January 19, 2018


News and Views


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-supremacists-most-extremist-killings-us-2017-group/
By ALEX SUNDBY CBS NEWS January 19, 2018, 12:01 PM
White supremacists committed most extremist killings in U.S. in 2017, group says
60 Minutes

The number of killings carried out by white supremacists in the U.S. more than doubled from 2016 to 2017, according to a watchdog's report. The Anti-Defamation League said this week that white supremacists were directly responsible for 18 of the 34 extremist-related killings in 2017.

The group said Islamic extremists were linked to nine deaths in the U.S. last year, eight of which came from a van attack on a New York City bike path on Halloween.

Extremists carried out fewer killings in the U.S. in 2017 than in 2016 or 2015, which saw 71 and 69 such deaths respectively, the group said. Still, when compared to every year since 1970, 2017 ranks as the fifth-deadliest for extremist violence, the group said.

"These findings are a stark reminder that domestic extremism is a serious threat to our safety and security," the group's CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. "We saw two car-ramming attacks in the U.S. last year -- one from an Islamic terrorist and another from a white supremacist in Charlottesville -- and the number of deaths attributed to white supremacists increased substantially. The bottom line is we cannot ignore one form of extremism over another. We must tackle them all."

The group's report comes on the heels of a new study by the departments of Homeland Security and Justice. They found that 73 percent of people convicted in U.S. federal courts on charges related to international terrorism between Sept. 11, 2001, and the end of 2016 were born outside the U.S.

The study also found that 148 of those people had become naturalized U.S. citizens.

"It's very concerning," Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen told "CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson in an interview broadcast this week. "I think what it underlines is that we need to be very clear who's coming into our country, make sure they're not a terrorist."

The study also found that another 147 people convicted of international terrorism-related charges during that period were U.S.-born citizens.

"We need to do more to prevent radicalization," Nielsen told Dickerson, "the inspiration of terrorism in this country."


© 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.



A DESPERATE MOTHER STATES THAT THE HOSPITAL DID NOT GIVE HER DAUGHTER THE MANDATORY STABILIZING CARE, AS THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE DONE, BEFORE “DUMPING” HER. THEY ALSO WERE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PUT HER IN CONTACT WITH OTHER AID, RATHER THAN DOING THIS TOTALLY DISGUSTING ABANDONMENT ON A COLD STREET WITHOUT EVEN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.

HER LAWYER STATES THAT IT WAS DONE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT SHE HAD NO INSURANCE. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I’VE SEE THE SAME THING IN AT LEAST ONE OTHER NEWS ARTICLE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. THAT HOSPITAL WAS CHARGING POVERTY LEVEL PATIENTS NOT LESS, BUT MORE, IF THEY ARE UNINSURED. IS THERE ANYTHING ON THIS IN THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH? IT DOES, AT LEAST SAY “DO NO HARM.” EXPOSING HER TO 30 DEGREE WEATHER LIKE THAT AT THE VERY LEAST WAS “HARMFUL.”

THE MOTHER SAYS SHE DID HAVE INSURANCE, BUT EVEN SO, FOR A HOSPITAL’S TOTALLY FAILING TO TREAT PATIENTS SHOULDN’T HAPPEN, IN MY VIEW. IT REDUCES THE ONCE HIGH REPUTATION FOR MERCY TO THE POOR AS WELL AS THE RICH IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, TO ANOTHER ONE OF A JUST ANOTHER LARGE CORPORATE ENTITY WHOSE GOAL IS TO KEEP UP THE PROFITS. WHAT THEY DIDN’T FIGURE ON WAS THAT A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH WORKER WHO, ALSO, HAPPENED TO HAVE A HEART, WOULD BE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF HER AND BLOW THE WHISTLE ON THEM. IT’S SAD THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE EVENTS LIKE THIS NATIONWIDE WHICH DO NOT END SO WELL.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cheryl-rebecca-chandler-mother-says-her-daughter-was-left-in-the-cold-outside-hospital/
CBS/AP January 19, 2018, 9:55 AM
Mother of patient left in cold says her daughter was denied care

BALTIMORE -- The mother of a mentally ill woman who was left outside a Baltimore hospital on a frigid night wearing only a flimsy gown and socks asserted she was denied care by medical professionals and left to face life-threatening conditions on the street. Cheryl Chandler said she was only made aware of her missing 22-year-old daughter's predicament on the night of Jan. 9 when she happened upon a viral video shot by a passer-by who was enraged at the way she was treated.

