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Horne Blasted by Dems on Ethnic Studies Ban

An ethnically diverse group of Democratic lawmakers and community leaders gather in a Arizona Senate conference room for a press conference, June 25 and blasted Arizona Super-intendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne for a bill he is pushing that would ban ethnic studies in Arizona public schools.

Sen. Leah Landrum-Taylor and Rep. Cloves Campbell called the press conference regarding Horne’s attempt to get senate bill 1069 through the legislature. Landrum named numerous historical events that would be affected if the bill would become law. Issues dealing with slavery, exploration of the west and southwest as related to native tribes, women suffrage, the Holocaust, the war between the states, the civil rights movement and a number of other history making events would be eliminated according to Sen. Taylor.

Taylor disputed Horne’s claim that eliminating such programs would be cost savings to the state.

Republicans Agree on Worst Budget Deal in Arizona History


State Capitol, Phoenix – Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican lawmakers succeeded in agreeing on the worst budget deal in Arizona history, says the Democratic Caucus of the Arizona House of Representatives.

Brewer, who for the last several weeks vowed to not make deep cuts to vital services like education, has reportedly agreed to cut more than $600 million, including deep funding cuts to K-12 education. Republican lawmakers allowed Brewer’s tax increase of $438 a year for the average Arizona family after months of condemning it.
 

Arrests Made in 2004 Scottsdale Diversity Office Bombing


Friday, the U.S. Attorney Diane J. Humetewa joined federal and local law enforcement executives to announced the federal indictment and arrests of two longtime white supremacists Dennis and Daniel Mahon for their alleged role in a mail bomb attack that seriously injured three City of Scottsdale employees, including Donald Logan, the city's Director of Diversity and Dialogue, in February 2004.
 

Black Press of America Elects New Chairman


MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (NNPA) – Los Angeles Sentinel Publisher Danny Bakewell, the new chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Assoc-iation, a federation of more than 200 Black-owned newspapers, says he aims to fortify the power of the Black Press of America by unifying its ranks while also uniting with other civil rights organizations.

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