On Wednesday, police arrested 57 people, including one journalist, on charges of criminal trespassing on the University of Texas at Austin’s campus during a protest against Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza and the university’s investments in weapons manufacturing. In a statement to the Observer, a UT-Austin spokesperson said that about half of those arrested were […]
Maria Acosta’s heart sinks every time she hears the question. “Señora, do I need to move?” Immigrants in Iowa keep asking her. And Acosta says she doesn’t know how to respond. “I feel powerless. I feel frustrated,” says Acosta, a community organizer for the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice. “What can I tell people? I can’t tell them, ‘Oh, no, everything is going to be fine.’ I don’t know if everything is going to be fine. Right now, it’s not fine at all.” Last month, Iowa lawmakers swiftly...
Palestine Legal says the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened a formal investigation into UMass Amherst for violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(The Center Square) – Illinois Senate Republicans are urging for a subject matter hearing on Illinois’ ambitious plan for higher education funding, a plan that was revealed in March. The complex formula is supposed to mirror the K-12 evidence-based funding that currently exists in Illinois. State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, said it’s not the same as K-12 and the formula actually punishes public universities for receiving endowments. "When you have university...
AUTHOR JK Rowling has accused Humza Yousaf of favouring trans people as the row over new hate laws rumbles on. The Harry Potter creator, 58, said the First Minister has “absolute contempt for women
Since January of 2021, we've seen how unfriendly to the energy sector, and indeed resource extraction in general, the Biden administration has been. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Alaska, where we only recently saw the cancellation of leases in the North Slope's Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR.)
MP Rudolf Huliak claims that he wanted to help a plant.
Government officials and influential private citizens took up the cause of Indian immigrants in Australia, which had a state-sanctioned discrimination policy.
Civil War eschews the typical trappings of a combat action movie by turning the lens not toward the soldiers but to the photographers capturing them. And while it excels in some aspects of its portrayal, it falters when it comes to the big stuff. [Read More]
Paedophiles convicted of serious sexual offences could lose parental rights over their children under a proposed law change.
It comes after the BBC reported a mum's fight to stop her ex-husband getting access to their child.
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) - New York congressman Nick Langworthy made two stops in Elmira on Friday. Mr. Langworthy represents the 23rd District covering Western New York and the Southern Tier. He started his day by making his first official visit to Elmira College, before holding a press conference outside of the Chemung County Sheriff's Office. []