"I didn't even know that it was my daughter initially," Chandler told CBS News. "As he got close enough, I saw it was her and I got hysterical because in that moment, it was sheer fear that my daughter was going to die."

Chandler's daughter, Rebecca, was escorted out of the hospital by uniformed security personnel with her street clothes stuffed in plastic bags, and she was left at an open-air bus stop with outdoor temperatures in the 30s. She had a gash on her forehead and was visibly disoriented, stumbling in her hospital gown and unable to formulate any words on the cold night.

"It's obvious with looking at the video — even someone who doesn't know her, someone who doesn't know anything about mental illness — it was very apparent that she was having some sort of medical issue," Chandler continued. "You could see she has a large lump on her forehead and her face was bloody. So, there was a medical issue. She was incoherent. A blind person, Hellen Keller, could see that my daughter was in need of medical attention."

At a Thursday press conference held at a lawyer's office, Chandler described her daughter as a beloved young woman who has been struggling intensely with mental illness since she was 16. Over the past year-and-a-half, she has cycled through a couple of residential facilities for mentally ill clients.

She said Rebecca, who has health insurance, was "denied her right by law to receive the clinical care" that the CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center has publicly claimed she received that night.

"My daughter did not choose to be the face of mental illness. She didn't choose to be an example of the impact of a failed mental health care system. She was an individual in need of services," Chandler said through tears, adding that she was "eternally grateful" to psychotherapist Imamu Baraka for shooting the cellphone video showing her daughter's condition.

According to CBS Baltimore, the video has been viewed millions of times since it was posted on Jan. 10.

J. Wyndal Gordon, the attorney representing Rebecca, said she was suffering from an episode of acute psychosis when the institution turned its back on her. He called it a case of "patient dumping," an illegal practice of turning away patients, mostly uninsured, from emergency rooms.


"Rebecca's condition was going to require a considerable hospital stay to stabilize her. UMMC, believing that she did not have insurance, determined it was better to return her to the street untreated and face whatever consequences arose from that decision rather than to absorb the cost," Gordon alleged.

Dr. Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of University of Maryland Medical Center, told reporters last week there were no excuses for what happened to the young woman. But he stood by her medical care, saying she received treatment and was discharged.

"We believe firmly that we provided appropriate medical care to a patient who came to us in need, but where we absolutely failed, and where we own that failure, is in the demonstration of basic humanity and compassion as a patient was being discharged," he said.

On Thursday, the hospital released a statement saying its internal investigation has identified a breakdown after the point of medical discharge. It said resulting "actions steps" will include holding personnel accountable and getting outside experts to conduct an independent audit.

Suntha, in the statement, said he's confident that their actions "address the root causes of last week's breakdown."

But Gordon said he expects "legal action" over the incident.

0111-en-patientdump-pegues-1480238-640x360.jpg
Security guards left Rebecca Chandler at a bus stop in freezing cold temperatures to fend for herself. CBS NEWS

He believes Rebecca should have been placed on a 72-hour hold so she could be properly evaluated. Instead, the hospital dumped her on the street "unable to speak coherently, fend for herself, or respond appropriately to the frigid temperatures."

Cheryl told CBS News that the hospital was less than helpful when she first contacted them to locate Rebecca.

"The hospital wasn't being helpful. I called the security department (and) they laughed at me. When I told them, 'That's my daughter in the video and I just need to find out if she's in the hospital,' they laughed at me," she said. "Every person that I talked to at the hospital either hung up on me or told me to email the hospital, and that everyone was going to tell me the same thing."

