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Talking to kids about race, is the legal immigration system biased, the high-tech home of the future
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Jan 7, 2015
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Talking to kids about race, is the legal immigration system biased, the high-tech home of the future

Talking to kids about race, does the legal immigration process discriminate against Latin Americans, and connected gadgets in the house of the future.

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 06:  An attendee looks over the LG Double Door-in-Door refrigerator at the 2015 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 6, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees.  (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 06: An attendee looks over the LG Double Door-in-Door refrigerator at the 2015 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 6, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
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How parents are talking to their children about race following the recent killings involving black men and police. A new lawsuit raises into question what is being done to protect transgender inmates, and a home that is controlled by the Internet may just be the house of the future.

Moms and dads around the country are processing when and how to discuss race matters with their children in light of the news. Three parents joined Take Two to share their own stories, the lessons they've learned and the lessons they teach to their kids.
At CES, there's everything from connected washing machines to thermostats on display, but is this the connected home that people imagined 50 years ago?
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New research in the American Sociological Review finds evidence of bias against Latin Americans in the employment-based green card application process.
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LeslieAnn Manning, a transgender woman placed in a men's facility in New York state, says she was raped while in Sullivan Correctional Facility, and the prison did not do enough to protect her.
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People panicked when bees began to mysteriously die off a decade ago. Die-off still occurs, but there are actually more bees today, and they're playing a big role in cultivating CA's crops.
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Local mom and writer J.J. Keith has experienced all kinds of parenting dilemmas, and she is spreading the message that parenthood is a big, knotty mess, with no straightforward answers and no true experts.
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Have you noticed that everyone you know is sick? It seems that way anyway, especially at work with the entire hacking and nose-blowing going on. If you are one of those people who complains about how those people will make you sick, writer Daniel Engber says stop your whining.