News & Commentary
May 14, 2014
School discipline policies creating a new separate and unequal
May 14, 2014. Columbia. The State. By Millicent Brown & Victoria Middleton. On this week’s 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision striking down de jursegregation, the school-to-prison pipeline once again is teaching children of color that they are indeed separate and that they are certainly not equal.
Apr 28, 2014
Stop the school-to-prison-pipeline
April 28, 2014. Charleston, SC. Post & Courier. Letter to the Editor by Victoria Middleton. David Slade's article on juvenile detention ("Juvenile Justice System Fails to Educate," April 16) exposes the shortcomings of our juvenile detention centers in our state. Instead of faulting the Department of Juvenile Justice education facilities, however, we should ask how we can do a better job of keeping kids out of the juvenile justice system in the first place - which means keeping them in school and addressing discipline issues in ways that have proven successful in other states
Apr 28, 2014
Proposed cuts over books face opposition
April 28, 2014. Columbia. Charleston Post & Courier. By Andrew C. Smith, AP. A House budget proposal to cut $70,000 from two South Carolina universities for assigning gay-themed books to freshmen might not get much of a reception in the Senate.
Mar 14, 2014
SC Senate panel advances bill that could close abortion clinics
March 14, 2014. SC Radio Network. By Matt Long. A South Carolina Senate panel on Thursday advanced legislation that would require physicians who perform abortions to be board-certified in gynecology and obstetrics, as well as having privileges to admit patients to nearby hospitals.
Mar 11, 2014
Summerville considers toughening loitering law
March 11, 2014. Summerville. Charleston Post & Courier. Summerville Public Safety Director Bruce Owens wants to toughen the existing town law against loitering, to give police "legal footing" to enforce it on private properties, he told Town Council at a committee meeting Monday. The American Civil Liberties Union's South Carolina office has concerns with how a proposed amendment intends to do that.
Mar 03, 2014
South Carolina's immigration dispute could soon be over
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press March 3, 2014
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