May 17 2010
Subversive Historian – 05/17/10
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Brown v. Board of Education
Back in the day on May 17th, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against racial segregation in the nation’s public schools. The landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case resulted in all nine justices unanimously striking down the doctrine of ‘separate but equal,’ as a violation of the …
Brown v. Board of Education
Back in the day on May 17th, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against racial segregation in the nation’s public schools. The landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case resulted in all nine justices unanimously striking down the doctrine of ‘separate but equal,’ as a violation of the …
The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion on Wednesday that furthers the growing nationwide boycott of the state of Arizona. Prevailing by a 13-1 vote, the resolution proposed by council members Ed Reyes and Janice Hahn calls for the ban of most official city travel to the Grand Canyon state as well as a review of government …
Following the Times Square bomb scare, the Obama administration announced on Sunday that it would work with Congress on legislating limitations of the constitutional rights granted to terrorism suspects. Attorney General Eric Holder hopes the changes would allow law enforcement a wider window of opportunity to question suspected terrorists before they are read their Miranda rights. Holder …
When Senator Lindsay Graham recently pulled his support for the much-anticipated Climate Change bill the move was expected to kill the legislation, and many environmentalists were not mourning its loss. Following Graham’s announcement I spoke with Tyson Slocum of the Public Citizen’s Energy Program on Uprising, who said the bill would have done more harm than good. But it …
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In a sudden reversal, from the last few months when the Obama administration criticized Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government as corrupt and unreliable, Mr. Karzai and his ministers have been in Washington DC being feted by Obama and his cabinet in advance of the official start of the Kandahar Offensive. Just five weeks ago, the Obama administration cited Karzai’s lack …
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to release a revised spending plan tomorrow that will include deep cuts into California’s health and social service programs. With revenues and requested federal funds both having fallen short of expectations, the state could once again be facing a budget deficit in excess of twenty billion dollars. On Friday, State Controller John Chiang reported that …
Before Democrats and Republicans can battle it out in November for Congressional seats across the nation, some incumbents are fighting fierce, and unexpected, opposition in the Primaries. Primary election season stretches from May through mid-September and in some districts, candidates have already spent millions campaigning. In Pennsylvania and North Carolina the establishment candidates of the Democratic party are polling neck-in-neck …
