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A Cal State professor published eugenics-linked papers. Now come calls for a reckoning The campus of Cal State East Bay. The campus of Cal State East Bay.(Cal State East Bay) By NINA AGRAWALSTAFF WRITER OCT. 31, 20206 AM A professor emeritus at Cal State University East Bay has been accused of publishing racist teachings linked to the discredited field of eugenics, forcing the university to decry “repulsive” viewpoints while defending the right to freedom of speech. The writings of economics professor Gregory Christainsen date back several years, including in publications identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center — which tracks extremist groups nationally — as having white supremacist ideologies. The writings include passages in which he compares the brain sizes and IQs of sub-Saharan Africans and Latinos to whites and Europeans, attributes the wealth of nations to those IQs, and rationalizes employment and pay discrimination along racial, ethnic and gender lines. The controver

India: Counterterrorism Raids Targeting Peaceful Critics Stop Unlawful Operations Against Kashmiri and Other Rights Groups 202010asia_india_kashmirClick to expand Image An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as National Investigation Agency personnel search the residence of Agence France-Presse’s correspondent Parvaiz Bukhari on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir, October 28, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan (New York) – The Indian government is using counterterrorism operations to silence peaceful dissenters, human rights activists, and journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 28 and 29, 2020, the authorities carried out several raids on the offices of nongovernmental organizations, activists’ homes, and a newspaper office in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and Bangalore. The raids are part of a crackdown by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on civil society groups. The authorities have increasingly brought politically motivated criminal cases, including under

Despite suppression tactics, young voters are 'raising hell' with historic early voting turnout Rick Jervis USA TODAY AD 0:09 SKIP When he prepares to cast his vote in his first-ever presidential election on Tuesday, Noah Foster, a 20-year-old junior at Carroll University in Wisconsin, will go through a mental checklist: Specialized school ID. Check. Proof of enrollment. Check. Proof of residency. Check. Ride to the polling site. Check. “It’s exhausting, for sure,” said Foster, who plans to vote for Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the presidential election. “These are the little issues we run into that makes the process so hard.” From pandemic fears to complex ID requirements to lack of nearby polling places, young voters in the presidential election are facing an unprecedented array of obstacles, activists and voters said. The barriers – some unintentional, others allegedly by design – have sparked a wave of lawsuits from New York to Texas to try to ease ac

‘What a Barrister Looks Like’: A Young Black Woman Paves the Way Alexandra Wilson is working to change England’s legal establishment, and perceptions about who belongs in it, from the inside. Alexandra Wilson at her offices in London. “My ability is underestimated, quite a lot,” she said. Alexandra Wilson at her offices in London. “My ability is underestimated, quite a lot,” she said.Credit...Amara Eno for The New York Times Megan Specia By Megan Specia Published Oct. 30, 2020 Updated Oct. 31, 2020, 8:12 a.m. ET LONDON — It was looking like a typical day at the office for Alexandra Wilson as she arrived at a London courthouse ready to defend someone accused of theft. She tied her hair into a neat knot, shrugged on her black robe and pulled on a white horsehair wig — the official garb of Britain’s barristers, the lawyers who argue most cases in court. But once she was in the courtroom, things went off script. In a patronizing exchange that was rude at best and hostile at worst, the

Student enrollment dips during pandemic mean Texas schools will lose millions without state policy change Districts could be losing about $200 million in funds to educate children living in poverty. Richardson ISD officials and other educators across the state worry that enrollment drops during the pandemic will cost them millions. Richardson ISD officials and other educators across the state worry that enrollment drops during the pandemic will cost them millions.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) By Emily Donaldson 7:01 AM on Oct 31, 2020 Every day, the Richardson school district dispatches staff to track down missing students who never logged on or showed up for the fall semester. They knock on doors, call family members and visit locations around the area where students have been spotted. Even with these efforts, about 1,900 students are unaccounted for — that’s the equivalent of the enrollment at three junior high schools. In Texas, where funding is based on the number of stud

Supreme Court rules that ballots in Wisconsin must be received by Election Day The extension would have allowed ballots postmarked on or before Election Day to be counted six days after the polls closed By Bradford Betz | Fox News Facebook Twitter Flipboard Comments Print Email Fox News mails replica ballots from five cities Fox ballot test finds more than 2% of envelopes did not reach destinations. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a request by Wisconsin Democrats to allow an extension for mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day. In a 5-3 ruling, the justices refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted if they are received up to six days after the Nov. 3 election. A federal appeals court had already put that order on hold. Madison, Wis. residents Theola Carter, left, and Carrie Braxton fill out their ballots on the first day of the state's in-person absentee voting window for the Nov. 3 election. Madison, Wis. re

