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House Republicans channel America’s culture wars in Pentagon budget battle

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via Press Herald (Maine)

This year's Pentagon policy bill faces a potentially messy partisan battle in the House over troops' abortion access, LGBTQ rights and diversity initiatives.

Racism

Children’s picture books are the next targets for book bans

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

This series examines who and what drive objections to K-12 texts amid a culture war over what children should read.

Book Bans, Racism

Clarence Page: A college-level challenge – when free speech sounds like cyberbullying

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via Press Herald (Maine)

At the University of Chicago, a student's Twitter rhetoric sounds a lot like ‘a genuine threat or harassment,' which would violate campus policies.

Racism

Are Florida laws chasing university faculty away? Some see a ‘brain drain’

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via Miami Herald (Florida)

In the months before the Florida Board of Governors met in late March, more than 1,000 people wrote in, mostly to complain. Now, a dozen speakers lined up to be heard in person.

Racism

Journal Junction for July 12, 2023

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Journal (West Virginia)

Racism, School Board – General

Montana State Library Withdraws From National Association

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via Flathead Beacon (Montana)

The commission framed the decision as a way to remove Montana's libraries from the 'vanguard of the culture wars'

Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism

Hard Right Presses Culture War Fights on Defense Bill, Imperiling Passage

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The New York Times (Texas)

Right-wing Republicans want to use the annual military budget and policy legislation, traditionally a bipartisan affair, as a tool to pick fights on abortion and other social issues.

Racism

Politics, abortion policy take center stage at commander’s confirmation hearing

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Gen. Charles Q. Brown, on track to be the Pentagon's next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, promised a Senate panel Tuesday that he'll remain nonpartisan and steer clear of politics during his tenure as America's top military officer.

Racism

Williams: The Tulsa case typifies a nation that views African Americans as beneath repair

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Richmond.com (Virginia)

The outcome in Tulsa pretty much reflects the dismissiveness, or outright resistance, to reparations nationwide, with a few exceptions.

Racism

Lexington County GOP censures school board chair over racism lesson plan in school

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via The State (South Carolina)

It's the latest move in a controversy over a Chapin High School lesson involving a book about racism by a Black author.

School Board – General, Racism

House GOP channels America’s culture wars in Pentagon budget battle

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

This year's Pentagon policy bill faces a potentially messy partisan battle in the House over troops' abortion access, LGBTQ rights and diversity initiatives.

Racism

Bowser Focuses on Incarceration to Address Rising Crime

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Washington City Paper (District of Columbia)

The debate over D.C.'s crime bill is wrapping up, but where is the discussion of how to actually solve crimes?

Racism

Pasco teacher who favors parental rights seeks school board seat

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

High school math coach CJ Smith would challenge District 2 incumbent Colleen Beaudoin.

Social Emotional Learning, Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism

One senator’s abortion protest leaves the Marine Corps without a permanent leader

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via KNPR (Nevada)

The Marine Corps' highest-ranking officer position fell vacant on Monday thanks to a move from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who continues to block nominations to protest a Pentagon abortion policy.

Racism

‘We will not rest until there is justice for Greenwood’: 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors vow to fight lawsuit dismissal

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

A judgment in favor of the plaintiffs would've provided reparations to three survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Racism

‘We will not rest until there is justice for Greenwood’: 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors vow to fight laws

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via OregonLive.com (Oregon)

A judgment in favor of the plaintiffs would've provided reparations to three survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Racism

What is social emotional learning?

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

Charleston County School District (CCSD) has been a leader in the state's implementation of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), with 80 percent of elementary schools and 100 percent of middle schools

Social Emotional Learning, Racism

LEARNS and the inevitable

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

The lawsuit over the LEARNS Act has always been about time, which is about up.

Racism

Utah congressmen weigh in on defense spending bill, as House Republicans take on ‘woke’ military policies

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

Republicans and Democrats will have to agree on the final version of the $900 billion bill

Racism