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A Legal Battle Over Trump’s Threats to Public School Funding Has Begun
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
via The New York TimesCan President Trump withhold federal money for low-income students? A brewing fight over diversity, equity and inclusion programs may force the courts to decide.
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Here’s what finance reports reveal about Virginia’s busy election year
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
via The Washington PostBig money is already funneling into races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and all 100 seats in the House of Delegates, with Democrats taking an early lead.
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North Carolina advances bill on book bans in public schools
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
via The Associated PressNorth Carolina House Republicans have advanced a bill that would create advisory committees to approve and remove books from libraries in public and charter schools.
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A.C.L.U. Sues Defense Department Schools Over Book Bans
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via The New York TimesSchools run by the Defense Department removed books and made other changes in response to orders from President Trump and his secretary of defense.
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Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via The Associated PressArmy and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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A look at the universities with federal funding targeted by the Trump administration
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via The Associated PressHarvard University has joined the growing list of institutions targeted by the Trump administration for federal funding cuts.
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Fairfax County School Board member misspent company money, firm alleges
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The Washington PostKyle McDaniel, a former official of Blue Label Aviation, is accused in a lawsuit of using about $160,000 in business funds on personal and campaign expenses
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An Absurd Dystopia Asks, What Happens to Families When Sex Is Taboo?
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The New York TimesSayaka Murata's novel 'Vanishing World' envisions an alternate universe where artificial insemination is the global norm, and sex takes a back seat.
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Homeland Security says agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on kids in US without parents
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Department of Homeland Security says its officers visited two Los Angeles public elementary schools this week to do a welfare check on migrant children.
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The New York TimesAn order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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New Orleans council votes to send $10 million to city schools, again defying mayor
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe New Orleans City Council has voted to dedicate $10 million to New Orleans public schools, partly fulfilling the terms of a legal settlement that was rejected by the mayor.
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The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The New York TimesChristopher Rufo has helped inspire Republican messaging and bills on hot-button issues.
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Education Department withdraws from plan to address discipline disparities for Native students
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address disparities in discipline for Native American students at a South Dakota school system, saying it was wrongly rooted in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via The Washington PostIt's the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.
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He Was Held Captive in His Room For Decades. Then He Set It on Fire.
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via The New York TimesFirefighters found a 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. The police say his stepmother locked him away when he was 12.
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In conservative Alabama, Republicans are cheering for Trump – with some quiet concerns and caveats
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via The Associated PressAlabama Republicans cheered President Donald Trump and his agenda at a GOP party the day he imposed tariffs and sent stock markets tumbling worldwide.
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George M. Johnson’s ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ tops 2024 list of most ‘challenged’ US library books
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe American Library Association has unveiled the 10 most 'challenged books' of 2024. It's led by George M.
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Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The Associated PressBooks on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S.
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F.B.I. Leaders Push to Restore Trust in the Agency They Once Undermined
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The New York TimesIn recent days, Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, and Dan Bongino, his deputy, have promised to bring change to what they have called a broken institution.
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