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$300 million on Cleveland Browns Stadium – or city parks? The Wake Up for Monday, Feb. 26, 2024

Monday, February 26th, 2024

via Cleveland.com (Ohio)

How many parks, playgrounds, ballfields, basketball courts and recreation centers could be refurbished or built for the people of Cleveland if city leaders stopped subsidizing a professional football team?

Racism

California Democrats Setting Race Relations Back 70 Years with ACA 7

Monday, February 26th, 2024

via California Globe (California)

Why are Democrats segregating blacks, and now agitating for free college as part of proposed reparations in California? Black college students now have separate graduation, separate admission…

Racism

Will Texas State Board of Education bend farther to the right? Here are 3 races to watch.

Sunday, February 25th, 2024

via Austin American-Statesman (Texas)

Three Republican incumbents on Texas' State Board of Education are being challenged by candidates who are more focused on conservative ideologies.

Racism

US 10th District GOP primary candidates put focus on immigration, border security

Sunday, February 25th, 2024

via Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)

For Winston-Salem voters, the 10th District's Republican primary may serve as an eye-opening reality check of how they are being affected by the latest Republican-drawn congressional map.

Racism, Parent Involvement

Georgia school board races attract more local and national interest

Sunday, February 25th, 2024

via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)

Political action groups are donating more money to school board candidates, but those candidates don't always pull out a win.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Living history makers told how the past informs our future during Black History Month celebration

Saturday, February 24th, 2024

via The Crusader Newspaper (Illinois)

Public historian Michelle Duster shared little known facts and anecdotal stories about the life, times and uncompromising drive of her great-grandmother the

Racism

Critical race theory ban at Temecula Valley Unified stands for now, judge rules

Saturday, February 24th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

A judge denied a request from parents and others for a preliminary injunction that would have blocked the district's policy prohibiting teaching critical race theory.

Racism, School Board – General

Some thoughts on the push to crush public education

Saturday, February 24th, 2024

via Manchester Ink Link (New Hampshire)

I teach in a public school so I can't possibly write a column about school vouchers with a modicum of diplomacy. This screed will invariably devolve into another hot-shot of liberal vitriol, right?…

Racism

Ohio’s Jim Jordan and Dave Yost address CPAC conference

Friday, February 23rd, 2024

via Cleveland.com (Ohio)

Jordan fed the crowd with a litany of conservative grievances, while Yost discussed human trafficking in Ohio.

Racism

The Excerpt podcast: Trump vows to support Christians during Tennessee speech

Friday, February 23rd, 2024

via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)

Plus: USA TODAY Education Reporter Alia Wong discusses the divide over whether to include LGBTQ+ discussions. TX AG suing a migrant aid organization.

Racism

Delaware County church-related events: Feb. 23, 2024 edition

Friday, February 23rd, 2024

via Delco Times (Pennsylvania)

Classes, sales, food banks, trips and more activities associated with churches

Racism

Faces of Black Heritage: A look at Black history with Sarasota leaders, trailblazers

Friday, February 23rd, 2024

via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)

Sarasota's Black leaders and change makers share insight about their perspectives on Black, culture, history, and heritage.

Racism

Beyond DEI: Unpacking Utah’s debate over campus diversity initiatives

Friday, February 23rd, 2024

via Deseret News (Utah)

A new state law has led public universities and students to grapple with what a post-DEI campus should look like

Racism

Q&A with candidates in Alabama Board of Education Place 7 race

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

via News 19 (Alabama)

News 19 sent five questions to each of the candidates in the race for this state Board of Education seat. Here are the answers, straight from the candidates.

School Board – General, Racism

Maryland school districts not immune to clashes over curriculums, DEI outlined in new report

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

via Capital Gazette (Maryland)

As Maryland grapples with school curriculum pushback and book banning related to race and LGBTQ issues, a national analysis found that these subjects are not often discussed in K-12 schools.

School Board – General, Racism

Young author from NJ making waves with free-thinking book on race

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

via New Jersey 101.5 (New Jersey)

This is a very important book that should be read by everyone, especially politicians here in New Jersey and around the country.

Racism

House Speaker Dade Phelan, targeted by ultraconservatives, embroiled in cutthroat primary

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

via Dallas Morning News (Texas)

Dade Phelan, speaker of the Texas House, is one of the most powerful Republicans in Texas, but potent factions from within his party are working to defeat him...

Racism

2024 voter guide: Research candidates on Iredell County primary ballots

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)

See where candidates in congressional, legislature and local races on Iredell County's 2024 primary ballots stand on the issues.

Racism

Central Pa. ‘sundown towns’ and the legacy of racism: ‘It’s still here’

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

via PennLive (Pennsylvania)

Harrisburg may not have technically been a sundown town but across the region Black residents experienced the racist attitudes and policies that were emblematic to this chapter in American history.

Racism