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Policies
Md. Black Lawmakers Seek Session on Pot
BALTIMORE — Black lawmakers in Maryland have called for a special session of the state legislature, after a bill designed to create diversity ownership in the state’s developing medical marijuana industry failed to pass in the regular session’s chaotic closing minutes this week. Del. Cheryl Glenn, a Baltimore Democrat who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus […]
April 17, 2017
Other News
No Bias in Inmate’s Death, Court Rules
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court has cleared Hill and Blaine county officials of discrimination in the slow, painful death of a teenager suffering from alcohol withdrawal symptoms while in jail for more than four days. The court on Tuesday overturned one district judge’s ruling and upheld another’s that the discrimination claim filed with […]
April 17, 2017
Policies
President Signs Bill Targeting Planned Parenthood
President Trump on Thursday signed a bill to nix an Obama-era rule that blocked states from defunding healthcare providers for political reasons. The bill, which Democrats say is really an effort to defund Planned Parenthood, passed the Senate last month after Vice President Pence had to cast a tie-breaking vote. Trump signed the measure behind […]
April 17, 2017
Policies
Administration Issues Final ACA Rules
The Trump administration on Thursday issued a final rule that will shorten the Obamacare enrollment period and give insurers more of what they say they need in the individual insurance market, likely making it harder for some consumers to purchase insurance, healthcare experts said. It could also raise out-of-pocket medical expenses, the experts said, because […]
April 17, 2017
Policies
Trump May Halt Pay to Force Democrats’ Hand
U.S. President Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that he might consider withholding billions of dollars of Obamacare payments to health insurers to force Democrats back to the negotiating table on healthcare. Insurers and major medical groups have warned that not funding the payments, called cost-sharing reduction subsidies, which help cover out-of-pocket […]
April 17, 2017
Latinx
Rodriguez: Resistance or Permanent State of Insurrection?
People of Mexican descent that live in this country, live in a permanent state of dehumanization and thus also part of a permanent state of insurrection that, technically, can never end.
April 16, 2017
Students
Guillermo: New York Codifies an Orwellian ‘Tuition-free’ College Plan
Here’s a word of caution. When a politician uses the word “free,” have your hand on your wallet and one foot out the door.
April 16, 2017
Students
Admissions Leaders: Give Prospects Unfiltered View of Campus Life
Experts say colleges and universities should do more to give prospective students a more authentic experience as opposed to just presenting them with brochures filled with pictures of happy-looking students.
April 16, 2017
Students
Brown University to Drop Fee for Low-income Applicants
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University will automatically waive the application fee for low-income students. A group of students from Ivy League schools asked the schools to automatically waive the fee for applicants who are low-income or the first in their families to attend college. A letter to the schools was penned by Brown senior Viet […]
April 16, 2017
Students
Will Free College Offer Catch Fire? NY Details Raise Doubts
ALBANY, N.Y. — Will New York’s first-in-the-nation free tuition program for middle-class college students spread to other states? That’s the hope of proponents such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, who made debt-free college a key talking point in their Democratic presidential campaigns. And that’s the prediction of its main champion, Democratic New York Gov. […]
April 16, 2017
Asian American Pacific Islander
Harassment Accuser Condemns UC Berkeley Deal
BERKELEY, Calif. — A woman who sued the University of California and the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school for sexual harassment is outraged that the school is allowing him to keep his tenured professorship, she announced Saturday. “This deal insults all who suffer harassment at the hands of those with power and privilege,” […]
April 16, 2017
News Roundup
Professor Sues Wal-Mart Over ‘Clean Toilets’ Description
BOZEMAN, Mont. — A Montana State University professor is suing Wal-Mart for libel after he says an employee at the Bozeman store listed his occupation on a fishing license as a “toilet cleaner.” Gilbert Kalonde, assistant professor of technology education at MSU, filed the suit this past week in Gallatin County District Court. Kalonde is […]
April 16, 2017
Sports
Ex-official’s Trial to Focus on Bias Claims Against Iowa AD
DES MOINES, Iowa — The former associate athletic director at the University of Iowa will square off against the school in a trial Monday that centers on her claim that she suffered discrimination as a gay female who fought bias in college sports. The trial in a lawsuit brought by Jane Meyer is expected to […]
April 16, 2017
Campus Climate
Fresno State Professor Apologizes for Anti-Trump Tweet
SAN FRANCISCO — An American history professor at Fresno State University in California apologized Thursday for a tweet that said President Donald Trump “must hang” to save American democracy. The professor, Lars Maischak, said he has temporarily left Fresno while the university is on spring break, after receiving death threats and hundreds of hate emails […]
April 16, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
The Fine Print on Free College
New York state has passed legislation that would create the largest experiment in the country to offer free tuition at two- and four-year colleges. The Excelsior Scholarship, approved over the weekend as part of the state budget, would cover full-time students in the State University of New York system, which totals 64 campuses and 1.3 […]
April 14, 2017
Veterans
WWII Vets Will Get Diplomas
NORTH ATTLEBORO – At 90, Charlie Legg will finally walk the stage for graduation. There, he’ll join hundreds of other North Attleboro graduates brimming with the joy and pride of finally finishing high school. But for Legg, the ceremony has added significance. Legg, of course, ended his high school career decades ago – but the […]
April 14, 2017
Academics
University Extends Winter Break Online Classes
URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois is making a pilot project permanent that allowed students to take courses during winter break. A winter class session will be added to the academic calendar starting during the 2017-2018 school year. The campus Academic Senate approved the change this month. University faculty members already have offered the […]
April 14, 2017
Other News
Navy Vet Gets Help for Son
GILLETTE, Wyo. — Diego Garcia stood at the edge of the pool at the Recreation Center trying to shake off his doubts. He’s a bit flustered, even nervous. The 9-year-old knows how to swim, but today was going to be different. In his arm, he held something that his dad and school counselor had worked […]
April 14, 2017
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