Saturday, April 06, 2013
Beijing knows that Kim Jong Un ‘has gone too far,’ Susan Rice says — MSNBC
With tensions rising over young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s bellicose rhetoric and nuclear threats, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell Friday that longtime North Korean ally China is knows that “Kim Jong Un has gone too far.”
“What’s interesting about China’s stance now is that you can tell by the nature of their statements, by the nature of their actions, that unlike in the past, they also are very much of the view that Kim Jong Un has gone too far and that this now is a situation that has the potential to directly threaten their interests in the region, both economic and security,” Rice told Mitchell in an interview at the Newsweek/Daily Beast Women in the World Summit at New York City’s Lincoln Center.
Beijing knows that Kim Jong Un ‘has gone too far,’ Susan Rice says — MSNBC
Friday, April 05, 2013
Rewrite the Second Amendment - NYTimes.com
THE elementary-school shootings in Newtown, Conn., in December produced two polar public reactions: fear among some Americans that the federal government will restrict gun rights, and hope among others that it will actually do so. Colorado, New York State and, most recently, Connecticut have clamped down on guns, while states like Texas, where I live, are considering legislation that would try to block the enforcement of federal gun regulations. The uncertain approach to guns is good for no one, except perhaps for gunmakers, whose sales have skyrocketed.
Rewrite the Second Amendment - NYTimes.com
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Segregated Prom: Wilcox County, GA. High School Students Set Up First Integrated Prom
A group of high school students in Wilcox County High School, GA., are taking a stand against their school's practice of holding racially-segregated proms by organizing the first-ever integrated prom in the school's history.
Stephanie Sinnot, Mareshia Rucker, Quanesha Wallace, and Keela Bloodworth are lifelong friends, who say they do everything together. Stephanie and Keela are white; Mareshia and Quanesha are black, which means that they would not have been able to attend prom together, they told WSAV
"We are all friends," Stephanie told WSAV. "That's just kind of not right that we can't go to prom together."
The school holds separate proms for white and non-white students. Homecoming is also normally segregated, with separate courts for each race.
Segregated Prom: Wilcox County, GA. High School Students Set Up First Integrated Prom
Historic fast food strike draws lessons from MLK’s last campaign — MSNBC
Thursday morning, hundreds of fast food workers in New York City walked off the job in what could be the largest strike in the fast food industry’s history. This is the second major labor action in a long-term campaign by fast food employees, the community organizing group New York Communities for Change, and community allies. The first day-long strike came in late November 2012, when the organizing workers first announced themselves to the world and demanded higher wages and union recognition
Historic fast food strike draws lessons from MLK’s last campaign — MSNBC
Historic fast food strike draws lessons from MLK’s last campaign — MSNBC
Public attitudes on marijuana shifting quickly - The Maddow Blog
On a variety of social and cultural issues, public attitudes are changing rapidly, and in general, are moving in a progressive direction. But as part of this discussion, let's not forget opinions on marijuana use, which have changed dramatically just over the last few years. The Pew Research Center has been polling on the issue for more than four decades, and its new report is the first ever that shows a majority of Americans now favor marijuana legalization.
Public attitudes on marijuana shifting quickly - The Maddow Blog
Public attitudes on marijuana shifting quickly - The Maddow Blog
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