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New York skyscraper's separate 'poor door' sparks outrage

New York skyscraper's separate 'poor door' sparks outrage

Civil rights attorneys say a significant number of tenants in the subsidized apartments could be minorities. Lawyer Randolph McLaughlin says that makes the building's design more than disgraceful -- but possibly illegal.
by Janet Babin

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Takei, from 'Star Trek' to LGBT spokesman

Takei, from 'Star Trek' to LGBT spokesman

"I desperately and passionately wanted a career as an actor, so I chose to be in the closet," says actor George Takei, the subject of a new documentary.

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Who are the kids of the migrant crisis?

Who are the kids of the migrant crisis?

Who are these young people, and why are they coming in such large numbers from Central Amrica? Elizabeth Kennedy, a Fulbright scholar who's been working in El Salvador, has some answers. As part of her research in the capital, San Salvador, on unaccompanied minor migrants, she interviewed more than 500 children and adolescents as they returned to El Salvador after being deported from Mexico.
by NPR Staff

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Central American presidents say U.S. shares responsibility for youth migration crisis

Central American presidents say U.S. shares responsibility for youth migration crisis

During a forum hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday, the presidents of Honduras and Guatemala said the U.S. shares responsibility for the crisis and they also called for more aggressive cooperation with the U.S. to curb the violence and poverty they say is driving the large number of child migrants to the U.S.

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Overcoming the insult of 'acting white'

Overcoming the insult of 'acting white'

In this latest installment of our Young Reporters series, Elizabeth Zalanga survives a cultural minefield: young woman learns to ignore the insult that she's 'acting white'
by Elizabeth Zalanga

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Wisconsin AG: Gay marriage isn't a fundamental right

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen made his arguments in a brief filed with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. He is appealing a federal judge's June decision declaring Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.
by The Associated Press

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