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Connerly also championed Initiative 424, which Nebraskans passed on Tuesday, amending the state's constitution to ban affirmative action. The amendment prohibits discrimination or preferential treatment given to "individuals or groups based upon race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in operating public employment, education or contracting." A pending lawsuit over the legitimacy of the signatures collected to get the initiative on the ballot may undermine the election results...
First, a tainted product emerges, killing some and sickening many more. Its origin is traced to China, where a combination of greed and negligence allow the danger to slip into the food chain. The government downplays or ignores the risks. When the problem becomes so big it can't be denied, leadership orders inspections and promises to punish wrongdoers. The new vigilance leads to other risky products being identified, but officials suggest the problems aren't systemic - just the work of a few bad eggs. The state tightens inspections on imports and finds a few tainted products from overseas...
...million for women who claimed they'd been sold up the creek for being up the duff. Pregnancy claims are still a very small part of the cases the EEOC deals with and haven't grown nearly as fast as charges of false dismissal for retaliation, religion or national origin. Possibly that's because pregnancy discrimination is underreported. "Many women, especially professionals, may view charge filings and litigation as 'career killers,'" says Nazer, "and others may not be inclined to fight an organization with a baby on the way for fear of termination or other retaliation...
...celebrated education as the origin of reason and knowledge, as well as the foundation of any potential solution to climate change. He criticized political agendas as “waylaying” progress...
...personality changes a lot from semester to semester, year to year. Without a theater department or faculty administrator, [HRDC and other theater organizations on campus] can run theater and shape theater based on student desires,” says HRDC president Allison B. Kline ’09. Originally known as the Harvard Dramatic Club, HRDC was founded in 1908 with a mission to create a permanent standing theater community at Harvard. It distinguished itself from other universities’ dramatic clubs through its commitment to both student actors and student playwrights. Its first production, entitled...