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Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times  

Anthropology News

Throughout the Cold War, campaigns of discreditation against capitalist alternatives flourished in the United States, and identity-based and human-rights-focused campaigns became more prominent. These efforts have been built without the warmth of tinto, the stick of hot plastic chairs, or the pulse of broader human presence.

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Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

Political Science Now

Mealy has developed extensive external partnerships with leaders of other associations such as the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she has served on the Science and Human Rights Coalition Council since 2017.

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Students sue New York City, saying black and Latino athletes have fewer sports opportunities

The Hechinger Report

data cited in the lawsuit, between 2012 and 2017, only about half of requests for sports team from schools that had more than 90 percent black and Latino students were approved, whereas about three-quarters of such requests were approved for schools whose student bodies were 10 percent or less black and Latino students. The P.S.A.L.

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STUDENT VOICE: Teachers are often a lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth. Remote learning risks that connection

The Hechinger Report

When I, Jaiden, entered high school in 2017, I had just started identifying as transgender, and it was scary. In 2012, the Human Rights Campaign reported that 47 percent of LGBT youth say they do not “fit in” in their communities. I have never been the type to be upfront about my identity or directly label myself.

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“Stay out of my hair!”

The Hechinger Report

When 16-year-old twins Mya and Deanna Cook went to Mystic Valley Regional Charter School with braided hair extensions in 2017, the school issued several infractions to both of them and asked the black girls to step out of class. It’s past time the DOE issued guidance, telling schools to leave black students’ hair alone.

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A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

One night in 2017, a desperate parent talking to Chandler in the school’s front lobby asked: “Can we stay here?”. We will not fix homelessness until the federal government believes that housing is a human right,” Ronen said. Hopefully we will not need [a program like] this in the future, but right now we do.”.

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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

MPSA

In a course on African Politics , students created new articles on Voting rights in Nigeria as well as Child soldiers in Uganda. They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia.