Posted on 17 Feb 2020 by Anthony Moretti
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According to the New York Times,
The activist is the latest critic to be caught up in Mr. Xi’s far-reaching efforts to limit dissent in China. The crackdown, which has ensnared scores of activists, lawyers, journalists and intellectuals, is likely to intensify as the ruling Communist Party comes under broad attack for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, one of its biggest political challenges in years.
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Posted on 17 Feb 2020 by Anthony Moretti
According to Los Angeles Times columnist George Skelton,
“When kids walk into a school that’s clean and well kept, it sets the tone for the school day,” says O’Donnell, who taught high school social studies for 23 years.
Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda), the other coauthor and a former CSU board member, says the state universities and UC each need $8 billion in capital outlay improvements. They’d get $2 billion apiece from Proposition 13.
“If the state doesn’t provide the money, the only alternative is to raise tuition,” Glazer says.
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Posted on 17 Feb 2020 by Anthony Moretti
For a split second
I understood why you did what you did and
It was perfectly clear
I knew I could do it, too
One step to get going and the remaining ones would get easier
And then that split second was gone and
Everything felt right again
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Posted on 17 Feb 2020 by Anthony Moretti
(MUNCIE, Ind.) — A professor at an Indiana university who called police to his classroom after a black student refused to change seats will not be teaching for the remainder of the semester, the school said in a written statement. No formal charges or disciplinary action was immediately taken against Ball State University marketing professor…
via Indiana University Professor Suspended After Calling Police on Black Student Who Refused to Change Seats — TIME
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Posted on 17 Feb 2020 by Anthony Moretti
As the New York Times reports,
She thrust a flyer into the hand of a tall young man who looked annoyed. She promised to give a woman a gift for hearing her out. And she practically wrapped her arms around another woman who bounded away shaking her head, uninterested and impatient.
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