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This Is America, Speak English- Student Suspended For Requesting English Be Spoken In Class, Suing School
By Susan Duclos A Pima Community College in Arizona is being sued by student, Terri Bennett, for allegedly labeling her a “bigot” and punishing her with a long-term suspension for daring to request English be used in her nursing studies class so she could learn the subject. Read Terri Bennett’s entire legal complaint here. According to the complaint linked above, the studies and labs she was participating in were being conducted in Spanish, a language she did not speak, so she asked the college, which supposedly is run under Arizona’s English-only legal requirement, to enforce that requirement so she to could continue to pursue her educational goals. According to the group ProEnglish, who is helping Bennett with her lawsuit, for "simply seeking a classroom environment where she can learn in English, Terri was harshly treated by the PCC administration, viciously insulted, and punished with a nine-month suspension," says ProEnglish Executive Director Robert Vandervoort.
US Authorizes Preparations For War With China
The United States is preparing for a war with China, a momentous decision that so far has failed to receive a thorough review from elected officials, namely the White House and Congress. This important change in the United States’ posture toward China has largely been driven by the Pentagon. There have been other occasions in which the Pentagon has framed key strategic decisions so as to elicit the preferred response from the Commander in Chief and elected representatives. A recent case in point was when the Pentagon led President Obama to order a high level surge in Afghanistan in 2009, against the advice of the Vice President and the U.S.
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