Abortion, morality, and extremism

In the wake of the Notre Dame scandal and the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a few high-profile stories as well as a quotation in the Canadian Press (Canada's wire service):

Scarborough Country: Where Anti-Choice Extremism Is Swept Under the Rug Women's Media Center, June 4 2009 reprinted at MotherJones.com and Alternet

Where Does Anti-Choice Extremism Come From? RH Reality Check 6/19/09

Six Ways the Internet Has Influenced the Discourse On Dr. Tillers' Murder RH Reality Check 6/409 referenced In Salon.com's Broadsheet blog

On the Question of Choice, Where Does the President Stand? RH Reality Check 6/1/09

School Rezoning stories in West Side Spirit

A series of news stories and a feature on a controversial school rezoning plan on the Upper West Side.

REZONING OK'D
via westsidespirit.com on 11/26/08
District 3’s Community Education Council has given the final go-ahead to the rezoning plan that has roiled the community. The Department of Education says the vote was essentially the last stroke to put the plan into execution for the 2009-10 school year.

SCHOOL MOVE OK’D :

via westsidespirit.com on 11/21/08

District 3’s Community Education Council voted in favor of a fiercely contended rezoning and relocation proposal to alleviate overcrowding at a local elementary school.


CEC BACKS SCHOOL MOVE

via westsidespirit.com on 11/13/08
The CEC passed the rezoning/move in an initial proposal despite fierce protest.

GROWING RIFT OVER P.S. 199 CROWDING PROPOSALS

via westsidespirit.com on 10/30/08

The Department of Education’s preliminary proposals for tackling overcrowding in District 3 have led to escalating tension between parents at P.S. 199 and The Center School, whose children share a building on West 70th Street.

TEPID RECEPTION TO REZONING PROPOSALS : West Side Spirit

via westsidespirit.com on 10/9/08

District 3’s Community Education Council characterized proposals for redrawn catchment zones mere “band-aid” solutions to school overcrowding.