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Highlight Reel: 1. What "corporal punishment" means: "Corporal punishment is defined under human-rights law as "any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort." There is no comprehensive definition of corporal punishment under U.S. state or federal law. The ACLU...
Richard Nixon gave astronaut Neil Armstrong the honor in 1969. Gerald Ford placed the medal around the necks of composer Irving Berlin, Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio and even LBJ's wife, Lady Bird Johnson, an early reach across the political aisle. In 1997, President Bill Clinton was commended in some...
2. On its widespread use in classrooms, especially in punishing disabled students: "Corporal punishment is legal under domestic law in 20 states ... Texas paddles the most students in the nation, as well as the most students with disabilities ... The total number of students, with and without disabilities, who were subjected...
Even the U.S. military still sentences some offenders to hard labor, although it treats its soldiers immeasurably better than convicts in other parts of the world. After testing positive for cocaine, in the summer of 2008 Army Private John Suarez worked 35 15-hour days digging foxholes under a sweltering...
Emanuel, for his part, plans to continue his work, which is focused on finding the most equitable and ethical way for this reform to be carried out, even if he has opted against returning from the Italian Alps. "I am an Emanuel," he says. "We are pretty thick-skinned. I...