Buff Project at Garden City High under review
Our View argues the Buff Project, a senior requirement at Garden City High School, should remain mandatory or offered as a choice only to ensure seniors gain community service and career readiness. Proponents say it builds leadership, empathy and real world skills, while opponents cite time pressure and student burnout.
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Memorials and battles frame US mine safety and immigration debates
President Obama pledges to honor fallen mine workers by strengthening safety in the mines amid calls to overturn immigration enforcement laws. Civil rights activists and Rep. Grijalva urge resistance to police collaboration with immigration actions. An al-Qaida statement mourns leaders killed in Iraq as two jihadists are named heroes.
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Barack Obama
Big Branch
Raul Grijalva
Obama
Al-Qaida
Iraq
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
U.S
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The Telegram welcomes signed letters to the editor. Include writer’s address and phone number. all letters will be confirmed before publication and are subject to editing for libel and length. Keep letters under 500 words or 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 plus phone and fax details for the Attn. Editor.
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Preamble style rights quote in early law text
The fragment presents a historic government text stating that no law shall establish religion or prohibit free exercise, abridge freedom of speech or press, and protect peaceable assembly and petition for redress of grievances. It echoes constitutional language about civil liberties.
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Tea party gains footing in Kansas politics
Chapman Rackaway reviews the rise of the Kansas tea party, tracing its roots to 2008 and 2009 and noting its momentum, endorsements, and structure. He warns of hijacking attempts by rival groups, calls for purging radicals, and argues conservative protest energy can reshape Republican dynamics if channeled responsibly.
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Ron Paul
Paul
Boston
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Todd Tiahrt
Club For Growth
Americans For Prosperity
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Trials in hate crime deaths show justice slow but ongoing
The article recalls the 2008 murder of Marcelo Lucero in Suffolk County and the later cases of Jose Sucuzhanay and Luis Ramirez, highlighting juries and prosecutors pursuing hate crime charges. It notes failures in reporting and a broader push for new hate crime laws and better public education to prevent such violence.
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Osario Lucero
Lucero
Marcelo Lucero
New York
Suffolk County
Jeffrey Conroy
Conroy
Jose Sucuzhanay
Hakim Scott
Keith Phoenix
Sucazhanay
Scott
Phoenix
New Jersey
Luis Ramirez
Shenandoah
Derrick Donchak
Brandon Piekarsky
Donchak
Piekarsky
The Bridge of Truth and Misinformation in Politics
Stanley Crouch analyzes David Remnick's biography of Barack Obama and the book The Bridge, contrasting serious journalism with right wing misinformation. He critiques Willie Lynch myths, Farrakhan’s rhetoric, and race narratives, arguing for fact over conspiratorial myth, and ends inviting contact via email.
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David Remnick
Louis Farrakhan
Obama
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Willie Lynch
Spelman College
William Jelani Cobb
Cobb
X-man
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