The best of the week’s news

• Scott Walker does something right for a change: Governor signs bill to screen for birth defects after Milwaukee Journal Sentinel expose of preventable infant deaths.

• Fed up with Congress, immigrant workers take to the streets to push for reform.

• Senate rejects nominee for top civil rights post because of his propensity to advocate for civil rights.

• When “trigger warnings” in academia cross the line from courtesy to coddling.

[Photo credit: Wander Mule, Creative Commons.]