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Last week's Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, which killed the Protection of Marriage Amendment and enshrined gay marriage until at least 2012, changes everything.

Dig Boston | Julia Reischel and Paul McMorrow | 06-21-2007 | LGBT

Tags: gay & lesbian issues

Child Left Behindnew

Does tying standardized testing to a high school diploma work? Ask this kid.

Dig Boston | Keith Howard | 06-21-2007 | Education

Tags: Education, MCAS

Portland's Urban Indiansnew

By most measures, the Native American experience in Portland stinks.

Willamette Week | Beth Slovic | 06-21-2007 | Race & Class

Tags: race relations

Report from Tajikistan: After Turkmenbashi, Tajikmanbashi

Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov died in December, but Tajikistan's president is continuing the tradition of bizarre despotism in post-Soviet Central Asia.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 06-21-2007 | International

Tags: Central Asia, Rahmon, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, international

Philadelphia's Foster Carelessnew

Did culture wars quash a bill to protect children in placement?

Philadelphia City Paper | Doron Taussig | 06-20-2007 | Children & Families

Tags: children & families

Job Security in Oakland?new

City councilman accuses city administrator of defying the law in order to safeguard black jobs.

East Bay Express | Robert Gammon | 06-20-2007 | Race & Class

Tags: race relations

On Becoming an Urban Chicken Farmernew

A little yard space and some determination are all you need to rule your roost.

East Bay Express | Emma Pollin | 06-20-2007 | Animal Issues

Tags: animal issues

A New Generation of Hmong Makes Its Own Exodusnew

The fleeing of recent Hmong arrivals from Minneapolis public schools provides a telling snapshot of the difficulties and dysfunction that plague the city's system.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Paul Demko | 06-20-2007 | Education

Tags: Education