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Homeland Security says agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on kids in US without parents
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Department of Homeland Security says its officers visited two Los Angeles public elementary schools this week to do a welfare check on migrant children.
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The New York TimesAn order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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New Orleans council votes to send $10 million to city schools, again defying mayor
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe New Orleans City Council has voted to dedicate $10 million to New Orleans public schools, partly fulfilling the terms of a legal settlement that was rejected by the mayor.
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The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The New York TimesChristopher Rufo has helped inspire Republican messaging and bills on hot-button issues.
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Education Department withdraws from plan to address discipline disparities for Native students
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address disparities in discipline for Native American students at a South Dakota school system, saying it was wrongly rooted in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via The Washington PostIt's the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.
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He Was Held Captive in His Room For Decades. Then He Set It on Fire.
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via The New York TimesFirefighters found a 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. The police say his stepmother locked him away when he was 12.
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In conservative Alabama, Republicans are cheering for Trump – with some quiet concerns and caveats
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via The Associated PressAlabama Republicans cheered President Donald Trump and his agenda at a GOP party the day he imposed tariffs and sent stock markets tumbling worldwide.
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George M. Johnson’s ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ tops 2024 list of most ‘challenged’ US library books
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe American Library Association has unveiled the 10 most 'challenged books' of 2024. It's led by George M.
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Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The Associated PressBooks on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S.
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F.B.I. Leaders Push to Restore Trust in the Agency They Once Undermined
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The New York TimesIn recent days, Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, and Dan Bongino, his deputy, have promised to bring change to what they have called a broken institution.
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Virginia’s ‘Trump in heels’ makes 11th-hour filing for governor’s race
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The Washington PostAmanda F. Chase filed paperwork for the GOP gubernatorial primary but was unsure if she had enough signatures to take on Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.
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How the Trump Administration Might Target D.E.I. in Public Schools
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The New York TimesA letter from the administration promised to withdraw funding from schools that allow certain D.E.I. programs. But what counts as D.E.I. may prove murky.
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Naval Academy removes 400 books after defense leaders’ DEI orders
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
via The Washington PostDefense Department leaders ordered the academy to remove books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion in response to Trump orders, a U.S. official said.
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How the Trump administration took aim at Maine
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
via The Washington PostMaine has faced investigations and arbitrary reversals of funding, turning it into a test case for the Trump administration's approach to perceived adversaries.
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Corrections: April 2, 2025
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via The New York TimesCorrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
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Georgia lawmakers agree on school safety bill after Apalachee High School shooting
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via The Associated PressGeorgia lawmakers said repeatedly that a student-tracking database had been removed from a school safety bill. But parts of that plan survive.
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Prince George’s council chair replaced as the county seeks stability
Sunday, March 30th, 2025
via The Washington PostThe ouster of council member Jolene Ivey by her board colleagues comes as the county grapples with the fallout of federal spending cuts and other fiscal problems.
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French Schools Will Finally Teach Sex Education
Sunday, March 30th, 2025
via The New York TimesFor 25 years, France has said schools must teach sex ed. Now the government is at last putting a curriculum in place.
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He’s Dead, but He’s Everybody’s Weapon of Choice
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
via The New York TimesGeorge Orwell is easy to quote, but what would the iconoclastic British socialist really have thought about politics today?
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