Students’ pic goes viral from Trump rally
A rally led by Pres Trump in Phoenix last month brought instant online fame to 3 students from a Gilbert, AZ, h.s. Also hateful comments.
Social Studies
U. Balto. president troubled by ‘disinvited’ speakers
US Ed. Sec'y Betsy DeVos was invited to speak at the U. of Balto., and students protested that invitation with a walkout and a rally yesterday.
Students mark 60 years of integration in Little Rock
Later this month, students in Little Rock and the surrounding area will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the integration of Central H.S.
U.S. signals major shift in sex assault investigation
Schools may soon have new guidance from the feds on how sexual assaults should be investigated, Betsy DeVos told the country.
US Sen. Bernie Sanders comes to Naperville
US Sen Bernie Sanders of Vt. came to IL to talk to students about the political revolution he started when he ran for president in 2016.
Trump signals DACA’s heartless end
Donald Trump signaled to end the DACA program, but his notice may spur Congress to enact meaningful immigration reforms. Don't hold your breath.
No programmable formula for attraction in dating
Attraction in dating relationships is hard to predict and definitely hard to program on a computer. It's about the unpredictable intangibles.
Teacher-student sex law in Ala. unconstitutional?
In Alabama, a state law prohibits 18-year-olds (or younger) from consenting to sex with someone who works at a school—any school.
6th nuclear test rumbles out from North Korea
Tremors prove that North Korea detonated a thermonuclear device 5 or 6x stronger than what the US dropped on Japan in WW II.
In doing ‘his job,’ Arpaio neglected child abuse
Pres. Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, an Ariz. sheriff the Justice Dept. said abused Hispanic people to enforce his brand of immigration reform but ignore other crimes.