justice, Land Price, Newt Gingrich, Freedom of Religion
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Congratulate Prince William, but don't mythologize monarchy
Opinion L.A.Not surprisingly, the engagement of Britainâs Prince William and Kate Middleton is creating a sensation in this country. To some extent, the hullabaloo reflects the fact that the royals are celebrities not that different from Hollywood stars. But... -
Arcadia High School wins L.A. County Mock Trial title
L.A. NOWA group of Arcadia High School students new to the art of mock trials defeated a team of formidable opponents from Harvard-Westlake prep school to become L.A. County Mock Trial champions. That the Arcadia team was founded only last year...... -
Bolivia's army declares itself 'socialist'
La PlazaThe commanding general of Bolivia's army has declared the Andean nation's forces "socialist," "anti-capitalist," and "anti-imperialist," positions that were immediately echoed by President Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president. Gen. Antonio... -
Only 41 medical marijuana dispensaries eligible to stay in business, Los Angeles officials say [Updated]
L.A. NOWView Marijuana dispensaries in a larger map Los Angeles city officials announced Wednesday that only 41 medical marijuana dispensaries are eligible to stay in business under the cityâs restrictive ordinance, a number so low that the city will suspend... -
Bill would require that victims' families be notified before governor reduces prison sentences
L.A. NOWProsecutors and a victim's family would have to be notified before a governor could reduce the sentence of a prisoner under a bill endorsed by San Diego County Dist. Atty. Bonnie Dumanis, two state legislators and the parents of slain...... -
EGYPT: Recommendations for the country's current transition period
Babylon & Beyond[Editor's note: Analysts at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are included among contributors to Babylon & Beyond. Carnegie is renowned for its political, economic and social analysis of the Middle East. The views represented are the author's... -
JORDAN: Clashes erupt at pro-democracy rally in Amman [Updated]
Babylon & BeyondJordan has had regular peaceful protests in recent days, pressing King Abdullah for political reforms, but a Friday demonstration outside the Husseini mosque in Amman turned unexpectedly violent when a gang of more than 100 pro-government counter-...
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