October 2012
October 15th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
Hate crimes continue to occur, much too often, in communities across America and communities around the world. Many never make the evening news or the local newspaper, let alone gain national attention.
Lack of attention or mitigation of hate crimes, irrespective of their seriousness or degree, is both good and not-good. Good because the hate crime did not result in major injuries, loss of life...
October 15th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 1 Comment
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday, Oct. 10, in the first case the Court has taken up in nearly a decade on the use of race in higher education admissions.
The Court was petitioned in February this year to hear Fisher v. University of Texas, which could be a precursor to a shift in affirmative action and how U.S. colleges and universities use the race of student applicants...
October 15th, 2012
Written by Anonymous (not verified) in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 0 Comments
NEW YORK (AP) — Crime rates are low enough that New York can lay claim to being America's safest big city. The police commissioner is so popular that some have urged him to run for mayor.
And yet, city lawmakers are discussing proposals to rein in the New York Police Department, including the appointment of an independent inspector general to monitor it.
It's too soon to say what laws, if any,...
October 12th, 2012
Written by Donna Gordon Bl... in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
SEATTLE (AP) — State education officials on Thursday, Sept. 27 released their first report for a new way in looking at how Washington public schools are doing at teaching kids reading and math.
The new school accountability system is designed to help local officials focus on closing the achievement gaps between kids of different ethnic and economic groups. It is Washington's answer to the federal...
October 12th, 2012
Written by Anonymous (not verified) in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s — least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war.
Yet as the Afghan war began its 12th year on Sunday, Oct. 7, fears loom that the country will again fracture along ethnic lines once international...