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  • Barack and Michelle Obama, along with their two young daughters, have brought a new level of celebrity to the White House. But the Obamas' celebrity status raises questions about whether the first family should be fodder for the paparazzi.
  • One decade ago, Brandi Chastain was showing her sports bra to 40 million TV viewers in the Women's World Cup Final. Today, women's professional soccer players are kicking off on Wednesday afternoons for crowds of 4,000. Why has the following for women's soccer decreased? We speak to Union-Tribune Sports Reporter Mark Zeigler about the rise and fall of women's soccer in the United States, and Cal Poly Pomona Sociology Professor Faye Wachs about what it means for female athletics in general.
  • Eliska and Welmon Barriere are among the roughly 6 million blacks who migrated north during the 20th century. They left New Orleans in 1962 for Milwaukee, where they raised a family. But they moved to Georgia in the 1990s, part of a trend of blacks going back to the South.
  • A greater percentage of Asian-Americans have remained unemployed for the long term than any other major minority group. One possible reason: In a downturn, Asians can lack the networks or language skills to find jobs outside their community or industry.
  • America is resembling California more and more. By mid-century there will be no racial majority in the U.S. and about 20% of Americans will be foreign-born. What will this mean for American culture? W
  • An assistant attorney general is taking a leave of absence and has been barred from the University of Michigan campus. Andrew Shirvell opposes the school's student body president for promoting what he calls a "radical homosexual agenda."
  • Binge drinking, fraternity hazings, sexual violence on campus. What in the world is going on with America's young men? Michael Kimmel's hypothesis is that the line between boys and men, child and ad
  • For many years, researchers assumed women who became lesbians in their 30s or later were simply repressed by society until they felt comfortable coming out. But one researcher suggests that's not entirely the case. Lisa Diamond says these women might have always had the capacity to become attracted to women, but might never have had a reason to act on it.
  • More than 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, and the cost is becoming unbearable for many state and federal governments. Even some "tough-on-crime" conservatives are starting to call for the release of inmates.
  • Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. We'll mark this historic day with local reaction to his inauguration.
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