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VP Harris to visit Florida for the 2nd time in 3 weeks
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Spectrum News (North Carolina)The visit, which was announced Sunday, comes a day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis challenged Vice President Kamala Harris to visit the state.
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Let’s overread Ron DeSantis’s effort to deflect criticism on Fox News!
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)The Florida governor insisted to Bret Baier that he didn't start the fight over Florida's school curriculum. Extrapolate outward: This is why he's trailing Donald Trump.
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Youngkin vs. DeSantis: Who has the best blueprint for GOP victories in 2024?
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Courier Journal (Kentucky)Glenn Youngkin isn't saying anything about 2024 yet. But many in the GOP are looking at the Virginia governor as inspiration or a potential candidate.
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VCU will not require students to take class on racism
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Richmond.com (Virginia)Professors disputed that the university doesn't have enough seats to teach two classes on race and racism. Some worry that politics influenced the decision.
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Episcopal Diocese of Long Island churches confront their role in slavery
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Newsday LLC (New York)About a dozen Episcopal Diocese of Long Island churches are researching their connections to slavery as part of the Uncovering Parish Histories project.
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What can be done to end polarization in the U.S.? Ask Eli Tillemann
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)Eli Tillemann leads both the Republican and Democrat clubs at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Can he help heal America?
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Nebraska legislative hearing focuses on parental involvement in schools
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska)School board members told the Education Committee that they were in the best position to evaluate and respond to what was being taught in K-12 schools.
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Nebraska legislative hearing focuses on parental involvement, controversial topics taught in schools
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Journal Star (Nebraska)School board members told the Education Committee they were in the best position to evaluate and respond to what was being taught in K-12 schools.
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Hearing on hot-button education issues signals Nebraska conservatives’ plans for next year
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via KOB 4 (New Mexico)An out-of-session hearing by the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee is signaling plans by conservatives to again push for legislation to determine how schools deal with race, LGBTQ+ issues and other hot-button issues. Sen. Dave Murman is the conservative chairman of the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee. His hearing Monday mostly discussed social-emotional learning, or SEL, which has become a lightning rod among conservatives who say schools use it to promote progressive ideas about race, gender and sexuality. The decades-old concept seeks to teach students how to manage their emotions, make good decisions, share and collaborate. But several testifiers invited by Murman made far-fetched claims that it's being used to teach critical race theory in public schools.
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Progressives want to grow the ‘White Stripe’ of a multiracial coalition
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)With help from Ella Creamer, Rishika Dugyala, Jesse Naranjo, Jessica Piper and Teresa Wiltz
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Florida poised to become first state to adopt conservative standardized entrance exam program
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)Florida could become the first state to accept a new standardized test that is popular among Christians and conservatives for its public universities. The latest move as Gov. Ron DeSantis
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Oldest Black fraternity won’t meet in Florida due to ‘hostile’ politics
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration's…
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DeSantis’s top issue of fighting ‘woke’ ideology not a primary concern for voters: Poll
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)The majority of Republican primary voters said they would not support a GOP presidential candidate who wages a war against 'woke' ideology, according to a poll released Monday.
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‘Scare tactics,’ a censure and a lawsuit: Crowded Olathe school board race heats up
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)'Our board meetings need to return to ‘normal,'' one candidate says. 'The drama needs to be voted OUT not IN.'
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At the NAACP Convention, a day of policy discussions and recognizing progress
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)Affirmative action, anti-critical race theory legislation, and rollbacks on LGBTQ+ rights will shape the policy recommendations 2,000 delegates will vote on Monday morning in Boston.
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As lawmakers celebrate Truman order desegregating military, Congress battles over diversity
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)'It's so strange that it just so happens that this week we will be celebrating Truman, who he thought was paving the way for future freedoms,' said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
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Did Democrats hand Republicans a winning strategy in parents’ rights?
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)Glenn Youngkin's victory shows the power of parents, and Democrats have been slow to answer, analysts say
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Senators introduce bill to block taxpayer dollars for CRT at Department of Education
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via DJournal.com (Mississippi)(The Center Square) – U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., reintroduced the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act, a bill that would block tax dollars from
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