Rebecca was involuntarily admitted to another Baltimore hospital a day after being discharged from the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus and sent to a homeless shelter, her family said.

Her mother said Rebecca is now at an undisclosed inpatient facility undergoing mental health treatment. Her younger sister, Rachelle, said she was doing better and read aloud a statement from Rebecca thanking people for their support.

Rebecca's twin sister, Rosslyn, who flew to Baltimore from her home in Texas, wept as she recalled watching the video showing her beloved sister in such distress.

"It didn't take a genius to see that she needed help," she said, her voice shaking.

© 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.



I’M REALLY SORRY TO SEE THIS STORY. MICHAEL DOUGLAS, LIKE HIS FATHER, IS ONE OF THE BEST AMERICAN ACTORS IN MY VIEW, AND HAS PLAYED IN EXCELLENT FILMS. AS ONE OF MY MALE FRIENDS SAID MANY YEARS AGO, THOUGH, “MEN ARE DOGS.” YET, THEY OFTEN CAN AND DO GENERALLY RESTRAIN THEIR IMPULSES.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-douglass-sexual-harassment-journalist-former-employee-accusations/
By ANDREA PARK CBS NEWS January 19, 2018, 12:04 PM
Former employee accuses Michael Douglas of sexual harassment

Photograph -- Michael Douglas on July 13, 2015 in New York City. DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGES

After Michael Douglas tried to "get ahead" of sexual misconduct allegations by preemptively saying a former employee was falsely accusing him of masturbating in front of her more than 30 years ago, the accuser has come forward.

Susan Braudy, a journalist and novelist who worked for Douglas at his production company in the late 1980s, says he undressed and touched his genitals in front of her. Douglas has denied the claims.

RELATED: Michael Douglas wants to "get ahead" of potential sexual misconduct story

Braudy provided The Hollywood Reporter with a detailed written account of various allegations of sexual misconduct against Douglas based on notes and records she kept, a timeline of her employment and three people she talked to about her experience who were willing to back her claims.

Braudy said that Douglas frequently mocked her in front of colleagues, calling her a "pregnant nun" when she wore all black and shouting, "I bet she screams in the sack," in front of a group of agents. Most shocking, Braudy said that Douglas masturbated in front of her.

In her written account to The Hollywood Reporter, she said that during a script meeting at Douglas' apartment in 1989 about an E.T.-like character, "Michael unzipped his chinos and I registered something amiss. Still complimenting my additions to our E.T. imitation, his voice lowered at least half an octave. I peered at him and saw he'd inserted both hands into his unzipped pants. I realized to my horror that he was rubbing his private parts. Within seconds his voice cracked and it appeared to me he'd had an orgasm."

Braudy also told the "Today" show on Friday the same story and said she was previously too scared to come forward with her accusation.

"One of my friends said you better not tell people about him. People were frightened for me," she said.

Braudy also said, "He thought he was the king of the world and that he could humiliate me without any repercussion."

Earlier in January, Douglas contacted Deadline saying that he wanted to speak before any articles came out about the allegations. He said that instead of waiting for a story to emerge he wanted to "share with the public, a little ahead of the story, my thoughts and concerns."

Douglas said he was "floored" when The Hollywood Reporter contacted him, asking for comments after a woman told them the actor had vulgar conversations in front of her, blackballed her in Hollywood and masturbated in front of her. Douglas said that while he might have used vulgar language, he did not blackball her or masturbate in front of her. He said he eventually fired the woman "for the work she was doing."

He said of the accusation, "I don't know where to begin. This is a complete lie, fabrication, no truth to it whatsoever."

© 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.


THIS IS THE KIND OF ACTION THAT THE AVERAGE REPUBLICAN WILL MAKE. REASON NUMBER 80 NOT TO VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN. AH, HERE IS SOMETHING THAT HELPS THE ORDINARY PEOPLE OR THE EARTH. LET’S TAKE THAT APART NEXT.

