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Herstory Writers Network’s Erika Duncan of Sag Harbor helps migrants, former inmates and grandmas tell their stories
Friday, July 28th, 2023
via Newsday LLC (New York)How do you encourage people to tell their personal stories in an open and honest way to elicit empathy in their readers? That is the question that has driven Erika Duncan, founder of the Herstory Writers Network, for the past 27 years.
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Who will surrender in Congress’s NDAA battle?
Friday, July 28th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)After clearing the Senate by a wide margin, is the NDAA back on track, or are the divisive cultural issues clogging the House bill still threatening its final passage? One longtime Senate insider and retired two-star general charts the endgame.
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It’s Byron Donalds vs. Ron DeSantis in the war over slavery
Friday, July 28th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)With help from Rishika Dugyala, Jesse Naranjo and Teresa Wiltz
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College Board rejects Florida stance that slavery was beneficial for African Americans
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via azcentral.com (Arizona)College Board says slavery was not in any way beneficial for African Americans, pushes back on Florida Gov. DeSantis.
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Florida Black History curriculum: Leaders condemn new standards
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)West Palm Mayor Keith James says he was
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DeSantis defends new slavery teachings, civil rights leaders decry “policy violence” pattern
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida's new governor.
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Letters: Free school meals Water won’t hurt you Military abortion rules
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)A longtime schools employee writes that Orange County providing free meals to all students is a step in the right direction.
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DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of ‘policy violence.’
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via A.D.N. & Co (Alaska)Florida's teachers now must instruct middle school students that people in slavery 'developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.'
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Here’s who’s running for the open Indiana US Senate seat in 2024
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via Indystar (Indiana)U.S. Sen. Mike Braun is giving up his seat to run for Indiana governor. Here are the candidates vying to fill the spot in 2024.
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DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of ‘policy violence’
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida's new governor.
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DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of ‘policy violence’
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida's new governor
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New state education office boosts conservative school board members in Florida, emails show
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)A new office in the Florida Department of Education wants to help conservative school board members across the state, emails show.
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Florida’s Black history standards continue to cause a national stir
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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Missouri school board that voted to drop anti-racism resolution might consider revised version
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
via The News Tribune (Missouri)The president of the Missouri school board that voted to revoke its anti-racism resolution now says the resolution could be kept, but revised.
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Northwest Allen County Schools board pauses vote on library conference attendance request
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
via The Journal Gazette (Indiana)The Northwest Allen County Schools board wants more information about a November library conference before voting on an employee's request to attend.
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Ron DeSantis hits back at VP Kamala Harris in Black history feud
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
via Register Herald (West Virginia)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is hitting back at Vice President Kamala Harris for criticizing the state's curriculum, which includes the claim that African-American slaves actually benefited from their…
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After DeSantis reboot, Florida governor sticks to familiar themes
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)Just days after his campaign shed staff and promised a major reboot, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis strayed little from his familiar script during a speech.
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Tennessee educators file lawsuit challenging law limiting school lessons on race, sex and bias
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Tennessee educators are pushing back again a ban on the teachings of certain concepts on race, gender and bias in classrooms by filing a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the law.
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