Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

 

Up Front
Yes, Paula Deen is a Racist. But It's Not Like She Repealed the Voting Rights Act.
Carole Emberton
Thank SCOTUS for that.
Tags: Paula Deen, racism, South, the N word

Eric Foner: VRA Decision "Green Light" to Disenfranchise Voters
David Austin Walsh
Clayborne Carson, Eric Foner, and H.W. Brands weigh in on the Supreme Court's landmark ruling.
Tags: Clayborne Carson, Eric Foner, H.W. Brands, Voting Rights Act

Gilder Lehrman and Dickinson College Partner for Lincoln Online Course
David Austin Walsh
No, it's not a MOOC. Well, it's kind of a MOOC. But it's mainly a graduate seminar for K-12 educators.
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Gilder Lehrman Institute, MOOCs

SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Could Give Private Universities Advantage
John Willingham
Private schools will have leg up on the publics if not held to same strict standards to "exhaust" all other non-racial admissions factors.
Tags: affirmative action, SCOTUS, University of Texas, race
News at Home
San Francisco™, Brought to You By Google
Rebecca Solnit
Silicon Valley is pushing the middle class out of the Bay Area.
Tags: Google, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, technology
News Abroad
If The Guy on the Left is Guilty of Espionage ... When Will We Prosecute The Guy On the Right?
Josh Brown: Life During Wartime
Tags: Dick Cheney, Edward Snowden, Valerie Plame, espionage
Historians & History
LBJ Was a Great President
Vaughn Davis Bornet
Don't believe the naysayers -- LBJ unleashed the Great Society and kept the peace with the Soviets and Mao.
Tags: 1960s, LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson, presidents
News

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