Hartford Officer Involved In Alleged Police Beating Retires Nov 17, 2009
Police Union President Richard Rodriguez said that Lee served more than 20 years in the department and had been planning to retire but did so after the recent allegations surfaced. Lee will get a pension, Rodriguez said. (FOX61, CT)
Gay marriage Nov 10, 2009
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Chicago fares could soon be among nation's highest Oct 13, 2009
CTA President Richard Rodriguez told reporters a battered economy has forced Chicago's hand. The agency is receiving 30 percent less income from sales and real estate taxes than expected. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
SoCal pursuit ends with officer kicking suspect May 14, 2009
Police identified the suspect as Richard Rodriguez, 23, of El Monte. Rodriguez, a member of a street gang, was on parole, Lt. Chuck Carlson said. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
A view of the recession in San Francisco May 1, 2009
Richard Rodriguez, L.A. Times-Washington Post News Service ... Richard Rodriguez, author of "Brown: The Last Discovery of America," is writing a book on monotheism and desert ecology. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
New Freshman Reading novel to examine race and racial profiling Apr 7, 2009
Past years Freshman Reading Program (FRP) books include last year s nonfiction Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert, the short story collection Einstein s Dreams by Alan Lightman, the nonfiction expos; One Nation, Underprivileged by Washington University social work professor Mark Rank and the essays of Richard Rodriguez in Brown. In making the decision for next year s reading, the FRP partnered with the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, which is conducting a... (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Can California gays make it legal? Mar 5, 2009
The crusade for Proposition 8 was fueled by the broken American family, explains gay Catholic author Richard Rodriguez. By Jeanne Carstensen. (Salon)