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Plan to add teaching of Holocaust, genocide to science education draws questions from Maine teachers

Monday, December 4th, 2023

via The Associated Press (Maine)

Teachers are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update science education standards to incorporate teaching about genocide, eugenics and the Holocaust.

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Trump jump-starts Iowa caucus turnout effort, blasts Biden in Cedar Rapids

Sunday, December 3rd, 2023

via The Gazette (Iowa)

Former President Donald Trump urged his supporters to turn out on caucus night, blasted President Joe Biden, ridiculed his Republican challengers several times and boasted about state and national…

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Tougher penalties for rioting, power station attacks among new North Carolina laws starting Friday

Friday, December 1st, 2023

via The Associated Press (North Carolina)

All or parts of more than two dozen North Carolina laws approved this year by the General Assembly took effect on Friday.

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Maine Voices: America is not yet ‘the land of the free’

Friday, December 1st, 2023

via Portland Press Herald (Maine)

The long and difficult journey to codify equal rights and protections for all citizens, without any exceptions, is ongoing.

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Minneapolis teachers say resolution on Israel-Hamas conflict harmed families, divided their union

Thursday, November 30th, 2023

via Star Tribune (Minnesota)

At a Wednesday meeting, the union approved a new resolution that aims to refocus the federation's priorities and unify its members.

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Court order sought to bar Temecula schools from enforcing LGBTQ policy, critical race theory ban

Thursday, November 30th, 2023

via Orange County Register (California)

A nonprofit law firm wants to stop Temecula Valley Unified School District policies, including telling parents if their child is transgender.

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Defense bill, passed 62 years in a row, faces partisan minefields in Senate, House

Thursday, November 30th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Missouri)

The annual Defense authorization bill, which has passed on time 62 years in a row, is getting bogged down in battles over issues ranging from abortion to the government's surveillance authority, threatening to derail its prospects of passing Congress before Christmas. With a battle over the annual spending bills postponed until January, the National...

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For Republican Governors, Civics Is the Latest Education Battleground

Thursday, November 30th, 2023

via The New York Times (New York)

Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That's discouraged.

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Speech is freer in California than in Florida, watchdog warns ahead of Newsom-DeSantis debate

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

via Los Angeles Times (California)

A report comparing speech and expression laws in California and Florida finds fault with both states but reserves its harshest judgment for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Keke Palmer jokes about chairs flown in from Montgomery during Soul Train Awards

Monday, November 27th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

Keke Palmer joked about the Montgomery Brawl while hosting the BET Soul Train Awards.

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Number of challenges to books expands to more than 500 in Chicago area libraries and schools

Saturday, November 25th, 2023

via NBC Chicago (Illinois)

Since our first report aired in October, NBC 5 Investigates has learned the number of challenges to books and other reading materials in schools and public libraries has continued to increase – now up…

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David R. James: According to the GOP, truth and honest inquiry are irrelevant

Saturday, November 25th, 2023

via Independent Record (Montana)

"Truth and honest inquiry' should guide our country, not religion."

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For Chicago’s Muslim and Jewish students, Israel war is personal

Friday, November 24th, 2023

via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)

The walls at each school carry tangible signs of a war thousands of miles away that has become a constant presence in the lives of many Chicago-area students.

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Give It Up, D.C.: Our Guide to Giving Back in 2023

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

via Washington City Paper (District of Columbia)

Our Giving Guide 2023 features some of the many local organizations making change in the greater D.C. community.

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Ted Cruz’s new book Unwoke is as incoherent as it is insincere

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

via San Antonio Current (Texas)

Cruz's disingenuous screed is packed with sensationalized, cherry-picked clickbait with which he hopes to feed the outrage machine.

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November 14, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairper

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)

November 14, 2023 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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Claudia A. Fox Tree fills in a Native American perspective teaching history

Tuesday, November 21st, 2023

via masslive (Massachusetts)

MassLive is recognizing Indigenous leaders in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Claudia Fox Tree works to counter 'the invisibility' of Indigenous people.

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‘High on the Hog’ Returns With Stories of Food, Resistance and Legacy

Tuesday, November 21st, 2023

via The New York Times (Kentucky)

In Season 2 of the Netflix series, Stephen Satterfield explores generational conversations among Black people through food.

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Will ‘fake news’ law put politics in classroom?

Sunday, November 19th, 2023

via Orange County Register (California)

California is now among 18 states that require some form of media-literacy training in public schools after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 873 in October.

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