Tag: Richard Pérez-Peña

  • The ambiguity of racial categories The Washington Post 2015-06-16 Andrew Gelman, Professor of Statistics and Political Science Columbia University, New York, New York Racial classification has been in the news lately with the story of Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP official who is ethnically white but characterized herself as black until the story came out: The…

  • Report Says Census Undercounts Mixed Race The New York Times 2015-06-11 Richard Pérez-Peña, National Desk The number of American adults with mixed-race backgrounds is three times what official census figures indicate, and the figure is rising fast, according to a survey released Thursday. But most do not call themselves multiracial. The Pew Research Center survey…

  • No Charges for Wisconsin Officer in Killing of Unarmed Black Teenager The New York Times 2015-05-12 Richard Pérez-Peña (@perezpena), National Desk A Madison, Wis., police officer who killed an unarmed black man in March, in one of a spate of similar incidents that have set off protests around the country, will not face criminal charges,…

  • Gordon Fox Pleads Guilty in Rhode Island Corruption Case The New York Times 2015-03-03 Richard Pérez-Peña The climb took decades, but the fall was swift. Less than a year removed from his reign as speaker of the Rhode Island House, Gordon D. Fox pleaded guilty on Tuesday to taking bribes, wire fraud and filing a…