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As leading Black Republican in 2024 race, Scott addresses race

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via Southeast Missourian (Missouri)

OSKALOOSA, Iowa -- Tim Scott seldom specifically brings up race in Iowa. Nor does the Republican presidential candidate have to. He is often the only Black person at his campaign events in the state. The South Carolina senator introduces himself as the product of early-life mentors who taught him not to be bitter...

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The challenges facing homeless students

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

The problem is playing out in communities as a new school year gets underway, including Virginia towns near the nation's capital.

Racism

Black experience is eroding at Ohio colleges, report says

Monday, September 4th, 2023

via Vindy (Ohio)

WARREN — A student-led report presented in August by the Ohio Student Association suggests the black college student experience is degrading. During a conference hosted by program director Rachael…

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Tim Scott is the top Black Republican in the presidential primary. Here’s how he discusses race

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via The Detroit News (Michigan)

'We don't have Black poverty or White poverty. We have poverty,' he told an all-White audience in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

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Tim Scott is the top Black Republican in the GOP presidential …

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via The Washington Post (Iowa)

Tim Scott is the only Black Republican presidential candidate who's campaigning aggressively these days in early-voting Iowa

Racism

State looks at indoctrination violations

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

In the roughly eight months since Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an executive order banning indoctrination and critical race theory in Arkansas schools, the state has responded to purported violations in districts from northern parts of the state south toward Hot Springs.

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Debaters feared truth might offend MAGA voters

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

When moderators asked for a show of hands at the Republican primary debate as to who believes in human-caused climate change, no hands were raised. Just one example of candidates who know better ly…

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Austin Bay: U.S. military readiness: Enforce warfighter standards

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via Sun Journal (Maine)

Fielding a capable and "ready" military force is a vital national interest, for deterring war and, when necessary, fighting and winning a war.

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Deterioration of education

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

For reasons that may not be too hard to understand, some conservatives seem to be intent on turning their K-12 schools, colleges and universities into plantations for raising a crop of ignorant and unthinking students.

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Corrupt news media majoring in omission

Saturday, September 2nd, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Here's a recent Washington Post headline that might help explain why many people distrust the liberal media: 'U.S. soldier in Texas shoots man in Mexico: Cross-border gunfire by National Guard member leaves victim wounded.'

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Hurricane Idalia response gives DeSantis a break from rough news

Saturday, September 2nd, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the week before Hurricane Idalia hit Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis had a debate performance that didn't appear to boost his presidential chances and faced a chorus of boos in the wake of a racist murder of three Black people in Jacksonville.

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A Black architect devoted to ‘clean classicism’ forges ahead in her own lane

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via StarTribune (Minnesota)

Haitian native Elizabeth Graziolo has developed a busy practice in high-end residential design while serving as a mentor and role model.

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Florida officials wanted AP African American Studies class to look on the bright side, internal documents reveal

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)

Documents reveal Florida education officials who reviewed AP African American Studies curricula pushed for more of a very-fine-people-on-both-sides approach to slavery and its aftermath.

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School administrators admit to using curriculum service Newsela to bypass CRT bans

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

EXCLUSIVE — A conservative journalism organization that uses undercover tactics has recorded a number of public school administrators around the country admitting to using a curriculum service called Newsela to bypass state bans on critical race theory.

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PAC reported giving $5K to Ryan Walters’ campaign. He didn’t report it

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)

School Board – General, Racism

The radicalization of public education

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via The Gazette (Colorado)

On Tuesday, a baffling scene at The Vanguard charter school in Colorado Springs set social and mainstream media ablaze. A 12-year-old boy named Jaiden had been ousted from class and

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New Texas law allowing chaplains to counsel school kids may draw boards deeper into culture wars

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

Law going into effect today may open a new frontier in school board campaigns that have...

Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism