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A Global Golden Age for Broadband

Ramon Nuez - 04/14/2010 01:29 PM
Today, we are at the perimeter -- the very periphery of a Global Golden Age. A period of prosperity where information is available in near real-time and it is this availability that changes societies. I make this claim with a certain amount of conviction. This certainty is fed by the fact that we...

Maude Wilkins Elementary School Women's History Month Fashion Show Canceled After Boys Asked To Cross-Dress (VIDEO)

Hilary Moss - 04/14/2010 12:56 PM
Maude Wilkins Elementary School in Maple Shade, New Jersey has canceled its Women's History Month fashion show after parents complained because boys were expected to participate. A school memo read "all students" have to wear an outfit to show how women's fashion has changed, but: If your child i...

Maternal Mortality Decrease is not "Mission Accomplished"

Serra Sippel - 04/14/2010 01:23 PM
While the decrease in the maternal mortality ratio reported yesterday by the Lancet is a victory, it is anything but a "mission accomplished." We are not off the hook--the same report also documented that HIV is responsible for more than 60,000 maternal deaths each year. The US--whose maternal morta...

The Most Important Vote for Higher Ed

Jonathan Stein - 04/14/2010 11:51 AM
In the carnival of horrors that is California's budget situation, perhaps the most gruesome exhibit is the University of California system. The 10 campuses in what we students call "the UC" have been devastated by budget cuts and are in danger of losing their title as the greatest public university ...

Why I Don't Pay Washington DC Parking Tickets

Eric C. Anderson - 04/14/2010 11:38 AM
In a perfect world law enforcement is equitable, color blind, and absent a religious bias. That perfect world does not exist in Washington DC, particularly when it comes to traffic enforcement. Please note I am not talking about stopping cars because the driver is black, brown or white. My compl...

Michael Steele Featured At Al Sharpton's National Action Network Convention

AP - 04/14/2010 11:15 AM
NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton has pulled together an influential list of people for his organization's annual convention. The National Action Network's convention begins Wednesday in New York City and runs through Saturday....

Student Journalists Weigh In: Huckabee In the Wrong

Leah Finnegan - 04/14/2010 11:12 AM
We asked our HuffPost College news network for their reactions to the Huckabee scandal. The testimonials we received agreed on two things: The Perspective ought to post an unedited transcript of the interview, and Huckabee was out of bounds. Here's what our editors had to say: While I'm sure that ...


The Dangerous Drift Back Towards Segregated Schools

Marian Wright Edelman - 04/12/2010 09:14 AM
Two recent decisions by school boards in North Carolina are local signs of a troubling national trend towards resegregation in public schools. In New Hanover County, which includes Wilmington, parents and advocates spent much of last year debating a new middle school redistricting plan that would fo...