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Little Rock Nine member celebrates a new scholarship for AP African American Studies students

Friday, August 25th, 2023

via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)

Elizabeth Eckford showed up to thank Central High teacher Ruthie Walls and other educators working to keep an embattled African American history class rolling amid the conservative onslaught.

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Republican debate: Advocacy group slams candidates for glossing over education

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Parents Defending Education slammed Republican presidential candidates Thursday for their handling of education on the debate stage.

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Board approves Tulsa Public Schools accreditation amid culture war with GOP officials

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via abc7NY (New Jersey)

The Oklahoma state school board voted unanimously to accredit Tulsa Public Schools amid fears that the largest school district in the state could have lost its status.

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Fact-checking what Republican candidates got right, wrong in first presidential debate

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via WRAL (North Carolina)

Eight Republican presidential candidates sparred over foreign aid, abortion limits and climate change in the first GOP primary debate ahead of the 2024 presidential election.Former President Donald…

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DeSantis fails to stand out at GOP debate, analysts and critics say

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

Gov. Ron DeSantis failed to ignite or excite viewers of the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday, which political analysts said was necessary to reverse the downward spiral of his campaign.

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Parents’ rights battles go back to school as Democrats push back on gender notification

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Parents' rights groups and their Republican allies have won some key education battles recently over leftist lessons in U.S. classrooms, but with the start of a new school year, defenders of transgender rights, critical race theory and LGBTQ curricula are regrouping for Round 2.

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More than 20 state officials endorse DeSantis following first GOP debate

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

EXCLUSIVE — Over 20 state- and county-level officials endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for president on Thursday following his performance at the Republican National Committee's primary debate on…

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MPD officer shot in line of duty honored for service

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via KSTP TV LLC. (Minnesota)

An officer who was shot and injured in the line of duty earlier this month was honored for his service in a special ceremony on Thursday.

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Fact check recap: What the Republican hopefuls got right and wrong in the first debate

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via Indystar (Indiana)

The USA TODAY Fact Check Team recaps some of the key claims from the first debate, separating fact from fiction.

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GOP debate: Republican candidates accuse ‘crazy woke’ teachers of ‘indoctrinating’ kids about gender identity

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)

During Wednesday's GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, the first of the 2024 election cycle, LGBTQ issues and other culture war battles didn't emerge as a focus of discussion until the tail…

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Julie Buckner Armstrong writes of Birmingham in Black and white

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A civil rights scholar's memoir of her girlhood in a city at a center of the movement's history brings insight.

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DeSantis’ forgettable night

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

Also in today's edition … Trump to surrender in Georgia … Matt Viser on President Biden's Wednesday in Tahoe … Questions swirl about Putin rival Prigozhin's fate.

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AP African American Studies course gets Little Rock School Board’s unanimous support

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

The Advanced Placement African-American Studies course being piloted for a second year at Little Rock Central High School has the unanimous support of the Little Rock School Board. The School Board…

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Letters for Aug. 24, 2023

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via The Spokesman Review (Washington)

The rule of law applies to everyone

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Fact checking the first Republican primary debate

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

Here's our round-up of fishy claims in the first debate of the 2024 election cycle

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Fact-checking the first GOP debate: Roundup from PolitiFact

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via abc7NY (New Jersey)

ABC News' roundup of PolitiFact's fact-checking from the first Republican debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday.

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Arkansas officials, lawmakers meet over African American studies course

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

Arkansas officials said during a meeting with state legislators on Tuesday that they have no intention of taking away an AP African American studies course, despite the state Department of Education's…

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