U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing in Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder in 2013, opined that the nation had made such strides in overcoming racism since the passage of landmark civil rights legislation in the 1960s . . .
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3/1/19
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As a senior at Mepham High School in Bellmore, I’m excited that ERASE Racism has launched a Long Island-wide public discussion called “How Do We Build a Just Long Island?”
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By Gabriela Daza
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2/8/19
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The contradictory narratives of the Jan. 18 confrontation in Washington, D.C., between a teen in a Make America Great Again hat and an indigenous rights activist led to a week of fury and misunderstanding.
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By Erik Hawkins
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1/31/19
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February is Black History Month, and African-American history is very much a story of migration. Between 1916 and 1970, 6 million black people left behind the shackles of the rural South and its …
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1/31/19
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Performances/On Stage
Dream of a Common LanguageHeather McDonald’s intriguing drama that explores the delicately complex balance between artistic calling, family life and societal …
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10/10/18
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Performances/On Stage
Anton in Show Business Jane Martin’s madcap comedy about a small experimental theatre company in Texas, presented by Adelphi University Dept. of Theatre, Thursday and …
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10/5/18
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Performances/On Stage
Crimes of the Heart Beth Henley’s irreverant award-winnning play that examines the plight of three MIssissippi sisters betrayed by their passions, presented by …
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4/11/18
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Performances/On Stage
In The HeightsThe acclaimed musical about a community on the brink of change, Thursday and Friday, April 5-6, 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 7, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, April 8, 2 and …
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4/5/18
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When discussing diversity in the classroom, East Meadow Superintendent Kenneth Card often shares a memory that has been imprinted in his mind since he was 6 years old and moved to New York after emigrating from Belize City, Belize.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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2/15/18
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Perhaps no show on American television addresses the perilous times in which we find ourselves more vividly than ABC’s “Black-ish,” which . . .
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2/1/18
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