uis news: uis unveils statue of young abraham lincoln
The statue is located on the quad between Public Affairs Center and University Hall of the colonnade... ..…
judge allows survey of church property for border wall construction
levee, is pictured in Rio Grande Valley sector, near McAllen, Texas, April 4, 2018. ..…
senate votes to raise illinois' minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025;
Chicago, IL- - The Illinois Senate approved bill that would raise the wage to $15 hour by 2025, putting Gov. ..…
do israelis vote for political ideology or cult of personality?
To be sure, Israelis view number of parties primarily in terms of the personality of the leader, including Lapid, Moshe Kahlon, Tzipi Livni, and New Right of Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked. ..…
here are the 92 times the trump administration has attacked the lgbtq
In his State of Union address, President Donald Trump managed to work in paragraph that included admirable goal to end HIV in United States by 2030.. ..…
germany heads toward gender equality in culture, language and
Weighing equality Some federal-level politicians supported the innovation. Germany’s justice minister Katarina Barley, called the new gender parity law “a considerable progress” adding that she hopes such laws to come into effect at the national level. ..…
activists criticize american bar association over law school exams
Favoring diversity over quality, American Bar Association rejected proposal to hold law schools responsible for not preparing students for the rigors of the profession, leading voice of Black conservatives.. ..…
president donald j. trump’s state of the union address
As a candidate for President, I pledged a new approach. Great nations do not fight endless wars. . When I took office, ISIS controlled more than 20,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria. ..…
these are dangerous times, and the government is to blame
Due in large part to rapid advances in technology and a heightened surveillance culture, the burden of proof has been shifted so that the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty has been usurped by a new norm in which all citizens are suspects. ..…
robbing justice or enabling peace?
Since 2017, the federal government’s relations with states had been deteriorating to a level unseen for years. This ongoing crisis has jeopardized progress on Somalia’s new state formation, power decentralization reforms, and efforts to improve governance amidst intensified al-Shabab..…
the long wait for legalized surrogacy may soon end in new york
The Musmans, both 43, live in New York, one of only three states that currently ban paid surrogacy contracts. ... “Right now, couples have to leave the state to find a surrogate. They have to pay additional money and travel. ..…
michael conway: trump's state of the union had the same mistake as
Trump then bluntly tied the country’s continued prosperity and the passage of any new laws to ending the multiple investigations against the Trump campaign and his administration. ..…
for putin, economic and political reality dampen appetite for arms
A poll this month showed the number of Russians who believe their country is going in the wrong direction hit its highest level since 2006. . Putin’s symmetrical response to Washington, which involves developing new missiles, has already angered some Russians. . ..…
italy's population keeps shrinking in 2018: istat - xinhua
The southern regions -- traditionally poorer compared to Northern Italy -- followed trend, with fertility rates below the national level.. Finally, the agency registered new annual increase expectancy at birth, and to 85.2 years for in 2018.. ..…
the rebirth of mexico’s electrical workers
But we also have control of some facilities that can directly employ our members, without partners. These are small plants, but the construction of new plants that could generate more power. ..…
trump's war on immigrants is a catalog of heartlessness
A proposed change in a different set of immigration rules could take a heavy toll on still another group: lawful immigrants who are seeking the right to legal employment. As drafted by DHS, the new regulations would set much stiffer standards for the requirement that a green-card applicant..…
'daily californian' solicits, then kills, op-ed on academic boycott of
Our dialogue with the editors dragged on over several weeks in the course of which a new claim emerged: the editors believed that the chancellors’ statement did not directly condemn the right to boycott. ..…
jimmy carter believes he lost a second term because he opposed
Eizenstat says Carter was prescient in “bluntly telling Begin: ‘New settlements on the West Bank might prevent the peace conference itself, as it will foreclose negotiations in the future.’” . ..…
the new conservatorship law will incarcerate and steal from unhoused
So now, in addition to the hundreds of laws already in place that make it illegal to sit, stand, sleep, lean, lie, put a backpack down, put up a tent, or eat while houseless in cities across California, we have a new one. A new law that takes the criminalization, incarceration and harassment..…
for putin, economic and political reality dampen any appetite for arms
A poll this month showed the number of Russians who believe their country is going in the wrong direction hit its highest level since 2006. . Putin’s symmetrical response to Washington, which involves developing new missiles, has already angered some Russians. . ..…
intersectionality and israel's transnational violence
Students for Justice Palestine and African Students Association at John Jay College with Students for Justice Palestine at Hunter and City Colleges and CUNY RSCC hold Die-In Vigil from Ferguson to Palestine as racism, injustice and human rights violations being committed against people of color ... ..…
you're reaping what you sowed, liberals
Shigalyov was right. Trashing old freedoms in order to bring about a new state of unbounded freedom can only lead to despotism. ..…
why many americans are praying for trump
Anyone not extremely disturbed by this video is spiritually ill. https://youtu.be/cjgqfLRuTyo Democrats desiring to murder born alive babies is a whole new level of satanic evil. . Speaking of Democrats rising to new levels of evil, Democrats are pushing to legalize pedophilia. ..…
political giant john dingell, a congressional legend, dies
He downplayed the potential seriousness of surgery at his age with characteristic humor: “My docs tell me the time is right to trade up, so I have my eye on a new, 2009 American-made model.” . ..…
greg millett on what black people can learn about hiv outreach
A lot of those types of interventions, particularly health insurance, is under threat right now. We have a new administration that doesn't necessarily believe in the Affordable Care Act, that wants to roll back pre-existing conditions as a determinant of getting healthcare, which can have..…
» dublin national union of journalists to support eurovision
07 Feb 8 05 AM. Celebrities, public figures & activists at Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge during launch of Irish Call to Boycott Eurovision 2019 Israel on June 27, 2018. ..…
ireland initiates dangerous anti-semitic bill based on lies
Yet Jewish communities comprise less and in the 40% of West Bank which Israel ceded control to Palestinian Authority. ..…
is germany’s far right getting less racist—or more strategic?
Right-wing schisms are a staple of conservatism: There are the libertarian, hands-off-my-money types, and then there are the cultural right-wingers, tired of watering down their racism to win votes. ... His new party takes for its emblem the blue cornflower, a symbol of 1930s Austrian..…
us will retain a military base in syria despite withdrawal
In order to understand the significance of relationship between Washington and Ankara, it’s worth noting that the United States has been conducting airstrikes against targets in Syria from the Incirlik airbase and around fifty American B-61 hydrogen bombs have also been deployed there, whose safety became a..…
activists call for regulation to allow women in shelters to vote
Women's rights organizations have been calling on Turkish government to undertake regulation for women residing in shelters to be able to vote without their identities being revealed.. ..…
for the coming year livingstone’s legislative agenda considers both
Jay Livingstone conceived his legislative agenda for the new year with his constituents firmly in mind, he hopes it will also reverberate on a national level. . ..…
eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030: un - xinhua
At the national level, we need new policies and legislation protecting the rights of girls and women to free from violence and discrimination. ..…
conservative parties around the world have a problem — and women are
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Donald Trump trumpeted the increase in female representatives in the new Congress. . 'Exactly one century after Congress passed the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote, we also have more women serving in Congress than at any..…
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