"North Charleston, SC (WLTX) - Two suspects have been charged with killing a Good Samaritan who'd stop to help them on the side of the road.

Multiple media outlets report 17-year-old Deon Frasier and 19-year-old Michael Dupree-Taylor were arrested on murder charges. Frazier also faces a count of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

According to North Charleston police, on Monday night the victim had stopped to help a Dodge Durango out of a ditch on North Jimtown Drive. After the vehicle was pulled out of the ditch, officers say the suspects robbed and shot the man. 

Police later arrested the two at an apartment complex."

http://www.amren.com/news/2016/08/coroners-office-identifies-man-fatally-shot-in-north-charleston-two-teens-face-murder-charges/

The media has been gushing over the recent election of a Somali-American Muslim in Minnesota, but some disturbing facts about this politician’s past have surfaced that could sound the death knell for her political career.

Ilhan Omar secured the nomination of the state’s Democrat Party to serve as the representative of House District 60B in the state legislature by coming in first in a three-way race that included 22-term incumbent Phyllis Kahn.

State and national media hailed Omar’s victory as “historic,” but other reports suggested that the victor had a past in marriage and immigration fraud."

"Omar reportedly married Ahmed Hirsi, the father of her three children, in 2002, according to Power Line. However, that wasn’t her last marriage, as she allegedly married again in 2009, but this time to her own brother — Ahmen Nur Said Elmi.

The reports suggested that the marriage between Omar and her brother, a British citizen, was to assist his entry into the United States.

If true, Omar would be guilty of violating Minnesota’s laws against bigamy, which is defined in Minn. Stat. § 609.355 as “knowingly having a prior marriage that is not dissolved” while also “contracting a marriage in this state.”

This offense carries a punishment of up to five years in prison or a fine up to $10,000.

Bigamy — and incest, I would argue — are problematic enough alone, but if the reports are true, this newly nominated Democrat is also potentially guilty of fraudulently circumventing the immigration process.

Of course, the media focus on a person’s race, gender, religious affiliation or background and forget that they have a duty to be the “watchdogs” for things like political corruption.

Let’s forget about electing officials with integrity, honesty and respect for American laws; as long as they are “diverse” and “historic,” that’s all that matters … right?"

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Specialization in LGBTQ Studies

We invite applications from persons whose scholarly production falls within the more traditional meaning of monographs and refereed journal articles and those whose scholarship is evidenced in performative and other creative venues or in a policy work. The successful candidate will be able to work across multiple disciplines and have expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Critical Race, Queer, or Transgender Theory/Studies/Policy

• Disability Studies/Crip Theory

• Transnational Genders and Sexualities, esp. Masculinities Across Racial Lines

• Gender and Sexuality in Performance Studies and Visual Culture

Applicants must have a Ph.D. or compatible terminal degree by the time of application.

Best consideration Date: Sept. 23, 2016

For information on how to apply - wmst.umd.edu

In a new “Humanities Connection” segment on WYPR, Tahira Mahdi, a Ph.D. student in human services psychology, examines strategies for how people can evaluate the impact of the arts and humanities on a daily basis.

“The arts and humanities are scholarly fields that study how humans document and process the complexity of the human experience,” she explains in the segment that aired August 11.

Mahdi says that scholars and community workers are often challenged to assess and evaluate the impact of arts and humanities projects on communities and programs through quantitative evidence, but she offered strategies to achieve this through surveys and keeping records of attendance at events. She notes that arts and humanities are not inherently academic pursuits and by definition create change every day, perhaps more effectively measured through qualitative means.

“Qualitative research goes beyond the numbers to provide the depth of the human experience, the how and the why of the impact,” Mahdi explains.

Referencing Lee Boot’s “Art of Transformation” project, Mahdi explores a strategy that examines the less tangible aspects of what makes communities thrive through digital publishing and storytelling as an organizing tool.

“When we think about evaluating the impact of the arts and humanities, we should start by thinking about what life will be like without these everyday studies of ourselves. Some things cannot be quantified, but the impact of the arts and humanities stares us in the face all day, every day,” says Mahdi.

Listen to the complete segment “Evaluating the Arts and Humanities” on the Maryland Humanities Council website.

Image: Tahira Mahdi speaks at the 2015 Imagining America Conference in Baltimore. Photo courtesy Tahira Mahdi. 

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