Engage: Gay rights activists finish 2011 with major victories
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2011: An Extraordinary Year For Gay Rights - NPR
Seniority, effectiveness in teaching leads to large rewards - New York Times
Getting ready for the 2012 Pow Wow? Here is your check list - Indian Country
Engage: Though doubters persist, Sharpton remains on prime time
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And still Sharpton rises - The Root
Maneuvering young love with Asperger syndrome - New York Times
Nativity scene with gay couples vandalized in California - Los Angeles Times
Engage: Political activism: bred out of black-owned beauty shops
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Black-owned beauty shops groom political activism - NPR
Has Asian American studies failed? - Tympan
Analysis: Black students are suspended more than other students, reflecting a national trend - Washington Post
Engage: Latinos bid 'adios' to difficult 2011
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For Latinos, 2011 is a year to forget - Huffington Post
African American children in Mennonite families bridge two worlds - The Philadelphia Inquirer
A coming-of-age movie highlights an often unseen segment of black life - The Root
Comedy troupe tests people's assumptions of Islam - Washington Post
Engage: African-American unemployment remains stubbornly high
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Poll: Distinct differences between blacks and whites struggling to find work - NPR
Activists cry foul on booming Ethiopian adoption business - The Atlantic
Opinion: Decisions by congress, courts hurt Native Americans in 2011 - Indian Country
Opinion: Occupy Wall Street movement is not devoid of diversity - Hyphen
Engage: Kwanzaa celebrations dwindling says poll
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A poll shows Kwanzaa may be a holiday past its prime - The Root
Opinion: After a large turnout in 2008, the youth vote looms large in 2012 - Colorlines
With Aisha Khan found safe, people demand answers - CBS News
How other faiths celebrate on December 25th - CNN
Engage: Soccer captain's racism charge spurs a difficult discussion
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Charges of racism have soccer world discussing its impact on the sport - The New York Times
Many long-term unemployed rely on family, friends - not their wider community - NPR
Opinion: Race, reproductive rights will play a large role in 2012 elections - ColorLines
Zambian churches disappointed that the United States ties aid to laws on homosexuality - Catholic News Service
Scholarship recipients make vastly different choices, become ambitious social experiment - The Washington Post
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