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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.
Racism
Fact-checking the first Republican primary debate
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)Fox News aired the first GOP debate of the 2024 election cycle from Milwaukee on Wednesday night, featuring eight candidates. Not every candidate uttered facts that are easily fact-checked, but the following is a list of 10 suspicious claims.
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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…
School Board – General, Racism
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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The first 2024 Republican presidential debate is in the books. Here’s what happened
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via Sioux City Journal (Iowa)Follow along for the latest updates on the first 2024 Republican presidential debate. The field's early front-runner, Donald Trump, is skipping the event in favor of an interview with Tucker Carlson instead.
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Fact-checking the GOP debate: Claims on CRT, Hunter Biden, schools, Ukraine, COVID-19
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via Statesman (Texas)The USA TODAY Fact Check Team digs into statements made during the Aug. 23 Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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America needs a new strategy against antisemitism
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)In June, the Biden administration released its 'National Strategy for Countering Antisemitism.' Crafted in part with the help of groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations that promote antisemitism, it should come as no surprise the policy was moribund at birth and dodged all the difficult issues, such as offering an appropriate definition of the term itself.
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Conservative PragerU courses not approved for Texas schools contrary to board member’s claim
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)The Florida Board of Education recently made national headlines when it approved PragerU...
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Kansas newspaper raid draws plenty of attention, but journalists defy threats across U.S.
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via alaskabeacon.com (Alaska)"When powerful people go after journalists and news outlets, they go after everyone. They go after publications' readers."
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The first 2024 Republican presidential debate is just about to wrap …
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via KOB 4 (New Mexico)After recent campaign stumbles, Ron DeSantis was expected to have to defend himself and project likeability on the debate stage — but he had done relatively little of either as the two-hour broadcast neared its end. The Florida governor instead seemed to take a back seat to more vocal candidates, speaking significantly less than biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, his closest GOP competitor besides former President Donald Trump in recent polls. Ramaswamy garnered both massive applause and barbs from competitors on stage on topics from foreign policy to climate change.
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Leadership Institute, Moms for Liberty, guide Wisconsin conservatives
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via Journal Sentinel, Inc. (Wisconsin)The Leadership Institute and Moms for Liberty co-hosted a school board-focused training for conservatives in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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These 5 powerful groups are trying to end sex ed in schools, and they’re winning
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)Big money and big power has gone into the fight behind sex education in schools. Here are five organizations that have tried to stop good sex ed and replace it with 'just don't.'
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Racism
Barkley, Bryant and Knott are the Union’s Candidates
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)Two sets of school board candidates are vying for votes to take (or maintain) control of Teller County's largest school board and the foreseeable future of our county's education system.
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Topics to watch for in Republican debate: inflation, Ukraine, abortion and more
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via 8 News NOW (Nevada)Over two hours of debate, eight Republican presidential candidates are certain to face questions on pocketbook issues to defense policy, Social Security to climate change. Inflation and the economy are routinely ranked as the top concern of Americans. Abortion is proving to be a tough topic at the polls for Republicans. And as the war […]
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, Racism
Black history is under attack across US from AP African American Studies to ‘Ruby Bridges’
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via The Jackson Sun (Tennessee)Opportunities to learn a more inclusive version of U.S. history are finally becoming more common in public schools. And already being stamped out.
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