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Florida bans its schools from teaching critical race theory On Thursday, Florida's State Board of Education unanimously voted in favor...
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These are days fraught with political battles over cultural histories abjuring complexity. Today it’s The Wall Street Journal and the reactionary...
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Oklahoma’s right-wing politicians would like to erase history because that’s what they do, whether it’s the omission of facts or...
I step back to reflect on many things, including this strangest year of my more than 2 ½ decades as...
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Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People: Don’t miss your...
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Whether it’s soccer teams or sandwich shops, financialization was there before the pandemic, only making some of its supply-chain hijacking yet...
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), and his organization, Powered By People: I'm...
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As far as I’m concerned, allowing Newsmax reporters into the White House briefing room is a little like High Times...
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Well, actually, he’s a Badger, not a duck. I was born in Wisconsin and currently live in Oregon. Believe me,...
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Here’s the first big campaign of 2021: A white candidate to be Wisconsin's top education official deleted her Twitter account...
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since 1995 I have been a secondary social studies teacher, most of the time teaching US Government in some form...
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No one wants to hear about GameStop(gate) even if it’s not really a scandal or a flaw in capitalism. Slavoj "we must...
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Here’s the latest news out of Virginia: Former governor Terry McAuliffe has released his plan for reforming the state’s criminal...
I live in Virginia, where we have now entered phase 1b for vaccination. On Sunday notices were sent out as...
Oregon will push teachers to the front of the line for the next round of the vaccine. Schools can re-open. Children...
A young boy goes to the school nurse’s office, complaining of a sore throat. The nurse gives him a cup...
In the first week of April this year, the first quantifiable effects of the Covid-19 virus on people of color...
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When this is all over — hopefully very soon — the number of lives Trump managed to destroy will be truly...
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Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords tweeted a video of a special needs child, the son of a murdered teacher at Marjory...
The ill child is now kept at home. My son, the teacher, is quarantined, with no symptoms yet. This school,...
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The GOP Senate mischief continues, as the GOP’s rush to endanger the women’s health of at least 17 states and...
So this bull shit just happened: The Michigan Supreme Court issued a split decision late Friday that ruled against Gov....
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Some big news today out of Mississippi: x.@JoeBiden unites and heals. He has dignity and empathy. He is the leader...
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just so you know how they are going about it you can see it here: xWell that was quick —...
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Oh, tell us more about Dear Leader, Kayleigh. The tales of his rugged exploits are riveting! x“It keeps him up...
I was at the Bryn Mawr PA train station waiting for a train to take me into Philadelphia for a...
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put out just in time for the day on which most students head back to school lots of quick powerful...
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adding to Trump's 20,000 lies: the DNC omitted the 1954 “under God” part of the pledge of allegiance
Back to 1954 is the desperate place that Trump is going to spread disinformation. The GOP has tried to make...
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Received this e-mail just now form former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA), in support of the Biden-Harris...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) got just over a 60sec window to say her piece. She was able to fit the entire...
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The Huffington Post reports that U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R. CO) has been boosting a new Facebook ad touting his...
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MJ Hegar (D. TX) Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ), in support...
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A video of an eight-year-old boy arrested at Gerald Adams Elementary School in Key West, Florida, for allegedly punching a teacher...
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Here are just two, the first relevant to today, because of the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act being signed...
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There is a diary on here which is very good about Betsy No nothing and it is good. www.dailykos.com/... I...
Part of my preparation for becoming a teacher, at my MAT program at Johns Hopkins, was to take time to...
Donald Trump and his Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have been threatening schools to coerce them into fully opening. New...
to finish my doctorate. I abandoned my previous attempt almost 20 years ago with a dissertation almost half written for...
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Some good news today out of Arizona: Retired astronaut Mark Kelly (D) holds a 9-point lead over Sen. Martha McSally (R) in...
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Ron DeSantis, who’s doing a fantastic job as the Joker’s top henchman but a horrible job as governor of Florida,...
from the perspective of someone who has taught every grade from 7 through 12, in public, charter, and private (both...
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Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D, MA): Texas has a special place in...
< p class="is-empty-p"> # Country, Other Total Cases New Cases Total Deaths New Deaths World 11,630,451 +79,909 538,161 +1,716 1...
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TX-Sen: PPP Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-46, John Cornyn's (R) Approval Continues To Sink
Some very big news today out of Texas courtesy of PPP’s latest poll done on behalf of EMILY’s List: xTEXASBiden...
Former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA), endorsed a whole slate of down ballot Democrats today. Two of...
Patrick & Delvon Carolan, father & son discuss their American experience. Delvon’s police encounters & discrimination at school was met...
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Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of Jamall Bowman’s (D. NY-16) campaign: x YouTube...
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Trump’s unfitness for office, and his destruction of government institutions and norms, is positively cartoonish in its obviousness and threat....
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Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate & Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX): This is a picture of progress:...
and that’s okay with me. Nevertheless I will take the time to write it. Yesterday completed 5 weeks since...
