March to diversity in U.S. schools spans generations


Darlene Superville

WASHINGTON — In the first three decades after the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional for black and white children to attend separate public schools, children of different races and backgrounds were moved onto the same campuses and shared classrooms, learning side by side and from one another. Full story

Congress fails local activists on immigration reform

Kyle de Beausset

Local immigration activists, disappointed with last week’s U.S. Senate vote ending talks on immigration reform, have been forced to cope with the federal government’s failure to address contentious immigration issues.

Last Thursday, the Senate voted 53-46 against limiting debate on legislation that would have provided a path to citizenship for 12 million undocumented immigrants after certain security benchmarks were met. Despite President Bush’s heavy lobbying, the bill’s advocates in the Senate came up 14 votes short of the 60 needed to push the legislation through. Full story