When Al Qaeda struck a decade ago, among its incorporeal victims was Americans’ inbred wariness of the power of the government to snoop into their private lives. Shocked to watch nearly 3,000 die in a single, sprawling plot, many people were prepared to give up a little privacy and liberty so long as the counterterrorism
LOS ANGELES — This would seem a moment of great opportunity for California Republicans. The state has become a national symbol of fiscal turmoil and dysfunction, the Legislature is nearly as unpopular as Congress and Democrats control every branch of government.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/us/politics/california-republicans-seek-a-turnaround.html?_r=1&hpw
PHILADELPHIA — Four years ago as Viviette Applewhite, now 93, was making her way through her local Acme supermarket, her pocketbook hanging from her shoulder, a thief sliced the bag from its straps.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/us/politics/tougher-voter-id-laws-set-off-court-battles.html?src=me&ref=us
It is a sad fact of Republican politics that wild statements from its right flank are rarely challenged by ranking party leaders. Give credit to John McCain, too often a wayward voice in recent years, for taking to the Senate floor Wednesday to skewer a crackpot allegation of a Muslim Brotherhood conspiracy to infiltrate the
Despite decades of research and recommendations, a revolving door continues to cycle Black and Hispanic faculty into and out of predominantly White higher education institutions…
Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/17227/
Nearly five years after Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was first sued over his immigration enforcement policy, the Arizona lawman will finally appear in court to explain himself. That’s welcome news given his defiant refusal to date to provide much-needed answers to the serious allegations leveled against him.
The Boy Scouts of America, an organization once known mainly for welcoming boys to a world of adventure, self-sufficiency and good citizenship, now is more famous for the groups of people it bans: atheists, agnostics and homosexuals.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-0119-scouts-gay-ban-20120719,0,5210542.story
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge on Wednesday overturned a recent Rutherford County, Tenn., order that prevented Muslims from occupying the controversial mosque in Murfreesboro, Tenn., letting local Muslims use the place of worship in time for Ramadan, the Muslim holy month….
Read more in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2012-07-18/murfreesboro-mosque-muslim/56322322/1
LOS ANGELES – A Northridge mother pleaded guilty today to driving her daughter and two other girls to addresses in the San Fernando Valley, where the teens smeared feces, scrawled swastikas and wrote the word “Jew” on a home….
Read more in the Daily News of Los Angeles: http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_21104474/northridge-mom-pleads-guilty-anti-semetic-vandalism-involving
Graduate professional enrollments of black, Latino and Native American students could drop significantly if the Supreme Court bars colleges from considering race in admissions, warns a new report. The fall could be particularly significant in engineering, where these enrollments are notably small.
Read more in Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/07/18/new-study-explores-impact-affirmative-action-bans-graduate-enrollments#ixzz20zUpqGwb