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Affirmative action opponent faces hostile crowd in Neb.

LINCOLN, Neb. - A hostile crowd of mostly students jeered as a national figure battling affirmative action stated his case for barring race and gender as factors in public hiring and college admissions decisions. More »

Obama still fighting false links to Islam, Farrakhan

WASHINGTON - For Barack Obama, it is an ember that he has doused time and again, only to see it flicker anew: links to Islam fanned by false rumors, innuendo and association. More »

U.S. presidential exit polls defy conventional wisdom about race

WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton can bank on the support of women. Conservatives will never trust John McCain. Southern white men won't vote for Barack Obama. More »

NAACP Legal Defense Fund prez joins Columbia Law

Theodore M. Shaw, director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has returned to his alma mater and joined the faculty of Columbia Law School, the school announced Tuesday. He will be a professor of professional practice, teaching classes in civil procedure and constitutional law. More »