A new study reminds us that poverty is the giant backpack dragging down American students. By: Jordan Weissmann Article Reprint In America, what you earn depends largely on your success in school. Unfortunately, your success
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Booker wins NJ Senate seat, says he’s ‘a scrapper’
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI and KATIE ZEZIMA, Article Reprint NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s U.S. senator-elect says he’s ready to go to Washington and channel Americans’ frustration with Congress into energy for change. Newark
Read moreChallenge To Affirmative Action Ban Reveals Deep Divide At Supreme Court
“My goodness, I thought … we’ve held that the 14th Amendment protects all races,” Justice Antonin Scalia said, as the justices consider whether a Michigan ban on affirmative action is constitutional. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Read moreRihanna Tweets About Thailand Sex Show, Bar Owner Arrested
Rihanna’s social media posts lead to the arrest of a bar owner in Thailand. by Janice Llamoca Article Reprint Rihanna’s posts on social media during a trip to Thailand in September have led to another
Read moreFast-Food Wages Come With a $7 Billion Side of Public Assistance
By Susan Berfield Article Reprint Talking about salaries, that fundamental measure of what someone’s labor is worth by someone else’s calculation, is usually fraught. Talking about the minimum wage is often harder, especially because low-paying
Read moreAntonin Scalia: 14th Amendment Protects Everyone, Not ‘Only The Blacks’
By Paige Lavender Article Reprint During oral arguments on an affirmative action case on Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said the 14th Amendment protects everyone, not “only the blacks.”
Read moreI, Rielle Hunter, Apologize
By: Rielle Hunter Article Reprint I behaved badly. That may seem obvious to you but it’s taken me a long time to admit that, even to myself. For years I was so viciously attacked by
Read moreWe Must Open Our Eyes to America’s Political Prisoners
The United States, with by far the largest prison population in the world, denies that it holds even one person for political reasons. In reality, the very size and ferocity of the American Gulag sends
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