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Biden sells his economic agenda by arguing ‘MAGA Republicans’ are ‘failing’

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via KRQE News 13 (New Mexico)

President Biden said Thursday that so-called MAGA Republicans are failing while making the pitch for his own economic agenda and achievements under the banner of 'Bidenomics.' 'You hear from our friends on the other side, the MAGA Republicans, what's wrong with America. Everything's wrong with America. They keep telling us America's failing,' the president said […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Oklahoma is promoting PragerU materials in schools. Critics call it ‘right-wing propaganda’

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)

Oklahoma will encourage its teachers to use material from conservative website PragerU, making it the latest state to take steps toward what critics call a whitewashing of American history in…

Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General

Paxton impeachment trial tests sway of Texas’ most prominent far-right power brokers

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

Groups funded by the West Texas oil magnates Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks have gone all in...

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Photos show rare glimpse into Black family’s life before, after Birmingham bombing: ‘This is his legacy’

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

After learning his daughter had been killed, Chris McNair returned to the church to snap a photograph of the wreckage.

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Trumpism 2.0: How realistic is Donald Trump’s 2024 platform?

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Donald Trump's 2016 flagship policy was famously "Build the Wall." The early rounds of the 2024 campaign have been dominated by Trump's stranglehold over the competition, as well as his multiple court cases. Underneath the bluster and chaos, the former president has rolled out a significant number…

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Trumpism 2.0: How realistic is the former president’s 2024 platform?

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Donald Trump's 2016 flagship policy was famously "Build the Wall." The early rounds of the 2024 campaign have been dominated by Trump's stranglehold over the competition, as well as his

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PSR Welcomes Most Diverse Class in its 157-Year History

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via WSFA (Alabama)

BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific School of Religion (PSR) is proud to announce that the incoming class for Fall 2023 is not only the largest in over six years but the most…

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Chicago medical school teaches students that white people ‘avoid social accountability’

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

EXCLUSIVE — Recordings of a class at a medical school in Chicago showed a professor telling students that white people "avoid social accountability" and that ascribing health outcomes to individual behavior ignores "structural influences."

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U.S. Senate hearing on book bans probes censorship attempts in local libraries ⋆ Michigan Advance

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators at a committee hearing Tuesday discussed the consequences of book bans and parents' desire to control what their kids read — though they also acknowledged it's not an issue…

Book Bans, School Board – General, Racism

Walnut Cove residents react to possible closing of historic school

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

via Spectrum News (North Carolina)

Residents share their reactions.

School Board – General, Racism

Allen v. Milligan turns Alabama secretary of state into new solicitor’s puppet

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

What's in a name? Just the end of the Voting Rights Act.

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September 5, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairper …

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)

September 5, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Reider called the regular meeting of the Davison County

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CCSD superintendent defends self to school board

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

CCSD board member calls surprise emergency meeting on Sept. 11 "a complete waste of time" and an "embarrassment."

Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism

Virginia parents take critical race theory lawsuit against school board to higher court

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

via The Gazette (Colorado)

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School Board – General, Racism

Republicans blast National Archives’s taxpayer-funded equity policies and trainings

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

(The Center Square) – The federal archive agency that helped spark former President Donald Trump's first federal indictment has come under fire from Republicans after reporting showed the agency has embraced far-left diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

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Garret Graves: GOP majority needs to focus on winning rather than shutting down government

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

via NOLA (Louisiana)

WASHINGTON – Congressman Garret Graves says Republicans need to coalesce around issues on which the party agrees rather than drive the nation into shutdown over points that don't have enough

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President of SC school librarian group resigns amid tension with state superintendent

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

The president of the South Carolina Association of School Librarians stepped down after the state superintendent of education cut ties with the group and criticized it as having a 'lack

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Meet the parents who say their rights are ignored by the ‘parental rights’ movement

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via home - louisiana illuminator (Louisiana)

Right-wing groups have emerged as a potent political force in the latest chapter of the decades-old 'parental rights' movement.

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

Yale study: Asian-American medical students experience racism

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via The Courant (Connecticut)

A Yale School of Medicine study found Asian-American medical students experience racism and invisibility.

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