NEW YORK, Sept. 29 -- The National Basketball Association issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: The NBA announced today that Albert Sanders, Jr., a Google executive, has been named Executive Vice President, Head of Referee Operations. He will begin on Oct. 2 and report to President, League Operations Byron Spruell. In his new role, Sanders will direct the NBA officiating program with responsibility for the recruitment, hiring, supervision and evaluation of all referees. He will   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 -- The Columbia Law School issued the following Q&A on Sept. 28, 2023, with James Cadogan, executive director of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition: * * * An eight-year veteran of former president Barack Obama's administration, James Cadogan '06 is now the executive director of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition. The NBA has a long history as a civic-minded and socially responsible sports league. In addition to NBA Cares and the NBA Foundation, t  more

BANGKOK, Thailand, Sept. 28 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: The Vietnamese government should immediately drop all charges against the prominent environmental activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong and unconditionally release her, Human Rights Watch said today. A court in Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to hear her criminal case on September 28, 2023. On May 30, Ho Chi Minh City police arrested Hoang Thi Minh Hong on tax evasion charges, which carries a sentence o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As vice president, Pence stood alongside Donald Trump as their administration sabotaged the U.S. immigration system -- letting families suffer as a result of their cruel, inhumane policies. Pence wants to bring back the immigration policies of the Trump administration, which was the most anti-immigrant administration in decades. Associated Press: "The Trump administration was more hostile to immigrat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., introduced a resolution on Sept. 11, 2023. The text of the resolution was released on Sept. 22. S. Res. 334. A resolution recognizing September 11, 2023, as a "National Day of Service and Remembrance" ; to the Committee on the Judiciary. * * * Recognizing September 11, 2023, as a "National Day of Service and Remembrance". Whereas, on September 11, 2001, the United States endured violent terrorist attacks and events (referred to in this   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 28 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: University of Michigan experts share insights as fights over funding continue in the U.S. Congress--and the clock ticks down toward a government shutdown. Betsey Stevenson is a professor of public policy and economics at the Ford School of Public Policy. She served as the chief economist of the U.S. Labor Department from 2010-11 and a member of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers fr  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 28 -- The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: The 2023 winners of the prestigious Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education were announced today by the McGraw Family Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. Debra Duardo, David Wilson and Barbara Oakley -- three leaders in the field doing groundbreaking work in pre-K-12 classrooms, on university campuses   more