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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders’ anger after racist …

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use 'extreme care' if traveling to Florida

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders’ anger after racist killings in Jacksonville

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

via The Associated Press (Florida)

Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use 'extreme care' if traveling to Florida.

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California sues Chino school district, aiming to end policy notifying parents of student gender changes

Monday, August 28th, 2023

via Miami Herald (Florida)

SACRAMENTO — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday against the Chino school district, ordering an end to a policy that requires notifying parents if their children change their gender identity, alleging it is discriminatory and violates civil rights and privacy laws.

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Ramaswamy dangerously seeks to amp up racially inflammatory right-wing tactics

Monday, August 28th, 2023

via Cleveland.com (Ohio)

Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is not going to sway many Black voters, but that was not his intent in calling two well-known nonviolent progressives "modern grand wizards of the modern KKK." He was one-upping his GOP opponents by throwing more red meat to the Donald Trump mob to address their racial grievances, writes George Magakis of Norristown, Pennsylvania, in a letter to the editor.

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Ex-Tucson rapper comes home for HoCo Fest finale

Monday, August 28th, 2023

via Tucson Newspapers (Arizona)

Lance Washington, who goes by the stage name Lando Chill, hasn't played the Hotel Congress Labor Day weekend festival since 2017, the year before he left for LA.

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The Central question: Can Arkansas’s governor make Black history disappear?

Monday, August 28th, 2023

via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)

Arkansas politicians' ongoing attack on an AP African American Studies class tees up scholars with fresh lessons on racism and censorship.

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Nate Monroe: Mourning Jacksonville needed a leader. Instead, it got Ron DeSantis

Monday, August 28th, 2023

via Jacksonville.com (Florida)

DeSantis arrived at a prayer vigil for the three people shot and killed in a racist hate crime the day before, but, in truth, he was not welcome.

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Six key steps to a successful presidential campaign

Monday, August 28th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

As we roll into another presidential election and witnessed the rowdy Republican debate on Wednesday it is once again clear that most people who decide to run for president are clueless about how to do so.

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An alarming affront

Monday, August 28th, 2023

via NWA Media (Arkansas)

On the eve of the new academic year, Gov. Sarah Sanders determined that AP African American History would not be offered for high school credit in Arkansas. The course was in the second year of pilot…

Book Bans, Racism

DeSantis cancels SC campaign travel, returns to Florida facing tropical storm and shooting aftermath

Sunday, August 27th, 2023

via The Seattle Times (Washington)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis canceled a day of presidential campaign appearances to deal with crises at home as his state mourns a racist fatal shooting in Jacksonville and prepares for a tropical storm.

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Campaign slogans won’t fix our schools

Sunday, August 27th, 2023

via Richmond.com (Virginia)

There's no denying the political gold that was and is "Parents Matter." The campaign slogan that propelled Glenn Youngkin to the Executive Mansion in 2021 crystallized the frustrations of suburban

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LEARNS ballot effort saw myriad obstacles

Sunday, August 27th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

Five days earlier, the Arkansas secretary of state had confirmed that a campaign to put Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul on the ballot had come up short.

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Right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law gaining acceptance across US

Saturday, August 26th, 2023

via The Daily Progress (Virginia)

A national group of sheriffs that claims the top law enforcers in American counties are not bound by federal law has quietly spread its ideology across the U.S.

Parent Involvement, Racism, Book Bans, School Board – General

The Pennridge school district is considering Hillsdale’s controversial ‘1776 Curriculum.’ What is it?

Saturday, August 26th, 2023

via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)

Interest in Hillsdale's curriculum is growing locally and across the country. Here's some background on why it's been criticized, and its influence on schools.

School Board – General, Racism

Sixty years after King’s ‘dream’ speech, thousands gather in Washington

Saturday, August 26th, 2023

via The Gazette (Colorado)

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HBCUs look to use March on Washington anniversary to highlight new threats

Saturday, August 26th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) taking part in this week's celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington hope to use the event to highlight the threats to teaching Black history that are percolating across the nation. The threats take different forms, including new state laws attacking critical race theory, the academic theory...

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Oklahoma legislator tied to HB 1775, Tulsa controversy won’t seek another term

Friday, August 25th, 2023

via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)

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Restrictive education laws raise concern of how March on Washington will be taught

Friday, August 25th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

As the nation commemorates the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, an event that called for freedom and opportunity for Black Americans, controversy around education standards has raised concern about how this historical moment will be taught in schools. Over the past year, states have passed legislation that limits what aspects of Black history can be taught in...

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