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On MLK Day, Eric Holder vows to enforce Voting Rights Act
Nation NowAtty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. pledges to use the full force of the Justice Department to defend the Voting Rights Act, one of the keystones of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.... -
White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse
The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders. That is not reassuring,...Tags: Marijuana Use, Behavioral Conditions, Recreational Substance Use, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Social Issues
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André Leon Talley leaves 'America's Next Top Model'
All The Rage"America's Next Top Model" judge Andre Leon Talley is leaving the show. He says he and Tyra Banks remain friends.... -
'Real Housewives of New Jersey' recap: Detaché case
Show Tracker"If I don’t bring it tonight, it’s over!" I can think of a lot of contexts in which that sentence would make sense. Obama psyching himself up for his big economy speech. A teeny Nadia Comaneci, preparing for her floor...... -
Expanded 10-mile CicLAvia bike route set for Sunday's big ride
L.A. NOWWith an expanded 10-mile route, CicLAvia returns this weekend after attracting crowds reaching 100,000 during its first two events last year.... -
Pacific Standard Time makes a bid for L.A. in art history
It seems worthy of an old-fashioned Hollywood epic, with a cast of thousands and a plot that spans four decades: "The Greatest Story Ever Told About Southern California Art."
Over the next six months, more than 60 museums and arts venues from Santa...Tags: History, J. Paul Getty Trust, Ice Hockey, Barbie (fictional character), Columbia University
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Oscar Handlin dies at 95; Pulitzer-winning Harvard historian
Oscar Handlin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian at Harvard University whose classic portrait of 19th century European emigrants launched the modern study of immigration as the predominant American story, died Sept. 20 in Cambridge, Mass. He was 95.
The...Tags: Politics, Immigration, Harvard University, University of Minnesota, Henry Adams
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Alicia Keys to compose original music for Broadway's 'Stick Fly'
Pop & HissAlicia Keys will compose original music for the upcoming Broadway play "Stick Fly."... -
Audra McDonald discusses the perceived racism of 'Porgy and Bess'
Culture MonsterSinger Audra McDonald is a busy woman, what with that controversial re-imagined production of “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” that's heading to Broadway, a two-month cross-country concert tour that brings her to Orange County... -
Cupertino shooting: Gunman was unhappy at work, filed a grievance over suspension
L.A. NOWCupertino and Shareef Allman. First came the deadly shooting spree at a Cupertino quarry. Then a 24-hour manhunt for the gunman that left area residents trapped inside their homes while SWAT teams and search dogs swarmed their community. By Thursday... -
Man groped Irvine girls going home from school, police say
L.A. NOWIrvine police are looking for a man in his mid-20s who they said groped two young girls on their way home from a bus stop last week. The 12-year-old victims described the man as African American, 6 feet tall, muscular......
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