KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The father of the Orlando nightclub gunman came to the U.S. from Afghanistan more than 30 years ago and has made a series of rambling political videos about his former homeland, even once describing himself as its "revolutionary president."
Seddique Mir Mateen maintained a high profile on social media in the U.S., but is a mystery to Afghan authorities. Some government departments ran background and security checks Monday and found no trace of him, an official said.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The latest social-justice crusade bubbling up among "oppressed" undergraduates at prestigious Yale University comes in the form of a student petition asserting that a "Major English Poets" curriculum requirement features too many major poets from England who are white and male. The petition claims the course is "hostile to students of color."
The document, which went online late last month, calls on administrators to dump "the Major English Poets sequence as the primary prerequisite for further study." And putting it more bluntly – to "decolonize, not diversify, its course offerings."
