Daily Clips: April 12, 2017
That said, as we celebrate the Cuomo Administration’s commitment to New York’s students and families, New York’s plan isn’t without its warts. Naming them can get us toward a Unified Theory of Free College, and provide a model when the federal policy window on college affordability opens once again. Here are a few thoughts for what might make for a powerful, progressive, free college proposal.
Two WA streams make America’s most endangered rivers list:
A pair of scenic Western Washington river systems, the South Fork Skykomish near Stevens Pass and the Green and Toutle rivers near Mt. St. Helens, got flagged on an annual list called America’s Most Endangered Rivers by the environmental group American Rivers.
San Bernardino reels from elementary school shooting two years after terrorist attack: It’s just another day in America.
Jackson likened indigenous people to “savage dogs” and boasted as a general that “I have on all occasions preserved the scalps of my killed.” The Indian Removal law would ultimately be responsible for the deaths of over four thousand Cherokees on the Trail of Tears.
Embattled United CEO accepts responsibility for treatment of passenger: Finally.