Manual Arts High School
Social studies teacher and football coach at Manual Arts High School
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Mark Gomez
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Which Way, L.A.?
Kids Need More Exercise State law requires that high school and junior-high students get 400 minutes of physical education every ten days. But UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research found that 1.3 million kids are avoiding PE. That’s 38 percent of students between the ages of 12 and 17. Dr. Allison Diamant is faculty associate at the Center and a co-author of the study .
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
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Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.