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Michelle Rhee Responds to D.C. Testing Scandal
by Julianne Hing on March 31 2011, 2:14PM
This week Michelle Rhee, the face of an education reform movement sweeping across the nation, was called to answer for a possible cheating scandal that happened under her watch as the former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. schools. After initially…
Topics: Schools & Youth
Today’s Love is for Emily Ruiz, Hugs and Coming Home
by Julianne Hing on March 30 2011, 6:09PM
The power of love and family are ties that even draconian immigration policies and a divisive anti-immigrant climate can’t deny.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Deported 4-year-old Citizen Emily Ruiz Finally Comes Home
by Julianne Hing on March 30 2011, 1:41PM
The four-year-old was reunited on with her family yesterday.
Topics: Immigration
Joe Arpaio Launches “Air Posse” to Hunt Immigrants at Border
by Julianne Hing on March 30 2011, 12:10PM
The plan involves sending citizen vigilantes into the skies with automatic weapons.
Topics: Immigration, Joe Arpaio
Obama Criticizes His Own Pro-Testing Agenda At Town Hall
by Julianne Hing on March 29 2011, 12:53PM
Under the president’s education policy proposals, an entire school’s teaching staff can be fired and schools can be shut down if test scores don’t improve.
Topics: Schools & Youth
D.C. Test Score Gains Too Good to be True
by Julianne Hing on March 28 2011, 10:17AM
Standardized tests remain wildly capricious things. But is the pressure proving too much for some schools?
Topics: Schools & Youth
Family Hopeful for Emily Ruiz’s Return After Border Patrol Battle
by Julianne Hing on March 25 2011, 3:59PM
Immigration advocates claim the girls undocumented parents were denied their rights solely on the basis of their immigration status.
Topics: Immigration
Miami’s Spate of Cop Shootings of Black Men
by Julianne Hing on March 25 2011, 3:16PM
Seven black men have been killed by Miami cops in the course of eight months.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Opposes Her Own Party’s Severe Budget
by Julianne Hing on March 25 2011, 1:50PM
“We don’t need quick cuts just because it sounds good,” she says.
Topics: Schools & Youth
DOJ Asks Judge to Throw Out For-Profit Schools’ Lawsuit
by Julianne Hing on March 24 2011, 3:36PM
Student and consumer advocates argue that the rules are necessary to curb the schools’ faulty promises.
Topics: Schools & Youth
Steven Seagal Partners with Arpaio, Rolls into Arizona in a Tank
by Julianne Hing on March 24 2011, 1:29PM
Meanwhile, Phoenix has had to lay off actual police officers to deal with its budget shortfall.
Topics: Immigration, Joe Arpaio
Arizona May Finally Be Ready to “Take a Time Out” on Immigrant Bashing
by Julianne Hing on March 18 2011, 1:36PM
Senate rejects Russell Pearce’s birthright citizenship ban, as CEOs tell legislature to move on from immigration enforcement.
Topics: 14th Amendment, Immigration
Wisconsin Leads on 2012 Campaign Tricks with Voter ID Law
by Julianne Hing on March 18 2011, 10:20AM
Dozens of states are already gearing up efforts to surpress voting among people of color and youth.
Study: Only 37 Percent of Students Can Repay Loans on Time
by Julianne Hing on March 17 2011, 3:35PM
And with 15 percent of black college grads out of work, that number’s likely to go up.
Topics: Schools & Youth
White House Could Be Forced To Re-Open Yucca Mountain Talks
by Julianne Hing on March 16 2011, 5:10PM
Energy Secretary Steven Chu told Congress that, if the administration loses a pending legal challenge, the idea Native Americans have fought may be back.
Topics: Environment
Today’s Self-Love: Letter to a Teenage Past, On Hair and Sexuality
by Julianne Hing on March 15 2011, 6:34PM
What would you write to your younger self? Comic artist Jasika Nicole sketched her message.
Topics: Celebrate Love
LAPD: Cop Who Killed Manuel Jamines Acted Within the Law
by Julianne Hing on March 15 2011, 6:11PM
The September 2010 shooting sparked days of protest in L.A.’s Central American community.
Topics: Criminal Justice
What’s With the Post-Earthquake Anti-Japanese Animus?
by Julianne Hing on March 15 2011, 3:52PM
From politicos to two-bit comedians and anonymous racists on Tumblr, it seems like everyone has lost their minds.
Topics: Global Affairs, Technology
GOP Reopens Fight Over Nuclear Waste in Sacred Yucca Mountain
by Julianne Hing on March 15 2011, 11:53AM
Before Japan’s crisis, the push for more nuclear energy in the U.S. revived a fight Native Americans have been waging for years.
Topics: Environment
Obama Wants to Put His Stamp on No Child Left Behind This Year
by Julianne Hing on March 14 2011, 1:32PM
After two years of pushing his education agenda through stimulus money, the president turns to Congress.
Topics: Schools & Youth
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