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The 2023 Responsible 100
Monday, December 11th, 2023
via City & State NY (New York)A selection of selfless New Yorkers serving the common good.
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Move to repeal ‘educational equity’ rule driven by ‘culture wars,’ USBE member says
Monday, December 11th, 2023
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)Utah State Board of Education member Sarah Reale called the move to repeal an administrative rule that ensures educational equity for all students 'frustrating and irresponsible.'
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Ohio cases mentioned in national study of ‘discriminatory censorship laws’
Monday, December 11th, 2023
via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)A national review of laws that seek to regulate school discussions on things like racism and gender identity included Ohio cases as part of its discrediting of such laws.
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Conservatives called her artwork ‘obscene.’ She’s back in Florida for more.
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)MIAMI BEACH — Very few visual artists have been the subject of a Supreme Court case. Karen Finley, 67, is one of them. A member of the so-called NEA Four, Finley — along with Tim Miller, John Fleck…
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Ethics board charges ex-LSU professor with unlawful lobbying, alleges affair with graduate assistant
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
via The Advocate (Louisiana)A former LSU professor is being accused of having an extramarital affair with his graduate assistant and using them to lobby for the Louisiana Legislature to pass laws criticizing critical
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UMN implementing race-neutral admission policy in accordance with Supreme Court ruling
Friday, December 8th, 2023
via Minnesota Daily (Minnesota)After the U.S. Supreme Court decision rejected this summer race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities reversing decades of precedent, the University of Minnesota is taking the first step…
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The 44 Percent: Art Basel, the final African American AP studies course, and digital redlining
Thursday, December 7th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)It's Art Basel and Miami Art Week!
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‘Hard to stay’: Is NC a haven for public university faculty fleeing other states?
Thursday, December 7th, 2023
via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)As political battles over higher education intensify in Florida, some faculty have found new university homes in North Carolina. But the grass isn't always greener.
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Louisiana Ethics Board accuses former LSU professor of unlawful lobbying
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
via lailluminator.com (Louisiana)An LSU professor denies allegations he induced a graduate assistant he allegedly had an affair with to lobby the legislature
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Conservatives Called Her Artwork ‘Obscene.’ She’s Back for More.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
via The New York Times (New York)Karen Finley, one of the N.E.A. Four, revisits culture wars 25 years after a Supreme Court ruling — amid today's culture wars — with a work at Art Basel Miami Beach.
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Black queer theory out, BLM made optional in final AP African American Studies course
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)Ideas such as intersectionality and race-related concepts, however, are included in the final coursework.
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Harvard, Penn and MIT presidents face blistering criticism from Rep. Burgess Owens, other GOP House committee members
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)Owens, R-Utah, questioned what the academic leaders would do if it was determined that their universities were linked to rising levels of antisemitism. MIT President Sally Kornbluth pushed back
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Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend actions in combatting antisemitism on campus
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via The Washington Post (New York)The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they are taking steps to combat antisemitism — and Islamophobia — on campus since the start…
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Sick of district’s ‘lip service,’ Shawnee Mission parents, students urge action on racism
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)Roughly 80 students, parents and community members attended the school board meeting to continue to demand changes after a white male student shouted racist slurs and attacked a Black female student.
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Why ‘color-blindness’ is dangerous
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)It has become popular for politicians to claim that being fair means being "color-blind." But ignoring race perpetuates inequality.
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U.S. Attorneys Office for District Of New Jersey and Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division File Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Orthodox Jewish Congregation
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Shore News Network (New Jersey)NEWARK, N.J. – The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and filed a statement of interest
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Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Orthodox Jewish Congregation
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Shore News Network (New Jersey)The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey filed a statement of interest today explaining
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Former Utah House Minority Leader Brian King announces candidacy for governor in 2024
Monday, December 4th, 2023
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)Former Utah House Minority Leader Brian King announced his candidacy for governor in 2024.
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Round Rock ISD trustees called to return donations from embattled PAC
Monday, December 4th, 2023
via KXAN (Texas)Two Round Rock Independent School District board members are facing calls to return thousands of campaign dollars they received from a political group, following news of the former president of the…
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