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'Down The Up Staircase' Examines The History And Nature Of Success Among The Black Middle Class

In “Down the Up Staircase,” Bruce Haynes and co-author Syma Solovitch examine the nature of status and success among the black middle class as it pertains to three generations of Haynes’ own family. T... read more

Thirty teens dropped from Palo Alto school rolls

She reached that number by calculating the $6,500 marginal cost of each student (about half the full per-student expenditure of $13,000) and multiplying it by the 30 students, she said. The district h... read more

Why We’re Afraid of Mormons

BU Today spoke with Hutchison-Jones about what prejudice against ... Then conservative Republicans proposed a school prayer amendment to the Constitution. He said, “Absolutely not. I am part of a mino... read more

Police Log: Friday, April 20 – Sunday, April 22

1:15 a.m.: A gray 2012 Nissan Rogue was stopped at Fort River School, 70 South East St ... around the Townehouse Apartments on 50 Meadow St., UMass Transit were contacted and asked that they stop drop... read more

5 Questions with ... Bridget Frerichs, Allerton Park and Retreat Center

The dramatic sculpture and setting in the middle of the woods never gets old ... The recently renovated bulb garden has an amazing view of the vast, open meadow, and the unique plants in bloom seem to ... read more

Community calendar

Send calendar ... to resources in our area and what is being done to help those experiencing substance use disorder. There will be a life saving Narcan training and free intranasal kit as part of this ... read more

Meet the top 100 business visionaries creating value for the world

The Creators: Ranked 1 to 100 The Creators: Sorted A to Z by company Modern Meadow says its solution will mean 99 ... but rather considers more telling factors, like where students went to school and ... read more

Exclusive: Feds Regularly Monitored Black Lives Matter Since Ferguson

In an email to The Intercept, DHS spokesman S.Y. Lee wrote: “The Department of Homeland Security fully supports the right of individuals to exercise their First Amendment rights and does not provide r... read more

The dispossessed

Full online text, as well as epub and mobi files, of Ursula Le Guin's anarchist sci-fi classic The Dispossessed. There was a wall ... the way people had stood at produce-train stations during the Fami... read more

Stories for October 2014

Sixty first and second graders at Keene Mill try out these devices during the school day ... At Keene Mill Elementary School, 60 iPads are in the hands of first and second grade students, and being us... read more

The impact of fear on ‘bike safety’ in car-centric Beaverton — UPDATED

Fast is BikePortland’s Washington County correspondent ... active commuter “victim blaming,” that some area cities still engage in, was not addressed during the bicycle safety presentation. (Note: Ore... read more

In Your Neighborhood, Jan. 6

Battle Ground, Meadow Glade and Hockinson ... Schools in the Camas School District did their part to help others over the holiday season. Students at Skyridge Middle School donated more than 1,400 can... read more