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For decades, the college admissions process at elite institutions like Harvard has been shrouded in a cloak of subjectivity. We’ve been told about "holistic review," a system that considers everything from your race to your extracurriculars to your family's history. But what if we stripped away all the layers and looked at one simple, undeniable metric of academic merit: test scores? The data is clear and compelling. Year after year, Asian American students, on average, post the highest SAT and ACT scores of any racial or ethnic group. The numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) don't lie. The average SAT score for Asian Americans is consistently higher than that of their white counterparts. This isn't a matter of opinion; it's a matter of fact. This brings us to a fundamental question: If Harvard's goal is to admit the most academically talented students, why have Asian Americans been so underrepresented relative to th...

The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is an invaluable source for understanding crime trends across the nation. While we're always looking at the most recent data, sometimes it's helpful to revisit past years to see patterns and shifts. Let's take a quick look at some key insights from the 2019 FBI UCR data, focusing on violent crime. In 2019, there were an estimated 1,203,808 violent crimes nationwide, representing a slight decrease of 0.5% compared to 2018. This category includes murder, rape (revised definition), robbery, and aggravated assault. Looking deeper into the violent crime offenses and associated arrest demographics: Aggravated assaults accounted for the largest portion, making up 68.2% of violent crimes reported. Of the 274,376 arrests for aggravated assault, White individuals accounted for 61.8% (169,467 arrests) and Black or African American individuals accounted for 33.2% (91,164 arrests). Robberies comprised 22.3% of violent crime...

Greg M. Cavaluzzi, 34, a former Pelham middle school teacher, was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine and traveling with intent to have illicit sex with a minor. Greg M. Cavaluzzi plead guilty on February 17, 2011, before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas, who imposed today's sentence in White Plains federal court. See, USDOJ

  WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Obama said that to restore fiscal responsibility, we all need to share in the sacrifice – but we don’t have to sacrifice the America we believe in. Earlier this week, the President proposed a balanced approach to cut the deficit, which matches the $4 trillion in deficit reduction put forward by House Republicans’ plan. The President’s proposal does this by combing the entire budget for savings and asking everyone to do their part. The Republican plan, though, would end Medicare as we know it and make drastic cuts to education, infrastructure and clean energy, while giving away $1 trillion in tax breaks to the wealthiest two percent. The audio of the address is and video of the address will be available online at www.whitehouse.gov at 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Remarks of President Barack Obama As Prepared for Delivery Saturday, April 16, 2011 Washington, DC This week, I laid out my plan for our fiscal future....

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) partners arrested, arrested two suspected Dominican Republic smugglers Thursday. Law enforcement also seized a 20-foot yola (boat) and 155 pounds of cocaine, with an approximately street value of $1.6 million. The arrest followed a multi-agency at-sea interdiction in the Mona Passage. The crew of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) aircraft detected two men aboard a suspicious yola traveling towards Puerto Rico during a law enforcement patrol Thursday afternoon, approximately 30 nautical miles southwest of Mona Island, Puerto Rico. U.S. Coast Guard in Sector San Juan proceeded to notify and divert several assets to approach the suspect vessel.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission gives Integrated Broadband Services a lesson in disparate treatment. Similarly situated analyst, one black and one white were disciplined unfairly. The white analyst who left 2 hours early from work twice in one week was given a written warning, whereas the black analyst who left 30 minuets early once in one week was fired. Integrated Broadband should have written them both up or fired them. Disparate treatment looks at equal treatment of employees in the workplace. It is unlawful to treat white employees better than black employees, there should always be equal treatment when it comes to rewards and punishment on the job. Integrated Broadband Services learned about disparate treatment at a cost of $60,0000.00 payed to the EEOC in a civil settlement. What are your opinions on equal employment issues? Feel free to leave a comment. By: Joel Irving. See, related story>>