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Privatizing UC Instructionnew
A controversial bill proposes that California public universities partner with private technology companies to provide general education classes online.
East Bay Express |
Whitney Phaneuf |
06-07-2013 |
Education
Dennis Gilman: Bad-Ass Citizen Journalistnew
A Phoenix videographer with a camera — and a chip — on his shoulder goes after Arizona's right-wing zealots.
Phoenix New Times |
Weston Phippen |
06-07-2013 |
Civil Liberties
In Medgar's Drivewaynew
At his Jackson home, now a museum to his life and death, you can stand in the spot where Medgar Evers died. If you travel to 2332 Margaret Alexander Walker Drive (close to what is now Medgar Evers Boulevard), you can visit a somber place that is still intact--house, driveway, everything.
Jackson Free Press |
Trip Burns |
06-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Mr. Dylan, Mr. Eversnew
It was raining the morning of May 17, 2003. I was in my office, worrying about what the Jubilee! JAM organizers must be going through. It's hard to make this festival pay off in good weather, not to mention in times of thunderstorms and crime hysteria. I knew the rain, coming on the JAM's big day—Cassandra Wilson, Bob Dylan and Gerald Levert were scheduled that evening—would be playing hell with the moods of the organizers.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
06-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
In Her Words: Myrlie Evers-Williamsnew
Benjamin Jealous, the current NAACP national president, and Myrlie Evers-Williams visited Jackson recently to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Evers-Williams’ husband, Medgar.
Jackson Free Press |
Myrlie Evers-Williams |
06-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Fire Sale at the Detroit Institute of Artsnew
As Detroit navigates through the uncharted waters of emergency financial management, the city's state-appointed EM, Kevyn Orr, has fired a salvo across the bow of the city's cultural crown jewel, the Detroit Institute of Arts. Orr has said the DIA may have its assets liquidated to help retire the city's $15 billion in debt.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-06-2013 |
Policy Issues
Memories of Medgarnew
Medgar Evers seemed to know his life was drawing to a close.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
06-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Whole Foods Makes a Bet on Detroitnew
Epicurien retailer Whole Foods opened its sixth franchise in Michigan yesterday, and not in a tony suburb, but right in Detroit's midtown district. What does this portend for the area, its residents and the city proper?
Metro Times |
Lee DeVito |
06-06-2013 |
Race & Class
Truth and Consequencesnew
The Border Patrol sticks with questionable strategies.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-06-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: U.S. Mexico Border
Police shoot and kill bear in Seasidenew
A black bear wandering the Monterey Peninsula ended up on the wrong end of a gun, as Seaside Police shot it dead rather than waiting for the Department of Fish and Game to show up.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-06-2013 |
Animal Issues
ACLU marijuana report offers new insight into growing problemnew
In Philadelphia, blacks are fives times more likely to be arrested—and, in some parts of Pennsylvania, 10 times more likely. Pennsylvania is amongst the 12 states with the highest number of marijuana arrests in 2010, according to the report. Similarly, as it pertains to increased marijuana arrests from 2001-2010, we’re 13th in the nation.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
06-06-2013 |
Drugs
Abortion Insurance Ban Passes Pa. Senatenew
The Pennsylvania Senate passed House Bill 818, which prohibits women from purchasing access to abortion coverage in the Obamacare health exchanges going into effect in 2014. It also prohibits private insurance companies from selling it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
06-06-2013 |
The War on Women
Colorado in the Immigration Debatenew
The ASSET bill, SB 033, will allow undocumented immigrants the chance to attend a state college with in-state tuition.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-05-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Dead in Seven Hoursnew
When overdosed means overworked, Bexar County jail's fatal flaws come to light.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-05-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Washington Post Paywall Begins This Monthnew
The new metered subscription system, which will affect some readers beginning on June 12, will limit nonpaying users to 20 articles or multimedia features per month before asking them to pay for more.
Washington City Paper |
Jonathan L. Fischer |
06-05-2013 |
Media
Tags: Washington Post Paywall
