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Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 10 race: South L.A., Mid-City, Koreatown

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Incumbent Heather Hutt is running for a City Council District 10 seat against challengers Aura Vásquez, Eddie Anderson, Grace Yoo and Reggie Jones-Sawyer.

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She was reprimanded for teaching a book on race. Then she tried again.

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

South Carolina teacher Mary Wood decided over the summer that she had to teach Ta-Nehis Coates' 'Between the World and Me' again.

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Arizona now offers provocative PragerU videos to schools

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)

Arizona's schools now have the option of providing lessons that include an animated video of Christopher Columbus saying "being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I

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Texas Republicans who defied Gov. Greg Abbott on school vouchers face mounting primary attacks

Wednesday, January 31st, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

As promised, the governor is going after members of his own party after some of them tanked his top legislative priority.

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January 23, 2024 CALL TO ORDER Chairpers

Wednesday, January 31st, 2024

via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)

January 23, 2024 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Reider called the regular meeting of the Davison County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. All members of the Board were present. Also present was…

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How an SBC retirement agency’s investing reveals tension over conservative values

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024

via Tennessean (Tennessee)

With new Methodist denomination contract, an SBC agency has become "faith-based investing" leader among conservative evangelicals. But at what cost?

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St. Louis Archdiocese is slow to share its history of owning slaves

Sunday, January 28th, 2024

via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)

Black Catholics in St. Louis say this legacy still shapes the archdiocese today.

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Trump in Las Vegas: ‘We are not going to allow this horror to continue’ — PHOTOS

Saturday, January 27th, 2024

via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)

Former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump spoke to supporters at a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday.

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Was Ron DeSantis overrated?

Saturday, January 27th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

It's not hard to be a Republican in Florida. Maybe that didn't help when DeSantis went national.

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Chinese New Year celebrations planned in Swarthmore, Media

Friday, January 26th, 2024

via Delco Times (Pennsylvania)

Media and Swarthmore plan Lunar New Year celebrations; Plus, Ridley grad opens new car wash, Indian Lane School recognized for inclusion, churches partner for e-waste recycling event and more!

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Utah lawmakers pass DEI overhaul, Gov. Spencer Cox expected to sign bill

Friday, January 26th, 2024

via Deseret News (Utah)

HB261 will overhaul diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public institutions in the state

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Louisiana Supreme Court dismisses church as defendant in bylaws suit. Check out why

Friday, January 26th, 2024

via Plaquemine Post South (Louisiana)

The suit, one of a pair filed by former members, alleged First Bossier Pastor Brad Jurkovich illegally amended the bylaws in 2014.

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Florida removes sociology as core course option for public colleges

Friday, January 26th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

To replace sociology, the Florida Board of Governors added an American history class which it described as a 'factual history course.'

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DEI bill passes Senate, likely heading to governor after House concurrence

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

via Deseret News (Utah)

HB261 will overhaul diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public institutions in the state.

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Readers Speak: CT teacher’s suit example of troubling trend

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

Teacher's suit example of troubling trend; Reporter lauded for good work

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What the latest version of Utah’s DEI bill will — and won’t — prohibit

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

via Deseret News (Utah)

HB261 aims to overhaul diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public institutions. It's scheduled for a final vote on Thursday

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Utah Legislature 2024: Bill would block DEI practices in private companies

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

A bill in the 2024 Utah legislature would block private companies from requiring employees to agree with concepts surrounding race, sexual orientation and gender. However, the GOP sponsor could not…

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‘America is under attack’: Inside the anti-DEI crusade

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

The backlash against 'wokeism' has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook — and grievances — behind…

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Youngkin’s focus on Virginia wins praise from unlikely source: Democrats

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Virginia)

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has shed some of the national hot-button issues that defined his first two years in office and turned to wooing Democrats.

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