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Two West Bonner School District trustees face recall election amid superintendent controversy
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)PRIEST RIVER, Idaho – Voters in the West Bonner County School District will decide next month the political fate of two school board members who backed the hiring of a new controversial superintendent.
Social Emotional Learning, School Board – General, Racism
Candidates for local office scramble as Aug. 1 election looms
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)Ballots are due Tuesday for the August primary, in which Spokane voters will select the two candidates that will compete for the mayor's office, positions on the City Council and the Spokane Public…
LGBTQ+, School Board – General, Racism
Debate on budget shifts to debate on future of Baton Rouge schools leader
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via The Advocate (Louisiana)A 10-week fight over the budget will soon give way to a long, perhaps longer debate about how the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Superintendent Sito Narcisse should
Racism, School Board – General
State’s LEARNS Act takes effect this week
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)A new paradigm for Arkansas education begins Tuesday when Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul, the LEARNS Act, comes into effect.
Racism
D.C. Digest: Lankford says something has changed in Hunter Biden case
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)While legal problems mounted for the nation's two leading 2024 presidential candidates last week, the state's all-Republican Congressional delegation zeroed in on the unraveling of Hunter Biden's plea…
Racism
Harris urges Black Americans to eote in bid to replicate record turnout
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)Vice President Kamala Harris urged Black Americans to vote and cast Republicans as extremists on everything from abortion, voting rights and gun reform.
Racism
‘Attacks against Black people’ rankle Horsford, Congressional Black Caucus
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada says he had seen enough in recent weeks with policies affecting Black Americans. Black voting power had been diluted after ...
Racism
Vice President Kamala Harris makes surprise visit to Roxbury Community College
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The visit from vice president came at the end of an event organized by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute.
Racism
Black fraternity relocates Florida convention over DeSantis policies
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Star Advertiser (Hawaii)ORLANDO, Fla. >> 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'…
Racism
Historically Black fraternity nixes Florida convention over DeSantis laws
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity cited the governor's ‘racist and insensitive' policies in relocating a conference from Orlando.
Racism
Historically Black fraternity drops Florida for convention because of DeSantis policies
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)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 'harmful, racist and insensitive' policies towards African Americans.
Racism
Lincoln Dinner: The winners and losers of the Iowa fundraiser
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)DES MOINES, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump demonstrated his dominance in the 2024 Republican primary, overshadowing his opponents during his first so-called cattle call event with chief rival Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
Racism
Legislation seeks to revive state Amistad Commission to invigorate teaching of Black history
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Newsday LLC (New York)An effort is underway to resurrect the state's Amistad Commission, which was created by law 18 years ago with a promise to invigorate the teaching of Black history in schools to correct false, outdated and deficient narratives in instruction.
Racism
In Iowa, DeSantis sticks to familiar talking points amid campaign reboot
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Despite staff layoffs and financial woes, DeSantis' pitch to voters remains that he's the strongest Republican in the field.
Racism
Ginnie Graham column: Politicians’ claims that parents are upset with public schools aren’t backed up by polling
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)"Americans ought to ponder what's leading to these disparities in perception. Who benefits from the division and misinformation over public schools?"
Racism, School Board – General
In fight to lead America’s future, battle rages over its racial past
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)While Biden talks of Emmett Till and Harry Truman, DeSantis defends his state's take on slavery.
Book Bans, Racism
Florida should be ashamed of slavery education plans
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)The recent state guideline directing the teaching about slavery to middle-school students is the antithesis of public education and learning about one's past.
Racism
AG defends LEARNS vote
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)The Arkansas Supreme Court's ruling in a lawsuit over the LEARNS Act will have ramifications far beyond the education overhaul law, Attorney General Tim Griffin reiterated Friday.
School Safety, Racism
Clarence Page: A ‘woke’ military? Don’t forget the messy race relations that got us here
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
via Sun Journal (Maine)As I see today's generation of congressional Republicans wage their seemingly endless war against the 'woke,' I cannot help but wonder: Do these folks have any idea of how turbulent the issue of…
Racism