In a 6-3 ruling in Thompson v. Clark, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed that individuals have a Fourth Amendment right to hold police accountable for maliciously instituting charges and arrests without probable cause. The court’s ruling allows a lawsuit to proceed against police officers who, after arriving at Larry Thompson’s home late one night […]
Posts Tagged ‘secondary’
Dem Rep. Auchincloss: We Should Impose ‘Secondary Sanctions Against China’ and Cut Off Russian Oil
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) called for the U.S. to cut off imports of Russian oil in order to deprive them of “by far the most important source of hard currency” for them and also called for the U.S. to impose secondary sanctions against China and applying diplomatic pressure […]
Secondary school girls in Afghanistan are facing an uncertain future
Deep in the concrete wall maze of central Kabul, the seniors of the all-girl Zarghoona High School keep one eye on their homework – and the other on the Taliban’s growing territory. The class of 2021 is too young to have experienced the Taliban’s brutal years in power, but they’re old enough to understand what […]
Gunmen storm Nigerian secondary school and kidnap students
The attackers stormed the Government Science college in the Kagara district at around 2 a.m., overwhelming the school‘s security detail, local residents said. The spokeswoman said a mass abduction of students had occurred, without specifying how many had been taken. Read more It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack. Militant Islamist […]
COVID-19: Secondary school pupils to wear mask in England’s lockdown areas
The UK government has changed advice on face-covering at school for children in year 7 or above. In a statement published on Tuesday, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said that children aged 12 or above, as well as adults, should wear masks at school in England’s lockdown areas – which include the towns of Leicester and […]
Secondary education was established to create “unity of thought”: Harvard, 1918
Inglis’ book reveals the true purpose of secondary education. Photo: Archive.org Secondary school has become increasingly important in the modern world, and is viewed collectively today as a minimum requirement for success in terms of employment, life progression and development in society. When did this thinking start? Who came up with this system and what […]