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Why Arizona banned ethnic studies
It's more than a little ironic that the same Arizona Legislature that spearheaded a ruthless, racially charged campaign against illegal immigrants also banned K-12 ethnic studies classes on the grounds that they promote hatred and division. Who knew...Tags: Students, Gregory Rodriguez, Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief, Jan Brewer
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And the attacks continue
When did public workers become the enemy of the state? I’m just wondering because it seems state after state is taking aim at public employees — be they firefighters, police officers, nurses, teachers along with city, county and state workers....Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Planned Parenthood, Jan Brewer, Cancer, Family Planning
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Only a year ago ...
The names Bill Badger, Patricia Maisch and Roger Salzgeber probably don't ring a bell with most people and after a year, their names have faded with time even out here in southern Arizona. But those three stopped a deadly shooting rampage from turning...Tags: Jared Lee Loughner, Gabrielle Giffords
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Congratulations!
Change of SubjectBy Megan Crepeau Any female Arizonans reading out there? If so - my best wishes to you! According to a bill that just passed the Arizona House, you're pregnant! [The bill] states that abortion would be banned 20 weeks into...... -
Arizona gearing up to raise cash for border fence
PHOENIX -- Arizona officials are gearing up for a July 20 launch of a new web site to accept donations to pay for construction of additional fencing along the state's portion of the U.S.-Mexico border. Under legislation approved in April, the state would...Tags: Human Interest, Arizona, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Politics
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Gregory Rodriguez: Why social media isn't
Mexican food and beer. That's what retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor suggests might pull this fractured nation back together again. Those were the tools she used to reach consensus in the 1970s when she was a leader in the Arizona...Tags: Mass Media, Education, Downey, Washington, DC, Facebook
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In Theory: Free speech or abuse?
In the wake of the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, the Arizona state legislature has passed emergency legislation to prevent the Westboro Baptist Church from picketing victims' funerals, including that of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green. The church's...Tags: Justice and Rights, Justice System, Anglicanism, Judges, Censorship
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Teacher letter to Arizona lawmaker leads to inquiry
PHOENIX (AP) — A metropolitan Phoenix school district has launched an inquiry into a substitute teacher who wrote a letter that portrayed Hispanic students in a harsh light and was read aloud last week at the Arizona Legislature during a debate on...Tags: Gang Activity, Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Immigration, Democratic Party, Hispanic and Latino Americans
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Talking 'tea party' and trash in Arizona
Opinion L.A.Now, this is just getting silly. In Arizona, "tea partyers" have been protesting a town trash collection plan that would streamline trash collection and could cost less money. The town of Fountain Hills, population maybe 30,000, has two tea party...... -
Birthers: Arizona hopes to slice down the presidential field [UPDATED]
Opinion L.A.Arizona struck a major blow Thursday for Constitution lovers everywhere by making it nearly impossible for uncircumcised atheist Hawaiians born outside a hospital to run for president. The Arizona Republic reports: The Arizona Legislature has become the... -
Civil discourse is needed for a stable republic
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelI got to know “Gabby” – Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords – when I led a delegation to Vietnam on behalf of the United States Department of State in 2001. Of the six people in the delegation, she was most outgoing and engaging. As a...
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