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Round-Up Friday – April 8th-15th

  Earthquake in Japan; N.Korea testing missiles; Trump manager gets off; Manson…

An Education of Violence

Attacks like the one at a New Jersey High School…

To Pardon or Not?

It has been two years since Edward Snowden leaked classified… References and Footnotes"Timeline of Edward Snowden's Revelations," accessed September 6, 2015. ↩Alec Luhn and Mark Tran, "Edward Snowden given Permission to Stay in Russia for Three More Years," Guardian, August 7, 2014, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/edward-snowden-permission-stay-in-russia-three-years. ↩Rebecca Berg, "Hillary Clinton: 'I Can Never Condone' Edward Snowden," Washington Examiner, September 5, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-i-can-never-condone-edward-snowden/article/2560672. ↩Charlie Spiering, "Chris Christie: Edward Snowden is 'A Traitor And A Piece of Garbage,'" Breitbart, July 22, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015,  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/22/chris-christie-edward-snowden-is-a-traitor-and-a-piece-of-garbage ↩Cheryl Chumley, "Donald Trump on Edward Snowden: Kill the ‘Traitor,’" Washington Times, July 2, 2013, accessed September 6, 2015. ↩Ben Axelson, "Edward Snowden Tells John Oliver Nude Photos Aren't Safe from NSA Surveillance," April 6, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2015/04/edward_snowden_nude_obscene_photo_surveillance_john_oliver.html ↩Meek, James, Luis Martinez, and Alexander Mallin, "Intel Heads: Edward Snowden Did 'Profound Damage' to U.S. Security," ABC News, January 29, 2014, accessed September 6, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/intel-heads-edward-snowden-profound-damage-us-security/story?id=22285388. ↩Glenn Greenwald, “On the Espionage Act Charges against Edward Snowden,” June 22, 2013, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/22/snowden-espionage-charges. ↩“Ron Paul,” InvestmentWatch, April 2, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://investmentwatchblog.com/ron-paul-my-understanding-is-that-espionage-means-giving-secret-or-classified-information-to-the-enemy-since-snowden-shared-information-with-the-american-people-his-indictment-for-espionage-could ↩

Housing Discrimination Lingers On

After San Francisco was devastated by the 1906… References and Footnotes Horiuchi, Lynne. “Object Lessons in Home Building: Racialized Real Estate Marketing in San Francisco.” Landscape Journal, 26:1 (Spring 2007): 61-82. ↩Ibid ↩ Moser, Whet. “Housing Discrimination in America Was Perfected in Chicago.” Chicago Magazine, May 5, 2014. Accessed June 4, 2015. ↩ Turner, Margery Austin. “Housing discrimination today and the persistence of residential segregation.” Urban Wire: Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros, June 12, 2013. Accessed June 4, 2015. ↩ Moser. ↩Ibid. ↩ Samuels, Alana. “Is Ending Segregation the Key to Ending Poverty?” The Atlantic, February 5, 2015. Accessed June 3, 2015. ↩Ibid. ↩Ibid. ↩Ibid. ↩ Kansas State University Newsroom. “Early Exposure to Diversity Good for Children.” Newswise, December 5, 2005. Accessed June 3, 2015. ↩

Week in Review – April 1st – 7th

Panama Papers – tax havens of the rich and…

Rolling Out the Carpet?

The conversation on allowing or not allowing Syrian refugees into…