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Obama should pardon him before a much less thoughtful president, who has spoken of his execution, takes over the machinery of surveillance.

By ALAN RUSBRIDGER

The president has focused on getting criminal offenders out of jail early and trying to give them the skills to stay out, but the new administration has a law-and-order cast.

Backed by President Obama, Mr. Holder will lead the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group aimed at breaking the Republican Partys grip on the congressional map.

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN

The states Democratic-led Legislature decided to retain Mr. Holder to represent it in any legal fights against the new Republican White House.

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

The suit, filed by two former detainees in C.I.A. secret prisons and the representative of a third who died in custody, centers on two psychologists.

By SHERI FINK and JAMES RISEN

Zero tolerance policies in schools have resulted in the suspension of three million students each year, and are shown to have a disproportionate effect on minority students.

By CLYDE HABERMAN

Over the last 30 years, schools across the country have enacted tough disciplinary policies. Did they go too far?

By RETRO REPORT

For one thing, it should stop using profile pictures before booking.

By KRISTEN CLARKE

More can be done with powers that already exist to deal with the legacy of sentencing policies that have been recognized as destructively unfair.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Goldman Sachs Raises a New Private Equity Fund | Continuing Debate Over the Financial Crisis

The Justice Department forced banks to pay fines and penalties, but mystery surrounds the dearth of individual prosecutions for wrongdoing.

By WILLIAM D. COHAN

Hedge Funds Accuse Puerto Ricos Governor of Money Grab | Beer Mega-Merger Closer to Completion

Mr. Holder will help create an anti-discrimination policy for Airbnb, whose hosts have been accused of excluding blacks and transgender people.

By KATIE BENNER

More than a dozen current and former officials have followed the president in embracing the medium of podcasting. Sometimes they make news.

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH

The former attorney general credited Edward J. Snowden with raising the debate on national security, though he called his actions inappropriate and illegal.

By JONAH BROMWICH

Two days after her victory in the New York primary, Mrs. Clinton, who regularly criticizes Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for being weak on gun control issues, will discuss gun violence with the relatives of those who died in the 2012 elementary school shooting.

By ALAN RAPPEPORT

The annual event will be broadcast on Black Entertainment Television on March 14.

By JADA F. SMITH

Both cases highlight just how hard it is to convict those involved in complex corporate decisions where there is diffuse responsibility.

By PETER J. HENNING

Former Attorney General Eric Holder now says he supports reclassifying marijuana. But marijuana enthusiasts want to know why he didnt push for the change while in office.

By FRANCIS X. CLINES

Theres no good reason formerly incarcerated shouldnt be allowed to vote. Now, in Kentucky, some of them they will be.

By JESSE WEGMAN

Obama should pardon him before a much less thoughtful president, who has spoken of his execution, takes over the machinery of surveillance.

By ALAN RUSBRIDGER

The president has focused on getting criminal offenders out of jail early and trying to give them the skills to stay out, but the new administration has a law-and-order cast.

Backed by President Obama, Mr. Holder will lead the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group aimed at breaking the Republican Partys grip on the congressional map.

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN

The states Democratic-led Legislature decided to retain Mr. Holder to represent it in any legal fights against the new Republican White House.

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

The suit, filed by two former detainees in C.I.A. secret prisons and the representative of a third who died in custody, centers on two psychologists.

By SHERI FINK and JAMES RISEN

Zero tolerance policies in schools have resulted in the suspension of three million students each year, and are shown to have a disproportionate effect on minority students.

By CLYDE HABERMAN

Over the last 30 years, schools across the country have enacted tough disciplinary policies. Did they go too far?

By RETRO REPORT

For one thing, it should stop using profile pictures before booking.

By KRISTEN CLARKE

More can be done with powers that already exist to deal with the legacy of sentencing policies that have been recognized as destructively unfair.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Goldman Sachs Raises a New Private Equity Fund | Continuing Debate Over the Financial Crisis

The Justice Department forced banks to pay fines and penalties, but mystery surrounds the dearth of individual prosecutions for wrongdoing.

