AvatarMeagan JenningsSomebody Forgot To Tell Bush, Cruz And Rubio The GM Bailout Workedhuffingtonpost.com - Jonathan CohnIf you want to understand the temperaments and governing philosophies of the Republican presidential candidates, pay close attention to the way they …
AvatarMeagan JenningsGoogle Expected to Face Antitrust Charges in Europe (Published 2015)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Mark ScottLONDON — The European Commission is said to be planning to charge Google with using its dominant position in online search to favor the company’s own services over others, in what would be one of the biggest antitrust cases here since regulators went after Microsoft. Europe’s competition chief, …
AvatarMeagan JenningsAtlanta School Workers Sentenced in Test Score Cheating Case (Published 2015)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Richard FaussetATLANTA — In an unexpectedly harsh sentence after a polarizing six-year ordeal, eight of the 10 educators convicted of racketeering in one of the nation’s largest public school cheating scandals were sentenced to prison terms of up to seven years Tuesday after they refused to take sentencing deals …
AvatarMeagan JenningsTo block union power, school reformers try courtsverified_publisherPOLITICO - By Stephanie SimonEducation reformers stymied by teachers unions and liberal state legislatures increasingly are turning to the courts to get their way on everything from funding charter schools to making it easier to fire teachers. It’s an end-run strategy championed by Republican and Democratic reformers alike: …
AvatarMeagan JenningsSplit of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood blow to regional groupapnewsarchive.com - KARIN LAUBAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood has formally split after 70 years — a breakup blamed on long-running ideological disputes, but also …
AvatarMeagan JenningsUnsettled at Home, Veterans Volunteer to Fight ISIS (Published 2015)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Dave PhilippsAUSTIN, Tex. — Last fall, Patrick Maxwell, a 29-year-old Iraq war veteran now selling real estate in this bustling city, saw something in news footage of Islamic fighters in Iraq that he never saw as an infantry Marine there: the enemy. “We patrolled every day, got shot at, mortared, hit by I.E.D.s, …