WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: On Tuesday, a federal court issued a ruling on the controversial classroom censorship provision of the Arkansas' LEARNS Act, Section 16. The court upheld student's right to receive information and ideas and issued a partial injunction, prohibiting Arkansas from disciplining Ms. Ruthie Walls and Mr. Colton Gilbert, teachers and plaintiffs in the case, from simply teaching about Critical Rac more PR

CARY, North Carolina, May 8 -- Music and Letters, a peer-reviewed journal that says it embraces musics from classical, popular and world traditions, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 105, Issue 2): Articles: * Song, Dance, and Sex: The Social Role of the Carole in Thirteenth-Century Clerical Thought and Vernacular Literature * The Liber de tribus ordinibus: Identifying a Treatise Quoted in the Fourteenth-Century Commentum Oxoniense * Mahler's  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 10 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the winners of the 2024 Excellence in Policing Awards. These awards recognize the exceptional service and dedication exhibited by law enforcement agencies, officers, and professionals across New Jersey. The Excellence in Policing Awards were established in 2019 to promote and strengthen relationships between law enfo more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, May 8 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Jeff Ristine San Diego State University will award honorary doctorate degrees during this month's commencement ceremonies to a former California State University trustee who serves as chief administrator for a Kumeyaay Nation tribe, and to the namesake of a campus center for AI research. In an annual tradition recognizing service to the university and the San Diego community, honorary degrees will be conf more PR