In a famous essay about crime and the British press , George Orwell identified the kinds of murder cases that excited the news media and titillated the public. The victims, he wrote, tended to be middle-class; the alleged perpetrators were seemingly respectable members of the community; the motives were typically sexual or romantic in nature. And none of the cases was open and shut, leaving ample room to speculate about the outcome. Read full article > >

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The Huguely case: What makes for a media mob?

It is the final day of his best year at work, and Keith Lazar, 62, settles into his corner office at the community bank. He eats a doughnut with a fork and turns on an instrumental CD titled “Relaxation.” Outside his office window, the town square is bustling with proof of his impact during the past 12 months: trucks financed by his loans, restaurants expanding because of his savings advice and small businesses created with his support. Read full article > >

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‘Life is good’ in Iowa’s Washington, but the candidates keep raising alarms

The Egyptian American Community Foundation has been around for nearly a decade, supporting humanitarian and social incentives both in Egypt and in New York City. This summer, the Foundation, which is a non-profit, opened an office in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn because it wanted to focus on community serviced based work.  Bay Ridge is home to a large Arab-American community. Its top three demographics are Egyptian, Yemeni, and Moroccan. “Previously, we were based on fundraising, we worked a lot with Habitat for Humanity and did a lot of things overseas in Egypt rather than in the community itself,” explained Asmi Fathelbab, who works out of the Bay Ridge office. “People are always under the assumption that the [Bay Ridge] population is Palestinian, but it’s really not,” Fathelbab said, adding that the Egyptian community has been established for quite some time, but some members are still adjusting. The Foundation offers a plethora of services to all communities in the neighborhood. It’s goal is to help new immigrants get acclimated with their new society and offer them services that even many American-born people do not know how to acquire, such as immigration lawyers, tax help or where to get food stamps.

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Egyptian American Community Foundation Opens Brooklyn Office

An elderly Amish man has his hair and beard cut off by his own son in the latest such attack in the community in the US state of Ohio, said police.

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Amish son ‘cuts father’s beard’

One day after al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, Northern Virginia Muslims he once worshiped alongside gathered for an event that was both a community gathering and an effort to portray a version of Islam much different from the one he espoused. The timing of Saturday’s annual Civic Picnic of the All Dulles Muslim Society (ADAMS) in Sterling, which attracted about 200 people, was purely coincidental. But in recent years, it has become an important component of the community’s outreach efforts. Read full article > >

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Picnic showcases mainstream Islam in Northern Virginia

In a racially mixed corner of Shreveport, La., a small group of white voters protested loudly this year that they did not want to be part of a majority black district when the legislature redrew the state’s political boundaries. The Republican-led statehouse complied, drawing a line around the community to accommodate them. That line is at the heart of a case before the Justice Department that is seen as a critical test of how the Obama administration will interpret the controversial Voting Rights Act as it rules on a new wave of redistricting plans. Read full article > >

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Louisiana redistricting case seen as crucial test of Voting Rights Act

The tornado that carved through southwestern Missouri last Sunday leveled parts of Joplin so completely that the community’s inner GPS remains out of whack.

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When Everything Is Gone, Including a Sense of Direction

The new storm system on Tuesday night caused concern that the community could be hit again at a moment of unprecedented vulnerability.

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Battered Survivors Cower as New Storm Brews but Passes

If the Day of Judgment begins Saturday, as an apocalyptic Christian radio network has predicted, the community of Rapture, Indiana, will likely take it in stride.

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Rapture, Indiana, not sweating

Are you ready to build the progressive movement that America desperately needs? This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. We’ve finished writing the Progressive Strategy Handbook that you — the community — paid for last fall through a crowdfunding campaign. So you want to be part of a real progressive movement? You’ve come to the right place. read more

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Introducing the Progressive Strategy Handbook

Some experts say the community college that suspended Jared L. Loughner could have done more to help him.

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College’s Policy on Troubled Students Is Under Scrutiny

More than 1,000 NHS staff working alone in the community are to be given “panic buttons” by a local health board.

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Panic buttons for 1,000 NHS staff

The quality of American education is going to get worse. Count on it. And contrary to the conventional wisdom, the main reason isn’t going to be the loss of funding accompanying economic hard times. Follow along and I’ll explain: Step One: Start with what was once a relatively simple educational system. (For me, it was a one-room school with 16 or so kids ranging in age from about 6 to 15, and a teacher who, it was taken for granted by the community, was a professional who knew what she was doing.) read more

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De-Legitimizing Public Education

Can the community protect its own streets?

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Prescription for safety