Israeli Scholar Advocates for Class-based Affirmative Action

SAN FRANCISCO – Class-based affirmative action programs can do more to increase socioeconomic mobility than race-based programs alone, according to sociology professor Sigal Alon of Tel-Aviv University, speaking recently at the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education where she presented her book Race, Class, and Affirmative Action.

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San Jose State Scrambling to Address Racial Tensions

SAN FRANCISCO — Last week’s campus protest, following a verdict that handed three White, former San Jose State University (SJSU) students reduced jail sentences for what many perceived to be a hate crime, has put new pressure on administrators to hire a chief diversity officer to handle festering racial tensions at the Bay Area college.

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Spain’s Rebellion Moves to Print

La Marea, Spain’s radical new monthly magazine, operates out of a narrow, lime green-colored office space in southeastern Madrid, in the working class stronghold of Vallecas. There is a small foyer with a couch to receive visitors; some cramped desks with three second-hand computers bought at 70 euros a piece; and a back room with a tiny kitchenette and one sprawling glass-and-mosaic table where the staff holds meetings. There is no rent because the magazine’s editors worked out a deal with the small web business that agreed to share its space; La Marea covers the monthly 100 euro electricity bill, and that is all.

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A Naval Commander for the 99% Stands Trial

Consider the story of Leah Bolger, the latest American hero up on trial: She is a young female artist in the Midwest. She joins the Navy at 22, is made commander and serves two decades as an anti-submarine warfare specialist. After retiring she joins Veterans for Peace and becomes the organization’s first female president. Then, in October of 2011, she commits the crime of interrupting a public congressional hearing of the Super Committee to deliver a message from the 99 percent: End the wars and tax the rich to fix the deficit.

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