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Newsom faces debt dilemma
Monday, July 24th, 2023
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The HistoryMakers: Documenting untold stories of African American achievement
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Julieanna Richardson's organization is documenting the breadth of the Black experience in America, one story at a time.
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School board in Missouri, now controlled by conservatives, revokes antiracism resolution
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)O'FALLON, Mo. — In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb and urged the mostly white…
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Christie Rips DeSantis Defending Slavery Lessons: Not ‘Words of Leadership’
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via Tri-City Herald (Washington)Ron DeSantis faced criticism for saying he "wasn't involved in" a new controversial history curriculum in the state's schools.
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The fall of the ivory tower: American education is failing
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)This past week, Gallup released a poll showing public confidence in American higher education is plummeting.
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Missouri school board revokes anti-racism resolution passed after George Floyd death
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)The Francis Howell district is among Missouri's largest, with 17,000 students, about 87% of whom are white. The board now is led by new conservative board members elected since last year.
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A Christian’s duty encompasses protecting children
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via Carlsbad Current-Argus (New Mexico)Substance abuse, violence, bullying, b.ody image, racism, poverty, depression, cultural shaming, and gun violence are the enemy to our children
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School board in Missouri revokes anti-racism resolution issued after George Floyd killing
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via FOX5 Vegas - KVVU (Nevada)The board's decision follows a trend that began with backlash against COVID-19 pandemic policies in places around the nation.
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School board in Missouri, now controlled by conservatives, revokes anti-racism resolution
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb.
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Trump gets a new trial date, DOJ warns Texas governor: 5 Things podcast
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
via Courier Journal (Kentucky)Trump's classified documents trial is set for May, the DOJ plans to sue Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his floating barrier wall: 5 Things podcast
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Kamala Harris says Florida rules on Black history pushed by Ron DeSantis are ‘propaganda’
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)The new standards include instruction that enslaved people benefited from skills that they learned.
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School district faces CRT battle after book teaches ‘white America is a syndicate’
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)A South Carolina school district has become embroiled in a dispute surrounding critical race theory after a high school teacher allegedly conducted a lesson centered on "systemic racism" teaching that
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Harris says Florida rules on Black history are ‘propaganda’
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
via Star Advertiser (Hawaii)WASHINGTON >> Vice President Kamala Harris said extremists want to 'replace history with lies' as she traveled to Florida on Friday to assail Republican efforts to overhaul educational standards,…
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Harris: Florida is ‘pushing propaganda’ on children
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
via 8 News NOW (Nevada)Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Florida on Friday to address the state's new education guidelines that limit how Black history is taught in public schools.
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Harris, on DeSantis’s turf, blasts Florida curriculum on Black history
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via The Washington Post (Iowa)Vice President Harris, in Florida, denounced what she calls an effort to rewrite the history of Black people in America.
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Harris says Florida rules on Black history pushed by DeSantis are ‘propaganda’
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)Vice President Kamala Harris swiped at new standards for teaching Black history in Florida during a trip to Jacksonville on Friday. The standards were adopted by the state Board of
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Vice President Harris slams Florida’s Black history standards in Jacksonville speech
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Florida's new Black history standards at an event in Jacksonville Friday, calling them part of 'a national agenda … to replace history with lies.'
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DeSantis defends Florida schools’ black history teaching against Kamala Harris
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) blasted Vice President Kamala Harris over her criticisms of Florida's education system's teachings on black history and slavery.
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Education’s Tea Party has arrived
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Earlier this month, I spent the weekend at the Moms for Liberty 'Joyful Warrior' summit in Philadelphia, which made national news by attracting a gaggle of leading GOP presidential contenders as speakers, including Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. No mean feat for an organization that didn't even…
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