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Utopian Dreamers Founded This Alabama City. Now, a Fight Over Books Is Dividing It.
Sunday, May 4th, 2025
via The New York TimesFairhope originated as an experimental colony, and that spirit remains part of its character. But it now faces a culture war, with its library at the center.
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Arizona communities bank on Trump’s push for coal to ensure they’re not forgotten
Sunday, May 4th, 2025
via The Associated PressPresident Donald Trump wants to tap into 'beautiful, clean coal" to help meet the electricity demands of what he bills as a new dawn of manufacturing and technological advancement in the United States.
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It Was Just a Rumor on Facebook. Then a Militia Showed Up.
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
via The New York TimesResidents of Oakdale, Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources. These days, they're often not sure what information to trust.
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The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a 'historical wrong' and suggesting that others across…
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How tariffs are impacting babies and undercutting a Trump priority
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
via The Washington PostThe Washington Post's essential guide to power and influence in D.C.
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North Carolina is pursuing its own restrictions amid Trump’s pushback against DEI
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe North Carolina House advanced its own restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion practices for state agencies.
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Supreme Court majority seems open to religious public charter schools
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
via The Washington PostA ruling for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would allow direct and complete taxpayer funding for a faith-based school for the first time.
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Supreme Court hears arguments over publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Supreme Court is hearing arguments over what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school.
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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
via The New York TimesThe justices have allowed vouchers for religious schools and required equal treatment in tuition programs. But direct government payments to religious public schools pose a new test.
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A town refuses to give up the school’s Native American mascot — and gets Trump’s support
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
via The Associated PressA New York City suburb has become the latest flashpoint in the enduring debate over the place of Indigenous imagery in American sports.
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Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to pay for an online charter school that 'is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.'
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Despair Blankets Scene of Car-Ramming Attack at Festival
Monday, April 28th, 2025
via The New York TimesFilipinos in Vancouver returned to a neighborhood to mourn the 11 people killed in a weekend attack.
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1 in 5 Texas schools got a D or F rating under new performance standards
Friday, April 25th, 2025
via The Associated PressTexas public school ratings — which grade how well districts educate their students — drastically dropped after the state implemented stricter scoring standards, new data released Thursday shows.
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Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs
Friday, April 25th, 2025
via The New York TimesA draft document outlines steep cuts or the elimination of funding for programs that provide child care, housing assistance, foreign aid and health research.
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Donald Trump’s trip to Pope Francis’ funeral puts a sharper focus on their clashes over the years
Friday, April 25th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe clash in style between Donald Trump and Pope Francis and their positions on migration, the environment and poverty will come into sharper focus as the president travels to Rome for Francis'…
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From Book Bans to Canceled Lectures, the Naval Academy Is Bending to Trump
Thursday, April 24th, 2025
via The New York TimesEven before the presidential election, the school began preparing for Donald Trump's potential return to power. Now faculty members are resigning in protest.
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Justices Seem Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
via The New York TimesIn a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters.
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Trump Joins a Bitter Fight in Massapequa Over a School Mascot
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
via The New York TimesNew York's education leaders moved to ban Native American-inspired mascots in 2022, drawing a lawsuit from the Massapequa school district. Now, the president has weighed in.
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Supreme Court takes up religious rights dispute over LGBTQ books in Maryland schools
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters.
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Pope Francis never visited his homeland of Argentina in his papacy. Some blame its volatile politics
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
via The Associated PressPope Francis never set foot in his native Argentina during his papacy, and that left many of the faithful in his homeland feeling puzzled and snubbed by the world's first Latin American pope.
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