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Chair of Moms for Liberty group talks about starting Greene County chapter

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

via News-Leader (Missouri)

Megan Patrick, chair of the Greene County chapter said a goal is to raise academic achievement by getting

Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism

G.O.P.’s Far Right Seeks to Use Defense Bill to Defund Ukraine War Effort

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The New York Times (Alabama)

The group's proposals have no chance of passage, but they have further mired the military spending bill in a partisan fight and highlighted Republican divisions over the war.

Racism

House GOP battles stretch out consideration of defense bill

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via 8 News NOW (Nevada)

House consideration of the annual defense authorization bill is likely to be kicked into next week as House Republicans battle over which hot-button-issue amendments will get votes on the floor. The extended timeline is just the latest reflection of the challenges facing Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and GOP leaders as they race to iron out […]

Racism

Amid backlash to stopped lesson on racism, Lexington GOP censures school board chair

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

The Lexington County Republican Party's executive committee voted to censure the Lexington-Richland Five school board's chair, the latest piece of backlash after district officials stopped a teacher's…

Racism, School Board – General

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

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via A.D.N. & Co (Alaska)

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

What Randi Weingarten Leaves Out of the Story

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Wall Street Journal (New York)

The teachers-union boss's deflections aren't convincing.

Racism

From a midcareer switch to a top leadership position in Franklin County education

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via Richmond.com (Virginia)

Bernice Cobbs stepped down as superintendent of Franklin County Public Schools on June 30. She is retiring after a 25 years in education, a second career that started in her mid-30s when she made the decision to become a teacher. Cobbs was the first woman and the first Black educator to lead the rural school division.

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

McCarthy confronts bleak reality as conservatives undercut GOP agenda

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

It's not just the Pentagon policy bill that's delayed on the floor. Prepare for further Republican drama over government spending and a big tax bill.

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Conservative demands on defense bill pressure House GOP leaders to bend

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

Conservative pressure to address hot-button issues like abortion, diversity initiatives and Ukraine funding is complicating efforts from House Republican leaders to pass the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), spurring a creative procedural fix to keep floor action on the bill moving while larger issues remain unresolved. Some conservatives want to see amendments to reverse...

Racism

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.

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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.

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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