Study Finds There May Be A Blessing In The Curse

Study Finds There May Be A Blessing In The Curse

Cambridge, UK…It’s long been associated with anger and coarseness but profanity can have another, more positive connotation. Psychologists have learned that people who frequently curse are being more honest. Writing in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science a team of researchers from the Netherlands, the UK, the USA and Hong Kong report that people […]

CTA & NEA Presidents To Join LA Educators Declaring That Schools Are Safe Havens For All Students In National Event

CTA & NEA Presidents To Join LA Educators Declaring  That Schools Are Safe Havens For All Students In National Event

Burlingame, CA…In a sign of rising resistance to federal threats to public schools, California educators will join with parents, students, labor and civic leaders and communities on Thursday in calling for every student to have access to a high-quality public education and in standing up against extremist, anti-public school political agendas. This national day of […]

Chelsea Manning’s Sentence Commuted By President Obama, 273 Pardons & Commutations So Far

Chelsea Manning’s Sentence Commuted By President Obama, 273 Pardons & Commutations So Far

Washington, DC…On January 17, 2017, the Obama administration announced that Manning would be freed on May 17, 2017, under a commutation of her sentence granted by President Obama. The following is the statement from the White House on The President’s pardons and commutations so far. “Today, 273 individuals learned that the President has given them […]

Schedule of Events For Presidential Inauguration Starting January 19th

Schedule of Events For Presidential Inauguration Starting January 19th

Washington, DC…The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) released the schedule of official events for the 58th Presidential Inauguration. The official portion of the inaugural will begin with the President-elect and Vice President-elect laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, continue with a welcome concert on Thursday, January 19th, and end with the National Prayer Service on […]

60 Years At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

60 Years At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Monterey, CA…Happy New Year! 2017 marks the diamond anniversary of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and the legendary road course has an exciting season planned during its 60-year celebration. Round 1 of the Ferrari Challenge North America kicks off the major event schedule on May 12-14. A field of Ferraris will battle on the famed 2.238-mile […]

Justice Department Announces Findings Of Investigation Into Chicago Police Department

Justice Department Announces Findings Of Investigation Into Chicago Police Department

Washington, DC…The Justice Department announced today that it has found reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) engages in a pattern or practice of using force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The department found that CPD officers’ practices unnecessarily endanger themselves and result in unnecessary […]

Runner Responds To Governor Brown’s January Budget

Runner Responds To Governor Brown’s January Budget

Sacramento, CA…Board of Equalization Member George Runner today issued the following statement in response to Governor Jerry Brown’s 2017-18 January budget proposal: “The governor’s continued call for fiscal restraint makes sense. The state is still vulnerable to the boom-and-bust dangers of the past, especially since California voters chose to extend tax increases on high-income earners. […]