Supreme Court could force Congress into battle over Dreamers
By: Marianne Levine and Sarah Ferris ~Politico ~ June 14, 2020
Yet lawmakers, facing a growing list of crises, may not have the bandwidth to help DACA recipients — especially in an election year. In what is already one of the most turbulent years in Washington, Congress could soon be staring down another crisis — the possible deportation of 700,000 Dreamers. The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming weeks on the fate of an Obama-era program to shield undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, delivering a jolt to Washington amid a global pandemic and historic unrest over the killing of African Americans at the hands of police. A Supreme Court decision necessitating Congress to act would add another monstrous task to its to-do list this year, while also thrusting lawmakers into one of the thorniest political debates just months before they, and President Donald Trump, are on the ballot. Read full article here
More than two decades after affirmative action was outlawed at public campuses, University of California regents on Monday unanimously supported the repeal of Proposition 209, the 1996 state initiative that banned preferential treatment by government bodies based on race, ethnicity or sex — and has been blamed for a decline in diversity at UC’s most selective campuses. With passionate remarks about the pernicious effects of racism, the regents endorsed Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5, which would repeal Proposition 209, clearing the way for affirmative action to once more be used in UC admissions and hiring. Board Chairman John A. Pérez declared that a “colorblind” model for society denies the reality of racism and quoted South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s admonition that to remain neutral amid injustice is to choose the side of the oppressor. Read full article here
For photos of the labor and student marches in Berkeley, and the huge Oakland car caravan protesting the murder of George Floyd, and new online exhibition, see below.
PHOTOESSAY: VIGAN’S PUBLIC MARKET: THE COMMONS IN THE HANDS OF FARMERS AND THE POOR
Children of the stall owners often work in the market with their families.
Walking through the public markets of the Philippines, I can see a way that people have been able to institutionalize public markets, keeping their people-serving purpose intact.
Vigan’s current public market was rebuilt in the years after the fall of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Under Marcos, farm income plummeted as he opened the economy to transna- tional loans and investment. According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, by 1982 two-thirds of families consumed less than the recommended minimum daily calorie intake.
Ante la creciente contingencia por la COVID-19 y la toma de medidas preventivas empleadas por el Gobierno de México, la Secretaria de Educación y las diferentes Instituciones de Educación Superior, es necesario conocer y emplear estrategias y acciones preventivas para aplanar la curva de contagios en nuestro país.
Por eso, el Comité ANUIES-TIC a través de su grupo de trabajo de Tecnología Educativa, los invitan a asistir a la sesión 12 continuación de la plática informativa “Como prepararse ante contingencias en Instituciones Educativas” que se presentará a través de videoconferencia el día Jueves 18 de Junio a las 5:00 pm
La dirección de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación de la ANUIES invitan a la sesión 5 del Webinar «Ciberseguridad en Instituciones Educativas» que se llevará a cabo el día Miércoles 17 de Junio a las 17:00 hrs. (CDMX, México)
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