Tag Archives: women’s rights

Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] Two weeks ago, women in Saudi Arabia staged a protest against the country’s ban on female driving. The campaign that launched the protest, called Women2Drive, began in 2011 and has attempted to place pressure on the Saudi government to … Continue reading →

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R&D: Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. This is how sexist Saudi Arabia is: when women protest the driving ban, the authorities arrest their male supporters. http://t.co/zMGIodyTq9 — Noah Shachtman … Continue reading →

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R&D: Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law on Illegal Immigrant Workers, Christians Worry in Egypt, and South Korea Endorses Lagade’s IMF Candidacy

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for May 27th: Supreme Court upholds Arizona illegal-worker law from the San Francisco Chronicle The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-3 margin upheld an Arizona “business death penalty” law that requires employers to check with E-Verify … Continue reading →

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R&D: The Reason President Obama’s Deficit Commission Failed, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Stalls in the Senate, and Bloomberg Considers a Presidential Run

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for December 10th: No cigar from the Economist Why did President Obama’s deficit commission fail? According to the Economist, the answer lies in an absence of political will. Major setback for ‘don’t ask’ repeal from the … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged 2012 presidential election, budget deficit, Cancun climate talks, China, climate change, deficit commission, don't ask don't tell, gay rights, India, iran, Michael Bloomberg, R&D, top five news stories, U.S. military, women's rights | Comments Off

Extemp Questions for the Week of May 13th-19th, 2009

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Logan Scisco

1. Can Russia play a constructive role in the Middle East peace process? 2. Has the pope’s visit to the Middle East achieved its goals? 3. Is the French economic model better than the Anglo-Saxon economic model? 4. Should the … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly Questions | Tagged Britain, Catholic Church, Chrysler, economy, entitlement reform, EU, France, illegal drugs, illegal immigration, iran, marijuana, Middle East, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, torture, women's rights | Comments Off