Assemblymember Ammiano: If you are not addressing the issues your constituents are
The panel on mental health and law enforcement
Paul Kealoha Blake, president of Berkeley’s Mental Health Commission, discussed the Kayla Moore case. He said the voice from the streets is very important. More and more, police officers are becoming
Congresswoman Speier: If you look at it closely, we have so many human rights violations right here in the country. When I look at your program, you are right on it….
Food stamps: isn’t it a right in this country not to go hungry? There is an effort to cut food stamps by $40 billion. Let’s
CAHRO President Dannell Scarborough opens the conference.
Dannell Scarborough
People are checking in. The conference will begin shortly. On the day’s agenda: presentations by Congresswoman Jackie Speier and Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, and workshops include such topics as mental health and law enforcement; racial justice and building healthy communities; immigration; youth and human rights; human trafficking; and transgender non-discrimination, training and law enforcement.
A man opened fire outside a Jewish Community Center and a nearby retirement community in a suburb of Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday afternoon, killing three people before he was taken into custody.
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NEW YORK — President Obama delivered a fiery speech before the annual National Action Network’s convention on Friday and accused the GOP of waging in an all-out assault on voting rights.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
An Anti-Semite To The Core, But Tainted By Plea Deal
Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, the alleged triple murderer who defiantly yelled “Heil Hitler” from the back of a rain spattered patrol car in Overland Park, KS on Sunday afternoon is a notorious, though exiled, hate group leader with a criminal record that dates back decades. He
Harvard University hit a milestone in 1969, enrolling its first class containing more than 100 African-Americans, according to a 1975 report by The Harvard Crimson.
Such a milestone was not celebrated by all, however, as a
Shooting victims in New York are often arrested if they have outstanding warrants, no matter how minor. Andre Daly was
handcuffed over a summons for possessing wine in public.
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