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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
A Better Way Forward on Title IX Enforcement? Remarks by Education Secy Betsy DeVos at George Mason University
Secretary DeVos stated that Obama-era campus sexual assault guidelines are not working: Speaking about plans to revisit Obama-era Title IX guidelines on campus sexual assault, Secretary DeVos says that "the sad reality is that Lady Justice is not blind on campuses today," adding that "there must be a better way forward." The Secretary also said: "Instead of working with schools on behalf of students, the prior administration weaponized the [Department of Education] Office for Civil Rights to work against schools and against students." We've included the entire speech. more »
What Berkeley Needs is a Non-Violent Containment Squad
Jo Freeman writes: Establishing a non-violent containment squad can't be done by a state agency, such as the University or the police. Too many legal complications. But it could be done by the churches, or by an independent group committed to non-violence. That's how it started in the South. Long before the sit-ins hit the airwaves, students and young people were being trained in non-violence. Some of the people who did that training are still alive, as are many who practiced it. more »
Labor Day 2017: The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) Was Once One of the Largest in the US
Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From these, a movement developed to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories. more »
Climate Change and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: RGGI States Announce Proposed Program Changes; Additional 30% Emissions Cap Decline by 2030
The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation’s first market-based regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, announced consensus on a set of draft program elements that will guide the RGGI states as they conduct final economic analysis and establish a post-2020 path forward for the program. more »