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  • A rioter breaks a glass door of the Criminal Courts building, downtown Los Angeles, 29 April 1992, after a jury acquitted four police officers accused of beating a black youth, Rodney King, in 1991. Riots broke out throughout Los Angeles hours after the verdict was announced.
    A rioter breaks a glass door of the Criminal Courts building, downtown Los Angeles, 29 April 1992, after a jury acquitted four police officers accused of beating a black youth, Rodney King, in 1991. Riots broke out throughout Los Angeles hours after the verdict was announced.
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    Henry Louis Gates Jr. Brilliantly Anticipated Today’s Illiberal Movement to Ban Hate Speech

    A return to the early-1990s origins of victimization in identity politics, then—and now—a distraction from the real challenges of structural and institutional racism in America

    byWesley Yang
  • Honoree Carole King performs on January 24, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
    Honoree Carole King performs on January 24, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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    Carole King’s Jewish Journey

    The singer joins Tony Kushner, Alan Dershowitz on PBS’s Finding Your Roots

    byZachary Schrieber
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    Daybreak: Settlers Defy Obama

    The N.J. case in Israel, the Madoff case, and more

    byMarc Tracy
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