Troy Davis, the Georgia man convicted of murder on questionable evidence two decades ago, has just been executed by state prison officials, we’re hearing. Attorneys for Davis, who abolitionists have been fiercely rallying to save, had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and grant an eleventh-hour stay only hours ago. Sadly, the court refused, […]
Daily Archives: September 21st, 2011
Posted inEducation
Governor Gregoire steps up to mediate negotiations to end Tacoma teacher strike
After seven days without school for thousands of Tacoma students, Gov. Chris Gregoire has stepped up to mediate talks between Tacoma Public Schools and the Tacoma Education Association. After failing to reach an agreement today, the governor called for school district officials and members of the teachers union to negotiate in her office. Members of […]
Posted inPolicy Topics, World Commmunity
Iran frees Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal — two U.S. hikers it has imprisoned since 2009
Iran’s autocratic regime today freed two American hikers that it has held in prison for more than two years in a move it called a “humanitarian gesture”. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both twenty-nine, were allowed to leave Iran’s infamous Evin prison and taken by a diplomatic caravan to an Iranian airport. They were then […]