More than 60 Connecticut immigrant advocate groups sent a letter to Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., to safeguard asylum rights. Murphy is the lead negotiator for the supplemental funding request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. .
Another controversial move in Florida s education system is a proposal to drop sociology, the study of social life and the causes and consequences of human behavior, as part of their general education requirement for public college students. When it comes to trying to understand why sociology is suddenly on the chopping block, University of Florida Professor of Sociology, Criminology and Law William Marsiglio said one guess could be the state s current political climate and the fact that the course covers sociological theories, core concepts and issues related to societal structures, sexuality, gender and race. "One would assume that there are political reasons associated with trying to preserve a kind of conservative agenda," said Marsiglio, "to minimize opportunities for people to talk about or for students to learn about race or gender or sexuality, history and social class." Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. " .
The media landscape has dramatically changed in the past 20 years, evidenced by a new study that shows three million residents in more than 200 counties don t have access to even one local news source. Starting in 2005, local newspapers began closing their doors with 2,200 out of business 16 years later. Journalists also fell by the wayside, their numbers cut in half in the same time period. .
Despite concerns about the next election, one Arizona legal expert says courts have generally sided with voters and democracy. Victoria Lopez is the director of program and strategy with the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, and said in 2022, Arizona had the most court cases on election denial and voting processes in the country. Just last week, an Arizona grand jury returned an indictment charging two of the three Cochise County supervisors with felony offenses for their refusal to certify the 2022 general election results. .
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