‘Horrendously vandalized’ CPS school — shuttered in 2013 — transforming into housing, health center “This isn’t only a matter of restoring a building, but it’s also a process of reclaiming the dignity of these communities,” one community leader involved in redeveloping the former Woods academy said. By Nader Issa@NaderDIssa Oct 26, 2020, 7:03pm CDT Share this story Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) SHARE All sharing options Rami Nashashibi, executive director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network Rami Nashashibi, executive director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, stands by the shuttered Granville T. Woods Math & Science Academy Elementary School, which his group plans to transform into a community center, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times Community groups in Englewood are working to transform an abandoned elementary school that was one of 50 shuttered by city officials in 2013 into a community cente

LGBT students attacked in university Zoom meeting By Sean Coughlan BBC News family and education correspondent Published4 days ago Durham University Library IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES image captionDurham University says such behaviour "will not be tolerated" Students have been left feeling "threatened" and unsafe after a LGBT university association Zoom meeting was "hijacked" by more than 15 people shouting "homophobic slurs". The online meeting at Durham University was disrupted with loud music, shouted abuse and "sexually explicit videos", say LGBT groups at the university. The event was for new students who are already facing Covid restrictions. Durham University said such behaviour "will not be tolerated". "To hijack an event like this in such an aggressive and targeted way is nothing less than a hate crime," said a statement from LGBT groups at the university, including St Mary's College, where the incident

The two presidents drove out 10,000 Cuban doctors and nurses. They defunded the region’s leading health agency. They wrongly pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure. By David D. Kirkpatrick and José María León Cabrera The coronavirus was gathering lethal speed when President Trump met his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, on March 7 for dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Bolsonaro had canceled trips that week to Italy, Poland and Hungary, and Brazil’s health minister had urged him to stay away from Florida, too. But Mr. Bolsonaro insisted, eager to burnish his image as the “Trump of the Tropics.” His grinning aides posed at the president’s resort in green “Make Brazil Great Again” hats. Mr. Trump declared he was “not concerned at all” before walking Mr. Bolsonaro around the club shaking hands. Twenty-two people in Mr. Bolsonaro’s delegation tested positive for the virus after returning to Brazil, yet he was not alarmed. Mr. Trump had shared a cure, Mr. Bolsonaro told advisers: a box of the

Backlash continues after owners of Dallas bar Redfield’s Tavern accused of homophobia The co-owner says the accusations seem unfair. “I don’t think we should apologize for not being a gay bar,” he says, “we want to be open to everybody.” Larry Farris, 36, of Dallas, waves a flag with printing that reads "#LOVEWINS" as men and women of the LGBTQIA community protest outside of Redfield's Tavern in Dallas, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Larry Farris, 36, of Dallas, waves a flag with printing that reads "#LOVEWINS" as men and women of the LGBTQIA community protest outside of Redfield's Tavern in Dallas, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) By Sarah Blaskovich 2:35 PM on Oct 26, 2020 As recently as last month, Redfield’s Tavern in Dallas was so popular on Saturday nights that patrons would wait in a line that would wrap around the building, even during the coronavirus pandemic. But on Saturday, Redfield’s Tavern was empty inside and out, it

Increasing the minimum wage would help, not hurt, the economy A minimum wage that hasn’t risen since 2009 will only become increasingly unsustainable for the people relying on it, experts say. Image: Americans Watch Final Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump And Joe Biden The final debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Thursday, as seen from a restaurant in New York.Spencer Platt / Getty Images Oct. 23, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT By Martha C. White The minimum wage in the United States hasn’t budged in 11 years. Whether it should was a hotly contested question during Thursday’s final presidential debate. President Donald Trump asserted that increasing the minimum wage would crush small businesses, many of which are already struggling as a result of the pandemic, arguing that the decision should be left to the states. Democratic nominee Joe Biden repeated his campaign pledge to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25 to $15. Establishing a $15 wage floor has been a l

'No child should be away from their mom': Trump policies make it nearly impossible for refugees to come to US Danae King USA TODAY COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Amina Olow holds her breath as she dials her aunt, the only hope she has of reaching her daughters,15-year-old Nemotallah and 13-year-old Nestexo. The phone rings and rings before a relative answers. The girls, Olow asks. The girls are not home, the voice on the other line says. Olow rests her forehead in her hand and stares down at the phone in exasperation. Olow lives in Columbus, Ohio, 7,000 miles away from her oldest daughters, who live in Kenya. She hasn’t lived with them in 13 years, separated by immigration delays that seemingly have no end in sight. She wasn’t there to buy them their first hijab, cuddle them to sleep after nightmares or celebrate their good grades in school. Amina Olow and her four youngest children at their home in Columbus, Ohio, Feb.11, 2020. Her two oldest daughters are in Kenya. “It’s tough, it