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Tim Scott is the top Black Republican in the GOP presidential primary. Here’s how he discusses race
Sunday, September 3rd, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Tim Scott is the only Black Republican presidential candidate who's campaigning aggressively these days in early-voting Iowa.
Racism
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.
Racism
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…
Racism
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.
Racism
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.
Racism
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.
Racism
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.
Racism
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
Racism
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
Open Forum: Breaking down critical race theory
Friday, September 1st, 2023
via The Winchester Star (Virginia)This Open Forum is a dialogue with part of Stephen Sawchuk's online article for Education Week, 'What is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack?' CRT is intermittently
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Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper’s office
Friday, September 1st, 2023
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities last month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General, Racism
The GOP presidential race reaches the classroom as candidates speak out on parents’ rights, school choice
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)GOP presidential candidates have called for more parent involvement in K-12 education
Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General
Satisfaction with K-12 education ties all-time low in new poll
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)A new poll says the public is overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the quality of K-12 education in the United States.
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This Bucks County man spent $500,000 on the last Pa. school board races. Here’s what we know about his involvement this year.
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)The Back to School political action committee Paul Martino started is now branding itself as a conservative super PAC seeking to 'stop the liberal left.'
School Board – General, Racism