By WILLIAM D. COHAN

Hedge Funds Accuse Puerto Ricos Governor of Money Grab | Beer Mega-Merger Closer to Completion

Mr. Holder will help create an anti-discrimination policy for Airbnb, whose hosts have been accused of excluding blacks and transgender people.

By KATIE BENNER

More than a dozen current and former officials have followed the president in embracing the medium of podcasting. Sometimes they make news.

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH

The former attorney general credited Edward J. Snowden with raising the debate on national security, though he called his actions inappropriate and illegal.

By JONAH BROMWICH

Two days after her victory in the New York primary, Mrs. Clinton, who regularly criticizes Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for being weak on gun control issues, will discuss gun violence with the relatives of those who died in the 2012 elementary school shooting.

By ALAN RAPPEPORT

The annual event will be broadcast on Black Entertainment Television on March 14.

By JADA F. SMITH

Both cases highlight just how hard it is to convict those involved in complex corporate decisions where there is diffuse responsibility.

By PETER J. HENNING

Former Attorney General Eric Holder now says he supports reclassifying marijuana. But marijuana enthusiasts want to know why he didnt push for the change while in office.

By FRANCIS X. CLINES

Theres no good reason formerly incarcerated shouldnt be allowed to vote. Now, in Kentucky, some of them they will be.

By JESSE WEGMAN

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No matter who you are, where youre from, who you love, or who you worship, you deserve to belong,Airbnb CEOBrian Cheskywroteon Sunday with a link to the #WeAccept campaign, whichshows the faces of people of various ages, races, and religions along with the inspiring message.

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Former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder who was hired by Airbnb last July to help craft a world-class anti-discrimination policy also tweeted about the#WeAccept campaign.

This is who we truly are We work together. We stand together. We are one nation. We are one people. @Airbnb @bchesky #weaccept together, Holder wrote to his Twitter followers.

Hollywood and Silicon Valley have heavily opposed President Donald Trumpsexecutive ordertemporarily suspending theU.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Super Bowl Sunday saw a series of politicized commercialsmeant to shine a spotlight on the administrations immigration policies.

ButAirBnBs #WeAccept effort is a longterm campaign, and its being spearheaded by Holder, who has already been hired by the California legislature to help lead the legal fight against Trump.

In his role at the $30 billion home-sharing company, Holder is crafting the companys anti-discrimination and housing policy, according toChesky.

Airbnb users received an email onMonday morning detailing the companys intentions to provide housing for100,000 people over the next five years, including refugees.

Today were setting a goal to provide short-term housing over the next five years for 100,000 people in need.Well start with refugees, disaster survivors, and relief workers, though we want to accommodate many more types of displaced people over time, the companys founders announced.

To help people around the world facing displacement, well work with our community of hosts to find not just a place to stay, but also a place to feel connected, respected, and a part of a community again, Airbnb says. In addition, Airbnb will contribute $4 million over the course of four years to the International Rescue Committee to support the most critical needs of displaced populations globally.

Last year, Airbnb launched a full-scale investigation following charges of racism from blackrenters who took to social media and shared stories of being turned away by hosts once their race was disclosed. The hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack trended online.

Airbnb apologized for the race-based discrimination complaints and began to enact aseries of anti-discrimination policies.

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Eric Holder's Airbnb Runs Controversial #WeAccept Multiculturalism Ad - Breitbart News

Connecting California Columnist and Editor, Zcalo Public Square, Fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (UC Press, 2010)

The state legislature did the right thing in hiring an outside lawyer who knows Washington as it prepares for a multi-front battle against our unhinged new president and his administration.

But did they pick the right lawyer?

Thats the question Sacramento should be asking about former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The lawyer has a sterling reputation as a thoughtful person and administrator. But looking over his career, theres little evidence that hes much of a fighter.

