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Dr. Claudine Gay’s Forced Resignation Highlights Anti-Blackness in Higher Education

Friday, January 19th, 2024

via Michigan Chronicle (Michigan)

Dr. Claudine Gay's Forced Resignation Highlights Anti-Blackness in Higher Education

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A Utah bill that restricts DEI advances after emotional hearing

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

via Deseret News (Utah)

The bill would outlaw diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that engage in ‘prohibited discriminatory practices'

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Senate bill revives Parents’ Bill of Rights, void of critical race theory language

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

via Columbia Missourian (Missouri)

Senators went head-to-head in a packed hearing about a bill that aims to strengthen parental rights in schools.

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Justice Department sues State of Nevada over military pension rights

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

via FOX5 Las Vegas (Nevada)

The Justice Department announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Nevada, the Nevada Attorney General's Office and the Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada (NVPERS) to protect…

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Legislature pushes for mandatory genocide and Holocaust education in Washington public schools

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)

A new bill would designate April as International Genocide Prevention and Awareness month and also pushes for more Holocaust education within public schools, so students develop a better understanding…

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Banquet explores how Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream continues into present day

Monday, January 15th, 2024

via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)

On the eve of the 2024 Iowa Caucus, Michael Blackwell related how Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams are still relevant today.

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At MLK tribute Youngkin reflects on history — and the future

Monday, January 15th, 2024

via The Daily Progress (Virginia)

Youngkin reflected on a figure in more recent history: Del. Don Scott Jr.

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10 years ago, Gov. Peter Shumlin highlighted the opioid crisis. Has Vermont made any progress?

Monday, January 15th, 2024

via Valley News (Vermont)

Vermont's Legislature-opening State of the State speech is usually a predictable affair where the governor outlines a laundry list of accomplishments and priorities. But on Jan. 8, 2014, Gov. Peter…

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VOICES: Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King: Good troublemakers

Sunday, January 14th, 2024

via Dayton Daily News (Ohio)

In the spring of 1963 during the campaign to integrate Birmingham, Alabama's downtown business district, Martin Luther King was arrested for leading protests in spite of local injunctions prohibiting…

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The unusual political vocabulary of Ron DeSantis

Saturday, January 13th, 2024

via The Washington Post (South Carolina)

DeSantis's at times esoteric political vocabulary reflects who he is as a presidential candidate: wonkish, cerebral and attuned to the leading edges of a conservative 'war on woke.'

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Veteran CT teacher claims in lawsuit he was punished for criticizing district DEI initiative

Saturday, January 13th, 2024

via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, asks for erasure of the discipline, as well as financial compensation and legal fees.

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DC Area Educators for Social Justice to host curriculum fair ahead of BLM ‘Week of Action’

Friday, January 12th, 2024

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

DC Area Educators for Social Justice is hosting a fair to push public schools into "national demands based in the Black Lives Matter guiding principles."

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Utah state board rejects proposal to repeal ‘educational equity’ rule for public schools

Friday, January 12th, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

The Utah State Board of Education narrowly rejected a proposal to repeal its "educational equity" rule for K-12 public schools. The rule promises equal educational opportunities for all students, but…

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A Utah lawmaker’s anti-DEI bill targets diversity statements and more

Friday, January 12th, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

Here's a look at the first anti-DEI bill now public ahead of Utah's legislative session that targets diversity statements, trainings, course syllabi and more.

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Abcarian: Diversity efforts wrecked to prove we’re all equal

Friday, January 12th, 2024

via The Columbian (Washington)

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The New Segregation on Campus

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

via The Wall Street Journal (California)

UCLA's medical school divides students by race to teach ‘antiracism.'

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Americans oppose most Trump policies

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

Only four of 30 policies polled had the support of a majority of Americans.

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Nursing students have strong feelings about DEI initiatives at their schools

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

via Miami Herald (Florida)

BestColleges conducted a survey to learn more about the role of DEI initiatives in nursing school and the nursing profession.

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Superintendent Jill Underly talks diversity, censorship and challenges facing Wisconsin schools

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)

Wisconsin schools superintendent Jill Underly discusses student progress, culture wars, school vouchers and the health of public schools

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