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Biden to Create Monument to Emmett Till Amid Fights Over Black History
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
via The New York Times (Florida)The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the activism of his grieving mother helped galvanize the civil rights movement in America.
Racism
La. Superintendent of Education meets with controversial political organization to discuss current state of schools
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
via WBRZ-TV (Louisiana)BATON ROUGE - Parents, teachers and protestors were all present for a discussion on the current state of schools in Louisiana with the Superintendent of Education, Dr. Cade Brumley, put on by the Moms…
Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism
What do drag shows and Latino museums have to do with roads and parks?
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)Lawmakers' tempers are boiling over as Republican provisions on cultural and social issues become ubiquitous in this year's House spending bills.
Racism
Louisiana’s top school leader addresses controversial Moms for Liberty group, faces protestors
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
via The Advocate (Louisiana)Louisiana's top school leader spoke Monday night to the local chapter of Moms for Liberty, a parental advocacy group that has drawn nationwide controversy for its opposition to COVID rules
Parent Involvement, Racism
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All the ways Ron DeSantis is trying to rewrite Black history in Florida
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
via A.D.N. & Co (Alaska)From laws to standards, Florida's governor is shaping and limiting what students can learn.
Racism, Book Bans
All the ways Ron DeSantis is trying to rewrite Black history
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)From laws to standards, Florida's governor is shaping and limiting what students can learn.
Racism, Book Bans
More Republicans see racism as a problem for White people than for Black people
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)This comports with past polling on discrimination.
Racism
AGNC Investment Corp. Announces Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via WBRC (Alabama)BETHESDA, Md., July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AGNC Investment Corp. ("AGNC" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: AGNC) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.SECOND QUARTER 2023…
Racism
Bans on gender-affirming care, CRT help to depoliticize U.S. military
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that address climate change, abortion, masks and more will help the military return to its core mission: Protecting this country.
Racism
School board in Missouri revokes anti-racism resolution
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via Star Advertiser (Hawaii)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…
School Board – General, Racism
Florida and DeSantis dig in as criticism of Black history curriculum mounts
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)The teaching standards have again thrust Florida and DeSantis into America's politically polarized fight over how and what to teach children.
Racism
Kalman Hettleman: Education politics isn’t what you (especially liberals) think it is: it’s worse
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via Maryland Matters (Maryland)The writer of a lengthy cover story in the New York Times Magazine earlier this year on Randi Weingarten, head of the national American...
Racism
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Clarence Page: A ‘woke’ military? Don’t forget the messy race relations that got us here.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)For all the fuss Congress makes over diversity training, lawmakers should remember the racial unrest in the ranks that got us here.
Racism
DeSantis faces swell of criticism over Florida’s new standards for Black history
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)Florida's new standards land in the middle of a national tug of war on how race and gender should be taught in schools. There have been local skirmishes over banning ...
Social Emotional Learning, Racism
Newsom faces debt dilemma
Monday, July 24th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)LGBTQ+, School Board – General, Racism
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.
Racism
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…
School Board – General, Racism
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.
Racism
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.
Racism