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Va. Gov. Youngkin vetoes bills on birth control, Confederate tax loopholes
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
via The Washington PostMany of the vetoes were related to culture-war issues that could play into this fall's presidential and congressional contests.
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Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
via The Associated PressIn recent months, the specter of noncitizens voting in the U.S. has erupted into a leading rallying cry for Republicans.
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Pennsylvania school district’s decision to cut song from student concert raises concerns
Friday, May 17th, 2024
via The Associated PressA Pennsylvania school district's decision to remove a song from a recent student choral concert has divided the community and spurred a review by a civil rights group.
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How Black parents in D.C. got segregation struck down 70 years ago
Friday, May 17th, 2024
via The Washington PostOn May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board—and in the D.C. companion case Bolling v. Sharpe.
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Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
Friday, May 17th, 2024
via The Associated PressA federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to a local school board in Pennsylvania's coal region is unfairly shutting Latino voters out of power.
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Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another sort lingers
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe school system in Topeka, Kansas, was at the center of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that struck down segregated education 70 years ago.
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After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
via The Washington PostA century after three Tejano men were shot to death, the story descendants tell of their killing contradicts official accounts. Whose story counts as Texas history?
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‘This Feels Like My ‘Doctor Who’: Superfans Watch the New Season
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
via The New York TimesFive British fans gathered to watch the premiere, wondering what a new Doctor and Disney+'s co-production would mean for their favorite show.
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Corrections: May 14, 2024
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
via The New York TimesCorrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
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Teachers at Montgomery school upset over cut to extended-year program
Monday, May 13th, 2024
via The Washington PostA decision to end an extended-year program at Roscoe Nix Elementary School has frustrated some teachers who say they relied on the summertime salary.
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Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds
Sunday, May 12th, 2024
via The Associated PressSchools across the U.S. are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and video cameras to spot guns.
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Virginia School District Reinstates Confederate Names at Two Schools
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via The Wall Street JournalThe Shenandoah County school board voted 5-1 early Friday to bring back Confederate names for two of its schools.
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‘Late Admissions’ Review: Glenn Loury’s Rise, Fall and Rise
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via The Wall Street JournalAn economist tenured at a young age, Glenn Loury was always inclined to question orthodoxies.
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Schools in One Virginia County to Reinstate Confederate Names
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via The New York TimesThe school board voted on Friday to reverse a decision made four years ago, when the killing of George Floyd prompted nationwide demands for a racial reckoning, to rename the schools.
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An education board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via The Associated PressA Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school four years after the names had been removed.
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Virginia school board restores Confederate leaders’ names to two schools
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe change comes four years after the schools had removed the names during the national racial reckoning sparked by George Floyd's killing.
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Jewish students say they wanted more from MCPS at antisemitism hearing
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
via The Washington PostJewish students say they wish lawmakers questioned Montgomery County Public Schools' response to antisemitism more thoroughly during Wednesday's hearing.
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Ncuti Gatwa chooses to ‘concentrate on the love’ as the new face of ‘Doctor Who’
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
via The Associated PressNcuti Gatwa says he's 'making the conscious choice to concentrate on the love and the positivity' as the Fifteenth Doctor in the new Disney+/BBC 'Doctor Who' series.
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Ncuti Gatwa jokes he finally impressed his parents, when he became ‘Doctor Who’
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
via The Associated PressActor Ncuti Gatwa, known for his roles on "Sex Education" and "Barbie," jokes that his parents finally believed he'd made it when he was cast as the 15th doctor on the hit U.K. show "Doctor Who."
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Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
via The Associated PressA federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom but is stopping short of a broader prohibition against the state's ban on teaching such subjects in the schools.
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