Martin Luther King Jr Day: Popular view ignores King's complexity
A New YorkAP examination argues King is treated as a one dimensional icon forty years after his assassination. Scholars note his anti poverty and antiwar positions, his evolving public stance, and the dangers of reducing his legacy to a single dream.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
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Martin Luther King
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University of Buffalo
Memphis
Washington
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White House
Harvard Sitkoff
University of New Hampshire
Sitkoff
Richard Greenwald
Drew University
Eab
Washington, D.C
Diversity training often fails to boost management diversity
A 31 year, 830 workplace review finds mandatory diversity training correlates with declines in women and minority managers, while voluntary programs tied to business goals raise diversity. Experts cite legal risk and PR motives behind mandatory training, urging skill based, voluntary approaches.
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U.S
Alexandra Kalev
University of Arizona
Supreme Court
Multistate primaries shape nominating battles
As both parties embrace multi state contests to settle nominations early observers warn results may be muddled. About 1 029 Republican and 1 678 Democratic delegates are at stake across 24 states with rules varying. Proportional GOP outcomes and possible Democratic ties could push uncommitted delegates and late primaries to decisive clout before the convention.
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Barbara Norrander
University of Arizona
Loomis
Texas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mount Mercy Advance program grows enrollment to record high
Enrollment in the Mount Mercy Advance program rises by 23 percent this year, reaching about 700. Many students work at Alliant Energy AEGON and Rockwell Collins and aim for four year degrees. The accelerated, block schedule runs five to 10 weeks per course with classes one night a week. Paula Gunter began in January 2003 and plans an accounting degree by May while balancing family and work commitments. Officials plan more degrees to broaden reach beyond traditional 18 year olds.
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Rockwell Collins
Tom Castle
Mount Mercy Institute
Kirkwood
Mount Mercy
Paula Gunter
Advance
Kay Bone
Kirkwood Advance
Christopher Blake
Abortion debate follows Juno film and rights stakes
Pro life supporters see Juno as opening discussion on adoption and options, while pro choice groups warn health rights remain fragile. Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City stresses access for low income women as Choice Dinner funds sliding scale services. Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa notes opposition to abstinence only funding amid broader sex education debates.
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Karen Kubby
Emma Goldman
Iowa City
Jennifer Vick
Planned Parenthood
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
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