Coretta King, R.I.P.

HOUSTON LEAVING PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS BEHIND Weeks after Katrina exposed the poor's inability to evacuate disaster areas, Houston's Housing Authority has decided not to provide transportation out of Houston for their low-income residents. The Authority's communications director said, "We're in ful . . . (More)

Pledge Unconstitutional at Public Schools, Judge Says Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- A federal judge in California said that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional, in a ruling that will rekindle a debate over the appropriateness of the use of the phrase "under God.'' more . . . (More)

Florida again. Why am I not surprised.  Republicans on the House Choice and Innovation Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to pass a bill that aims to stamp out "leftist totalitarianism" by "dictator professors" in the classrooms of Florida's universities. The Academic Freedom Bill of R . . . (More)

"A U.S. district court judge is considering whether to order that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted. An attorney for Schiavo's parents filed court documents requesting that Schiavo be taken to a hospital to have the tube put back in. The action came soon after Congress passed emergency leg . . . (More)

Some bigotry is so entrenched in American language we don't even know when we're using it. "Paddy wagon" is one such term. Even Webster's defines the term — "an enclosed motortruck used by police to carry prisoners" — without mention of its derogatory etymology. But look up "Paddy," just one lin . . . (More)

HATE CRIME TRAINING - free to 100 officers Full scholarships are now being offered to up to 100 state and local law enforcement officers who would like to take advantage of an online hate crime training course ! The web course (how to recognize and respond to hate crimes) was created throu . . . (More)

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