“AMONG THE DEREGULATIONS FOR WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION CAN CLAIM SOLE CREDIT? THE REMOVAL OF ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTIONS FOR YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY BEARS AND THE RESCINDING OF RULES TIGHTENING STANDARDS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACKING ON PUBLIC LAND. BUT THE REPUBLICAN-LED CONGRESS CAN TAKE A LOT OF THE CREDIT, INCLUDING REPEALING OBAMA-ERA RULES THAT HADN'T YET TAKEN EFFECT: REGULATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT EASIER TO FILE CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST BANKS, MADE IT HARDER FOR THE MENTALLY ILL TO BUY FIREARMS, AND PROTECT WATERWAYS FROM COAL MINING WASTE.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-white-house-one-year-deregulatory-actions/
CBS NEWS January 19, 2018, 12:31 PM
Trump's public show of deregulatory actions "misleading"?

Saturday marks one year since President Trump moved into the White House with an ambitious to-do list. He kept his campaign promise to pass a major tax reform law, but has failed to repeal Obamacare. He's currently fighting over his pledge to build a wall along the border with Mexico.

Mr. Trump last month staged an event to show he's cutting federal regulations – complete with ceremonial scissors. In December the White House said agencies or Congress undertook "22 deregulatory actions for every one new regulatory action."

Trump administration points to deregulation as "huge accomplishment"

"It's a bit misleading," said University of Pennsylvania law professor Cary Coglianese, who heads the Penn Program on Regulation. Coglianese said many of the actions are not as significant as this White House contends.

"Most of those were either housekeeping matters or regulations that the Obama administration started to pull off the books," Coglianese said.

Among the deregulations for which the administration can claim sole credit? The removal of endangered species protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears and the rescinding of rules tightening standards for hydraulic fracking on public land.

But the Republican-led Congress can take a lot of the credit, including repealing Obama-era rules that hadn't yet taken effect: regulations that would have made it easier to file class-action lawsuits against banks, made it harder for the mentally ill to buy firearms, and protect waterways from coal mining waste.

In the year since taking office, the president has certainly slowed down and in some cases stopped new regulations.

"We canceled or delayed over 1,500 planned regulatory actions -- more than any previous president by far," Trump said in December.

But despite numerous photo ops and public signings, the president still has work cut out for him.

"That's great showmanship. And it certainly has convinced a lot of people that the regulations on the books have dramatically decreased under President Trump. But they haven't," Coglianese said.

© 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.


I HAVEN’T BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SITUATION IN CHILE, BUT THE REPETITION OF SIMILAR CLAIMS, TIME AFTER TIME FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, WORKS AGAINST THE CREDIBILITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THIS. OF COURSE, WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID WAS THAT HE WANTED TO SEE PROOF THAT BARROS WAS GUILTY OF A COVERUP. THAT’S FAIR.

THE IDEA THAT THIS SEXUAL MOLESTATION MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED IN FRONT OF OTHER PRIESTS AND STILL WASN’T REPORTED, IS A VERY BAD SITUATION TO ME, HOWEVER. THAT IMPLIES THAT NOT ONE BUT ALL OF THE WITNESSES ARE TO BLAME FOR NOT REPORTING THE EVENT. IT ISN’T JUST ONE PRIEST OR ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS BEEN NAMED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS.

THIS POPE HAS DONE A GOODLY NUMBER OF ENLIGHTENED THINGS, IN MY VIEW, BUT IF HE IS GOING TO PROTECT THE “BRAND” OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WITHOUT QUESTION, HE IS LIKE OTHER POPES SO FAR. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOULD TURN ALL SEXUAL ABUSE COMPLAINTS OVER TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES, BECAUSE THOSE THINGS AREN’T MERELY “SINS,” THEY ARE CRIMES, AND THEY ARE DEEPLY HARMFUL TO THE VICTIM.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-accuses-chile-sex-abuse-victims-of-slander/
AP January 19, 2018, 5:31 AM
Pope Francis accuses Chile sex abuse victims of slander

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Pope Francis accused victims of Chile's most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that has cost the Catholic Church its credibility in the country. Francis said that until he sees proof that Bishop Juan Barros was complicit in covering up the sex crimes of the Rev. Fernando Karadima, such accusations against Barros are "all calumny."

