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Dec 02 2020
Analysis
Betsy DeVos vowed to change American education. For the most part, she didn’t.
Back in January 2017, Betsy DeVos, then President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing that the threat of grizzly bears in Wyoming justified the national push to equip schools with guns. She was responding to a question from Sen. Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, who’d made gun control a priority after the 2012 massacre of schoolchildren in
USA TODAYOct 28 2019
News
Designing youth civic education for representative civic participation
As we watch young people around the country stand up for climate change, it is impossible not to consider the power of young people to change our world.
People have been listening to Greta Thurnburg as she speaks on the world's most prominent platforms while droves of young people have been rolling up their sleeves to drive change. Many have been largely overlooked by the media
The FulcrumDec 01 2020
Analysis
The Supreme Court Knows Trump’s Nativist Census Scheme Is Unconstitutional
But the conservative justices might not intervene until it’s too late.
Three weeks before he leaves office, Donald Trump plans to punish states with large immigrant communities by denying them fair representation in Congress. Although this plot violates a bedrock constitutional principle, the Supreme Court may not be willing to nip it in the bud. At oral arguments on Monday, a majority
SlateJan 22 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Obama’s Bad Economic Ideas
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S economic proposals in Tuesday’s State of the Union address were a disappointment. His ideas — free community college, an enhanced tax credit for child care and higher taxes on high-income earners and large financial institutions — failed to go beyond mere talking points. With no chance of engaging the Republicans, they will surely die without a hearing.
New York Times (News)Jan 31 2020
News
How Black Lives Matter Is Changing What Students Learn During Black History Month
Freshman year can make anyone feel lost, but Seattle teen Janelle Gary felt especially lost when she entered high school in 2015. At home, she watched a wave of gentrification drive change in the historically black Central District neighborhood, and at school, where she was one of the few students of color in an honors history class, she felt as if black perspectives were also in the minority
Time MagazineMar 12 2020
News
Coronavirus: EU condemns Trump travel ban as Ireland shuts schools
The EU has condemned Donald Trump’s unilateral ban on travel from 26 European countries as urgent efforts to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic continued to upend daily life for millions of people around the world.
Ireland became the latest country to close all schools, colleges and childcare facilities on Thursday.
In a joint statement on Thursday, the
The GuardianFeb 05 2017
News
Fake News Freakout
Anyone with a Facebook account this year likely witnessed a barrage of false, conspiracy-laden headlines. My news feed informed me that Hillary Clinton was gravely ill, was already dead, had a body double, and murdered dozens of people. (It's amazing what you can learn when you have the right friends.) I also found out that President Barack Obama had worked his way through college as a gay
ReasonDec 30 2020
News
GOP seeks to roll back mail-in voting in states like Georgia and Pennsylvania that Trump is contesting
As President Donald Trump continues to level baseless claims of voter fraud almost two months after his Nov. 3 election loss, Republican lawmakers in states Trump contested are pushing new voting restrictions for future elections.
That includes proposals to roll back laws in Georgia and Pennsylvania that allowed all registered voters to vote by mail – moves that civil rights and voting
USA TODAYMay 02 2024
Headline Roundup
Police Begin Clearing UCLA Pro-Palestine Encampment, Making Arrests
Police began dismantling the pro-Palestine encampment at the University of California in Los Angeles early Thursday morning and arresting defiant protesters.
The Details: Officers announced repeatedly over loudspeakers that protesters would be arrested if they didn't disperse. Around 2:30 a.m. local time, officers began entering the encampment, pulling down makeshift barricades, and
Los Angeles Times CalMatters Orange County RegisterApr 01 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: White House Advances COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts, Developing Standards for 'Vaccine Passports'
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The Biden administration is working with the private sector to develop standards for proof-of-vaccination credentials, informally referred to by some as vaccine "passports." Such credentials could potentially be used by participating businesses to require customers be vaccinated against COVID-19. The
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