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Independent booksellers continued to expand in 2023, with more than 200 new stores opening
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
via The Associated PressThe independent bookstore boom continues. Even as industry sales were slow in 2023, membership in the American Booksellers Association expanded strongly.
Book Bans
‘Tires’ Review: Shane Gillis’s Grease Monkey on Netflix
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
via The Wall Street JournalThe comedian plays an automotive-center employee in this uneven, outrageous and occasionally hilarious sitcom.
Sex Education
NAACP fund seeks to close Black voter registration and turnout gaps ahead of the November election
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via The Associated PressThe NAACP is announcing that nonprofits engaged in a variety of voter-engagement efforts can apply for grant funding that helps local organizations register voters, boost turnout and guard against minority disenfranchisement.
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Moms for Liberty to spend over $3 million targeting presidential swing state voters
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via The Washington PostThe conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a multi-state advertising blitz to increase its membership and engage voters before November
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Loudoun schools drops plan to add delayed-start days, seeks alternative
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
via The Washington PostLoudoun County Public Schools is reconsidering a delay to the start of classes on 16 days in the next academic year for teacher training after community feedback.
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Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment fails in acrimonious end to legislative session
Monday, May 20th, 2024
via The Associated PressMinnesota lawmakers have failed to pass a state Equal Rights Amendment that would have enshrined protections for abortion and LGBTQ+ rights in the state Constitution.
Book Bans
Va. Gov. Youngkin vetoes bills on birth control, Confederate tax loopholes
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
via The Washington PostMany of the vetoes were related to culture-war issues that could play into this fall's presidential and congressional contests.
Parents
Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
via The Associated PressIn recent months, the specter of noncitizens voting in the U.S. has erupted into a leading rallying cry for Republicans.
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Pennsylvania school district’s decision to cut song from student concert raises concerns
Friday, May 17th, 2024
via The Associated PressA Pennsylvania school district's decision to remove a song from a recent student choral concert has divided the community and spurred a review by a civil rights group.
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How Black parents in D.C. got segregation struck down 70 years ago
Friday, May 17th, 2024
via The Washington PostOn May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board—and in the D.C. companion case Bolling v. Sharpe.
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Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
Friday, May 17th, 2024
via The Associated PressA federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to a local school board in Pennsylvania's coal region is unfairly shutting Latino voters out of power.
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Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another sort lingers
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe school system in Topeka, Kansas, was at the center of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that struck down segregated education 70 years ago.
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After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
via The Washington PostA century after three Tejano men were shot to death, the story descendants tell of their killing contradicts official accounts. Whose story counts as Texas history?
Racism
‘This Feels Like My ‘Doctor Who’: Superfans Watch the New Season
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
via The New York TimesFive British fans gathered to watch the premiere, wondering what a new Doctor and Disney+'s co-production would mean for their favorite show.
Sex Education
Corrections: May 14, 2024
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
via The New York TimesCorrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
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Teachers at Montgomery school upset over cut to extended-year program
Monday, May 13th, 2024
via The Washington PostA decision to end an extended-year program at Roscoe Nix Elementary School has frustrated some teachers who say they relied on the summertime salary.
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Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds
Sunday, May 12th, 2024
via The Associated PressSchools across the U.S. are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and video cameras to spot guns.
School Safety
Virginia School District Reinstates Confederate Names at Two Schools
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via The Wall Street JournalThe Shenandoah County school board voted 5-1 early Friday to bring back Confederate names for two of its schools.
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‘Late Admissions’ Review: Glenn Loury’s Rise, Fall and Rise
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via The Wall Street JournalAn economist tenured at a young age, Glenn Loury was always inclined to question orthodoxies.
Racism