The pope's remarks drew shock from Chileans and immediate rebuke from victims and their advocates. They noted the accusers were deemed credible enough by the Vatican that it sentenced Karadima to a lifetime of "penance and prayer" for his crimes in 2011. A Chilean judge also found the victims to be credible, saying that while she had to drop criminal charges against Karadima because too much time had passed, proof of his crimes wasn't lacking.

"As if I could have taken a selfie or a photo while Karadima abused me and others and Juan Barros stood by watching it all," tweeted Barros' most vocal accuser, Juan Carlos Cruz. "These people are truly crazy, and the pontiff talks about atonement to the victims. Nothing has changed, and his plea for forgiveness is empty."

The Karadima scandal dominated Francis' visit to Chile and the overall issue of sex abuse and church cover-up was likely to factor into his three-day trip to Peru that began late Thursday.

Karadima's victims reported to church authorities as early as 2002 that he would kiss and fondle them in the swank Santiago parish he ran, but officials refused to believe them. Only when the victims went public with their accusations in 2010 did the Vatican launch an investigation that led to Karadima being removed from ministry.

The emeritus archbishop of Santiago subsequently apologized for having refused to believe the victims from the start.

Francis reopened the wounds of the scandal in 2015 when he named Barros, a protege of Karadima, as bishop of the southern diocese of Osorno. Karadima's victims say Barros knew of the abuse, having seen it, but did nothing. Barros has denied the allegations.

His appointment outraged Chileans, badly divided the Osorno diocese and further undermined the church's already shaky credibility in the country.

Francis had sought to heal the wounds by meeting this week with abuse victims and begging forgiveness for the crimes of church pastors. But on Thursday, he struck a defiant tone when asked by a Chilean journalist about Barros.

"The day they bring me proof against Bishop Barros, I'll speak," Francis said. "There is not one shred of proof against him. It's all calumny. Is that clear?"

Francis had defended the appointment before, calling the Osorno controversy "stupid" and the result of a campaign mounted by leftists. But The Associated Press reported last week that the Vatican was so worried about the fallout from the Karadima affair that it was prepared in 2014 to ask Barros and two other Karadima-trained bishops to resign and go on a yearlong sabbatical.

According to a Jan. 31, 2015, letter obtained by AP from Francis to the executive committee of the Chilean bishops' conference, the plan fell apart and Barros was sent to Osorno.

Juan Carlos Claret, spokesman for a group of Osorno lay Catholics who have mounted a three-year campaign against Barros, questioned why Francis was now accusing the victims of slandering Barros when the Vatican was so convinced of their claims that it planned to remove him in 2014.

"Isn't the pastoral problem that we're living (in Osorno) enough to get rid of him?" Claret asked.

The reference was to the fact that - guilty or not - Barros has been unable to do his job because so many Osorno Catholics and priests don't recognize him as their bishop. They staged an unprecedented protest during his 2015 installation ceremony and have protested his presence ever since.

Anne Barrett Doyle, of the online database BishopAccountability.org, said it was "sad and wrong" for the pope to discredit the victims since "the burden of proof here rests with the church, not the victims - and especially not with victims whose veracity has already been affirmed."

"He has just turned back the clock to the darkest days of this crisis," she said in a statement. "Who knows how many victims now will decide to stay hidden, for fear they will not be believed?"

Indeed, Catholic officials for years accused victims of slandering and attacking the church with their claims. But up until Francis' words Thursday, many in the church and Vatican had come to reluctantly acknowledge that victims usually told the truth and that the church for decades had wrongly sought to protect its own.

German Silva, a political scientist at Santiago's Universidad Mayor, said the pope's comments were a "tremendous error" that will reverberate in Chile and beyond.

Patricio Navia, political science professor at Diego Portales University in Santiago, said Francis had gone much further than Chilean bishops in acknowledging the sexual abuse scandal, which many Chileans appreciated.