Holders time as attorney general was distinguished by the fights he wouldnt take on. In particular, he repeatedly declined to go after banks and bankers who not only caused the great recession, but also were engaged in money laundering or other fraud. Whistleblowers in the financial industry have frequently said there was little appetite in Holders Justice Department to pursue wrongdoers. And the fact that Wells Fargo and its executive never went to jail for its systemic fraud borders on the criminal in itself.

Holder also refused to take the risk of prosecuting the torture or other abuses from the Bush administration. And his department did very little on public official corruption. Holders earlier tenure as a deputy a.g. during the Clinton administration and his previous career as a prosecutor follows a similar pattern.

Holder is now 65, and California is hardly his only case. Hes been talking more about a high-profile effort to push for redistricting reform in other states.

One could make the case that Holders decisions not to fight have reflected strategic or political prudence. But California and its legislature need a brawler, someone who can take the fight to Washington, and slay powerful, even venal adversaries.

And where is the fight in Eric Holder?

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Where Is the Fight in Eric Holder? - Fox and Hounds Daily

The San Luis Obispo Tribune

Hiring Eric Holder to defend people here illegally is deplorable The San Luis Obispo Tribune This July 26, 2016 file photo former Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Vowing to protect California's values and constitutional guarantees, the state Legislature has ...

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Hiring Eric Holder to defend people here illegally is deplorable - The San Luis Obispo Tribune

Should be working to improve our state, not tearing it apart

There were more than3million people in California who voted for Donald Trump, but you would not know it by listening to our politicians or media.

We are one nation and we need to work together to improve our nation, not break it apart. Since when do we need former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to battle for our state? Our Legislature is wasting our tax dollars. They should be working with our new president to bring our country together, not drive it further apart.

John PickrellConcord

There have been a number of letter writers saying that its time to stop protesting President Donald Trump, pointing out they didnt do that to Barack Obama in 2009.

Trump denied Obama was a citizen, catering to the far-right extremists. The emails of a racist nature flew fast and furious during Obamas tenure but its true there were no outright protests as I recall. And why would there be? Obama didnt deny science, call Mexicans criminals, promise to gut the Affordale Care Act, or turn Medicare into a voucher system as well as our schools.

Just look at Trumps Cabinet for a clue. Many of them are under investigation for illegal behavior and others dont even understand the agency they are to head. This is another false equivalency.

Anne Spanier Alameda

I was a bit amused at a recent letter in which the writerquoted atheist Richard Dawkins in his response to silly beliefs of Christians.

Hows this for silly? In the beginning was nothing and nothing happened to nothing. Then all of a sudden a whole lot of something happened and nothing exploded for no apparent reason creating everything which became self replicating bits and eventually after a whole lot of time became planets, stars and dinosaurs.

Oh, those silly atheists and their beliefs.

Chris Murrell Walnut Creek

Barry Bonds record of 762 home runs stands and there is no way of knowing if the numbers would have been less had he not taken steroids.

Similarly, Donald Trump won the Electoral College with 306 votes and is the president. As with Bonds, it is impossible to prove that his victory would not have occurred without illegal assistance.

If Russias efforts caused the vote to swing by only one half of 1percent in some battleground states, that would represent the winning margin. It is not unreasonable to believe that their activities resulted in at least a .005 difference in the vote in those key states and very believable that the impact was much more.

If so, without Russian interference on behalf of Trump, Hillary Clinton would have won. However, that can never be proved conclusively.

Perhaps the best way to view Trumps presidency is that, while technically legal, it is not necessarily legitimate. And it certainly does not represent a mandate. His supporters should be ashamed, or at least, humbled and the rest of us should remind them, respectfully, at least at first, as to why they should be.

Ray Cole Brentwood

It was breathtaking to read that five elementary schools in the Oakland Diocese will be closing in June. The other side of the coin is that many dedicated, experienced teachers will be losing their jobs.

It would behoove the neighboring cities to look into hiring these excellent teachers for the fall. Most of them live locally.

Mary McMahon Livermore

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A letter writer bemoans the state's hiring of Eric Holder - East Bay Times