REVIEW Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
The magic of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series isn’t so much the actual use of magic—wizards and witches, spells and potions. Instead, what sets her series apart from other, lesser works of fantasy are the deeply progressive, even subversive, messages implicit in the nearly 3,800 pages that comprise the complete series.
Hurt remains after club kicks Black, Latino kids out of pool
PHILADELPHIA — A class action complaint filed in federal court against the Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., on behalf of an African American mother charges that her four children and others were denied swimming privileges due to the color of their skin.
EDITORIAL Jobs needed now
President Obama flew to Warren, Mich., July 14, to unveil his plan to pump billions of federal dollars into the nation’s community colleges so they can prepare youth for the “jobs of the future.”
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Community colleges central to Obama's plan for economy
WARREN, Mich. -- President Obama came to Warren, Michigan's third largest city and one that has been hit hard by the loss of auto jobs, to unveil a plan to help the nation’s community colleges.
Smiling Sotomayor rebuts GOP senators
WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor, first Puerto Rican woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that her life story is “uniquely American” and that she now seeks a seat on the nation’s highest court to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
New Haven Board of Aldermen urges Sotomayor confirmation
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The New Haven Board of Aldermen has urged confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The board's resolution, passed last week, is especially significant as the Republican Party and right-wing seek to use the case of white firefighters here to oppose Sotomayor's appointment and attack affirmative action.
Lawmakers propose stronger plant closing notification law
WASHINGTON –(Workday Minnesota) Saying the nation’s 21-year-old plant closing law needs to be widened and toughened to account for changes in today’s economy, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation in late June to do so. The “Forewarn Act,” by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., Rep. John McHugh, R-N.Y., and others, would extend the present plant closing law to cover mass layoffs or shutdowns affecting 25 workers or more, not 50. The present law covers only 24% of companies.
Texas cities grapple with anti-gay bias among police
Just weeks after a police raid on a gay club in one Texas city left a patron with life-threatening brain injuries, another Texas city is embroiled in controversy after gay men were kicked out of a restaurant – and local police took the restaurant's side.
Could NL break ALs winning streak at All-Star game?
Baseball fans nationwide are gearing up to watch their hometown bat-sluggers and small-ball players take the field tonight during the 80th Major League Baseball All-Star game.