"Then right before leaving, Francis turns around and says: 'By the way, I don't think Barros is guilty. Show me some proof,'" Navia said, adding that the comment will probably erase any good will the pope had won over the issue.

Navia said the Karadima scandal had radically changed how Chileans view the church.

"In the typical Chilean family, parents (now) think twice before sending their kids to Catholic school because you never know what is going to happen," Navia said.

© 2018 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.



DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DARRYL DESOUSA SOUNDS TO ME TO BE A WELL-EDUCATED AND RELIABLE POLICE OFFICIAL. THE FACT THAT HIS COLLEGE COURSEWORK, WHICH HE FINISHED WHILE EMPLOYED AS A POLICEMAN, IS AN APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE, IS A SIGN OF ONE WHO HAS A LIVELY INTELLIGENT MIND, AND WHO WILL PROBABLY STUDY AT LEAST A BIT OF PSYCHOLOGY. POLICE OFFICERS NEED THAT AS MUCH AS THEY NEED GUN TRAINING ON THE FIRING RANGE. THAT’S WHAT I THINK IS MISSING IN SO MANY OF THE NEWS STORIES I READ – CARING ABOUT HUMAN ISSUES. I WONDER IF HE HAS TAKEN LAW. MANY POLICE OFFICERS DO, AND IT WOULD MAKE A GOOD ADVANCED DEGREE FOR HIM, PERHAPS. SEE THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE ON APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-davis-baltimore-police-commissioner-ousted-mayor-catherine-pugh/
CBS NEWS January 19, 2018, 8:51 AM
Kevin Davis, Baltimore police commissioner, ousted by Mayor Catherine Pugh

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has replaced Commissioner Kevin Davis as head of the city's police force, CBS station WJZ-TV reports. Pugh announced Friday morning that Deputy Commissioner Darryl DeSousa, 53, will replace Davis as the department's 40th police commissioner.

DeSousa, a New York City native who moved to Baltimore in 1983 and went to Morgan State University, will assume responsibility for the department immediately, the mayor said. Following appropriate approvals, his appointment as commissioner will be made permanent.

"As I have made clear, reducing violence and restoring the confidence of our citizens in their police officers is my highest priority," Pugh said. "The fact is, we are not achieving the pace of progress that our residents have every right to expect in the weeks since we ended what was nearly a record year for homicides in the City of Baltimore."

Photograph -- Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Kevin Davis listens to a question during a press conference at City Hall highlighting a Justice Department investigation into the Baltimore City Police Department Aug. 10, 2016, in Baltimore, Maryland. WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES

DeSousa said he was honored to be tapped as the city's next top cop.

"Baltimore has long been my home and I've spent my career on its streets and in its neighborhoods to address problems and bring about solutions that are meaningful for the people we serve," DeSousa said. "I am committed to this important work more than ever and look forward to validating the trust of Mayor Pugh, my fellow officers and most importantly, the citizens of Baltimore each and every day."

DeSousa deferred completion of his degree at Morgan State in order to join the Baltimore Police Department in 1988 but eventually received his degree in applied liberal arts in 1997.

© 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.


https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/faculty-staff/undergraduate-education/academic-initiatives/applied-liberal-arts.html

Applied Liberal Arts

The Applied Liberal Arts (ALA) curriculum is a new academic initiative launched in Winter 2016. ALA provides opportunities for big-picture learning, professional development, and community engagement that complement the specialization students get from departments. It was created as a nondepartmental home for courses on essential skills for college success and other curricular and co-curricular opportunities, especially for first- and second-year students as they explore majors, minors, internships, and other options for education, leadership, and personal growth.



MSNBC -- LOOKS LIKE AN OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO ME. LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO.

http://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/is-the-trump-presidency-for-sale-watchdog-group-says-yes-1138347075602?icid=rm_hs_v_msnbc
MTP DAILY 1/16/18
Is the Trump Presidency for sale? Watchdog group says yes
Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen, joins MTP Daily to discuss the report that more than 60 groups spent money at Trump properties to “curry favor” with the president. Duration: 5:31



https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/iconic-photos-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/
Iconic photos of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1/46