by jpitney | Apr 18, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives, Public Service
A number of posts have discussed a trend that discourages public service: death threats against public officials. Emily Matesic at WLUK-TV: With just days until he leaves his seat in Congress, U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher could be shedding some light on the reasoning...
by jpitney | Feb 21, 2024 | California Politics, Congress, Public Service
Democratic congressional candidate Aditya Pai has released a new documentary on his campaign for U.S. Congress to represent Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, and north Orange County. Pai’s candidacy focuses on a need for more public service and less politics in...
by jpitney | Feb 18, 2024 | California Politics, China, Journalism, Journalists, Public Service
DRT panel on student journalism, February 22 lunch Join the Dreier Roundtable for a panel centering the role of student journalism on college campuses. In today’s political and social climate where free speech is under scrutiny, student newspapers play a critical role...
by jpitney | Jan 9, 2024 | Public Service, State Government, Violence
Sarah Ellison, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Patrick Marley at WP: On Wednesday, bomb threats forced evacuations, closures or stepped-up security measures at more than a dozen state capitols,in...
by jpitney | Dec 30, 2023 | California Politics, Higher Education, Public Service
Mallika Seshadri at EdSource: College students are earning money for public service as part of the College Corps, a new state program, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. With $73.1 million from California’s general fund, College Corps pays thousands of college...
by jpitney | Dec 23, 2023 | Judiciary, Public Service, Violence
Frank Figliuzzi at MSNBC: In just the first 24 hours since the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday disqualifying former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican primary ballot, social media platforms were awash in violent threats to the...
