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Trespassing in Your Own Home
10/22/12Source:The New York TimesDistrict attorney’s offices in New York City have generally supported the Police Department — or kept quiet about their reservations — during the escalating battle over the department’s stop-and-frisk program, under which hundreds of thousands of citizens are stopped every year, often for no reason.
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NYC Specialized Schools Admission Discussed on Brooklyn Independent Television
10/19/12Source:Brooklyn Independent TelevisionRachel Kleinman, Assistant Counsel of LDFs Education Group , discusses the complaint against the admissions policies at New York City Specialized High Schools in an interview on Intersect, a community forum found on Brooklyn Independent Television.
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The Exclusive Eight
10/16/12Source:The New York TimesMayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City was distressingly dismissive this month when a coalition of civil rights groups filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education over the admissions policies of the city’s eight “specialized” high schools — prestigious, highly competitive institutions that are among the best high schools in the country.
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Editorial: Keep schools' right to limited use of race
10/11/12Source:USA TodayIn a 2007 case, Chief Justice John Roberts famously wrote that "the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."
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Commentary on 'Fisher': The importance of diversity within diversity
10/11/12Source:SCOTUS blogAt yesterday’s oral argument, the Justices grappled with the University of Texas’s articulation of what I will call “diversity within diversity,” referring to the consideration of distinctive characteristics of individuals within underrepresented minority groups.