A new law in Tennessee will allow public school teachers to discuss alternatives to such scientific topics as evolution and climate change. The bill, known as the “academic freedom” law by its supporters and the “monkey bill,” by its detractors, went into effect Friday.
Long before Detroit’s meltdown, there was Pittsburgh’s. “It’s a pretty safe bet that Pittsburgh suffered the worst economic setback of any region in the United States in the second half of the 20th century,” said Bill Flanagan, who is helping spearhead development here with the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. “By 1983, the […]
For Egyptian-Americans, the definitions and ideas of freedom and independence are being tested as Egypt embarks on a new chapter. Hours after the country’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, was removed from power, the military suspended the Constitution and installed an interim government under the leadership of Adil Mansour, the chief justice of the […]