Boy Scouts Move to Lift Ban on Gay Members
Officials of the Boy Scouts of America said Friday that they propose ending their ban on openly gay scouts but continuing to bar gay adults from serving as leaders.
Read more in The New York Times.
Editorial: Wrong way on human rights
Human rights groups are appropriately appalled by the breadth of a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that would make it exceedingly difficult for some victims of human rights abuses committed in other countries to win redress in U.S. courts.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
For Muslims, bad memories and new worries
There are few Muslims in the small northeast Ohio town where Karen lives with her Palestinian American husband and their five children.
In a region where Amish and Mennonite women cover themselves, Karen and her 20-year-old daughter, Amanda, find the occasional rude remark about their head scarves more puzzling than annoying.
Read more in the Los
Doug McIntyre: There’s nothing civil about censorship
Censorship is not civility.
Yet that’s the argument made in this newspaper last Sunday by columnist Tim Rutten. (Killing ‘illegal’ is about civility, not politics.)
Rutten made a spirited defense of The Associated Press’ decision to prohibit their reporters from using the phrase “illegal immigrant” when referring to an individual.
Read more in the Daily News.
Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations
MINNEAPOLIS — Nothing in her upbringing on a remote Indian reservation in northern Minnesota prepared Jean Howard for her introduction to city life during a visit here eight years ago: an outbreak of gunfire, followed by the sight of people scattering.
Read more in The New York Times.
With Police in Schools, More Children in Court
HOUSTON — As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in schools, youth advocates and judges are raising alarm about what they have seen in the schools where officers are already stationed: a surge in criminal charges against children for misbehavior that many believe is better handled in the principal’s office.
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In Ramona Gardens, simmering tensions ease
A few residents and a Latino gang worker who grew up there joined to improve race relations in the Boyle Heights housing project long known for hostility to blacks.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
California lawmakers threaten to strip Scouts of tax exemption
The goal of their proposed legislation is to force the Boy Scouts to abandon its ban on openly gay members. The bill clears a state Senate committee.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Community Medical Centers board chair ousted after racial slur of Obama
The chair of the board at Community Medical Centers, also a prominent Valley grower and Republican, was forced to step down after making a racially insensitive statement about President Barack Obama.
Read more in the Fresno Bee.
Republicans reach out to Asian American voters with new hires
As the 168 members of the Republican National Committee head to Los Angeles for their spring meeting — a visit meant to illustrate the party’s commitment to broadening its reach even in the bluest of states — Chairman Reince Priebus announced two new hires who will focus on stepping up the party’s efforts to engage