On October 17, Texas Christian University announced it would close its Women and Gender Studies (WGST) and Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) departments, folding what remains of the programs into the English department. The official reason given was “low … Continued
By LINLEY SANDERS, AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and HYOJIN YOO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic candidates saw victories across key races Tuesday, and there were signs there’s plenty of room for the Democratic Party to make up ground among groups that … Continued
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce a trove of materials from the investigation, saying he was concerned that the Justice … Continued
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press While some people last Friday dressed in Halloween costumes or handed out candy to trick-or-treaters, a group of U.S. data scientists published a list of “dearly departed” datasets that have been axed, altered or had … Continued
Kaohly Her, St. Paul’s new mayor, answered a series of questions on her candidacy for a Pioneer Press survey earlier this fall. In her responses she touched on immigration enforcement issues, safer neighborhoods, housing as well as establishing an Urban … Continued
By ERIC TUCKER and DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney was the public face of the George W. Bush administration’s boundary-pushing approach to surveillance and intelligence collection in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. An … Continued