NEWS AND OPINION: “Ordinary people can do extraordinary things,” says the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, which was chartered by Congress in 1958 for those who wear the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest military award. National Medal of Honor Day is Monday – a day for Medal of Honor recipients themselves to honor Americans […]
Walking to cast their ballots next week along needle-strewn streets, past the gauntlet of addicts, petty thieves and empty storefronts that are the landmarks of 21st-century San Francisco, voters of the city by the Bay are expected to send a powerful message that they have had enough. “The pendulum is swinging,” Malcolm Weitz, 41, said. […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Jemny Marquinez has wanted to be a police officer since the age of 12, when she saw officers from her local police department in Virginia handing out Christmas gifts to children. Marquinez has the right qualifications, including a bachelor’s degree in criminology, but because she is not a U.S. citizen, she cannot […]
The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a pair of controversial public safety proposals on the March 5 ballot, including one that would require single adults on welfare be screened and treated for illegal drug addiction or else lose cash assistance. Mayor London Breed also supports a ballot measure that would grant police more […]
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