Former AG Eric Holder Says Snowden Performed A Public Service
Eric Holder said Edward Snowden should still be prosecuted for dumping the classified information, however.
"We can certainly argue about the way in which Snowden did
Easter Pakistan Bombing Targeted Christians, but Killed & Injured Mostly Muslims
A breakaway Taliban group, known as Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, said it targeted Pakistan’s Christian community. But most of the 70 dead and 300 wounded in Lahore were Muslims.
LAHORE, PAKISTAN — The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose to 70 on Monday, underscoring the ability of the militants to stage large-scale attacks despite a months-long military offensive targeting their hideouts. Meanwhile, in the capital of Islamabad,
Kentucky Restores Voting Rights For 170,000 Ex-Cons, Joining National Trend
The Sentencing Project estimates that 5.85 million Americans have been disenfranchised because of felony convictions – enough to have swung the 2000 presidential elections, as two sociology professors argued in 2002.
"The right to vote and the right to hold office are fundamental foundations of our democracy," Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear said on Tuesday as he signed an executive order restoring voting rights to 170,000 nonviolent felons. "They have paid for their crimes," said the state's outgoing Democratic governor, a two-term office holder who will be
Texas Board Of Education Rejects Academic Vetting After Textbook Found To Refer To African Slaves As ‘Workers’
In 2014, the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund studied new history books up for review by the state’s Board of Education. The group highlighted a number of biased inaccuracies, suggesting segregated schools weren’t completely bad and Affirmative Action recipients are un-American.
The Texas Board of Education rejected a measure Wednesday that would require university experts to fact-check the state’s textbooks in public schools. The board rejected the measure 8-7, reaffirming the current fact-checking system that relies on citizen review panels made up of parents, teachers, and other members of the general public. The