The former lead disciplinarian for the school district where Corona del Mar High School students were conducting an NFL draft-style lottery for prom dates said students there personify Newport Beach’s entitlement culture.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cdm-prom-draft-culture-20140507-story.html
Los Angeles Times
The Anti-Defamation League says it has no evidence that a writing assignment asking eighth-graders in Rialto to consider arguments that the Holocaust never happened was part of a “larger, insidious agenda,” and is treating it as a “misguided” attempt to meet critical thinking standards.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-holocaust-writing-assignment-rialto-schools-20140506-story.html
Los Angeles Times
A majority of U.S. millionaires think rising income inequality is a “major problem” and almost two-thirds favor increasing taxes on the wealthy and raising the minimum wage to reverse the trend, according to a
What has become a national uprising against the scourge of sexual assault on college campuses started three years ago with a 19-page letter from an obscure agency in Washington.
Washington P0st
Pasadena city officials placed Public Health Director Eric Walsh on temporary paid administrative leave Thursday after they learned of controversial statements he had made about homosexuality and evolution in online videos and audio clips.
After a grisly history of electrocutions, gassings, hangings and firing squads, it is the cold, quiet
American Jewish leaders on Wednesday voted to deny membership in an influential national coalition to a lobbying group that has at times criticized the Israeli government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/us/jewish-coalition-rejects-lobbying-groups-bid-to-join.html?hp
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Reporting of rape and other sexual assaults in the military is up significantly — 50 percent — reflecting increased confidence among victims that recent steps by military leaders mean the Pentagon is taking these cases seriously, according to a United States official briefed on a long-awaited Pentagon report that will be released on
Contraception, cohabitation, divorce, remarriage and same-sex unions: They’re issues that pain and puzzle Roman Catholics