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Don Feder was invited to UMass to speak on the issue of hate crime legislation for a lecture entitled, “Hate Crimes: It’s Not What You Think.” However, if members of the UMass Coalition Against Hate are to be believed, those who purvey hate on campus shouldn’t be allowed to speak.

“The cost of 2010 Census has escalated to an estimated $14 billion…making it the most expensive in the history of our country,” Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) at a recent hearing about the strategies for a cost-effective and accurate 2010 Census.

A new extension of the 1960’s Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) has become more and more active on campuses since its resurrection in 2006. However, the “new” SDS, which is funded by the Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS), is influenced by many of the same 60s radicals who led the Weather Underground.

Congressman Tom Price (R-GA), who represents the “happiest district in the nation” according to a recent study, expressed his regrets that his district “is not happy about what’s going on here in Washington right now.”

In Joseph B. White’s article “How Detroit’s Automakers Went from Kings of the Road to Roadkill,” White explains five factors that contributed to the fall of Detroit’s big three, General Motors (GM), Chrysler and Ford.

By some estimates, President Obama may have the opportunity to nominate one-third of federal appellate judges in his first term alone.

Economist Paul Krugman explains one of today’s more pressing social and economic concerns—a growing income inequality—through his understanding of the Great Depression and the culture and politics it produced.

The only other event in our nation’s history to which policymakers and pundits have found it appropriate to compare the current economic crisis is the Great Depression.

When President Obama’s economic stimulus bill was signed into law, it included $1.1 billion for “comparative-effectiveness research.”

With GM, Chrysler and Ford reporting losses because of the economic downturn and consumers not willing to buy, the future of the big three is questionable.

The number of Hispanics enrolled in college rose 15% between 2006 and 2007. Hispanics accounted for 11.5% of the overall college student population in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations ambassador Susan Rice have implied that direct talks with Iran are a priority.