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Aug 06 2020
News
The Federal Government Gives Native Students an Inadequate Education, and Gets Away With It
A couple of months after Kimasha Shorty’s son started sixth grade at an Arizona public middle school, his teachers called her at home. He had trouble adding and subtracting and was struggling to read at grade level.
Shorty didn’t understand how it was possible that her oldest child could be so far behind after leaving Wide Ruins Community School, the sole elementary school in an area of
ProPublicaMay 23 2020
Opinion
Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy?
The white supremacist who murdered nine black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., five years ago dispensed with the fiction that the Confederate battle flag was an innocuous symbol of “Southern pride.” A murderer’s manifesto describing the killings as the start of a race war — combined with photos of the killer brandishing a pistol and a rebel flag — made it impossible to ignore the connection
New York Times (Opinion)Dec 31 2018
News
Trump Mollifies Lindsey Graham on Troop Withdrawal From Syria
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a vocal Republican critic of President Trump’s plan for a 30-day troop withdrawal of American troops from Syria, suggested on Sunday that the pullout had been slowed and that he felt “a lot better” about it after a lunch with the president.
New York Times (News)Aug 05 2020
News
Biden won’t travel to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination amid coronavirus concerns
Former vice president Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination due to coronavirus concerns, convention organizers confirmed Wednesday.
Biden will deliver his speech accepting the nomination later this month in his home state of Delaware, organizers said, adding that all other speakers who had been planning to travel to Milwaukee will no
Washington PostMay 24 2024
Headline Roundup
UN's Top Court Orders Israel to Halt Military Operations in Rafah
In a 13-2 ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt its military operations in Rafah, Gaza.
The Details: The ICJ's ruling ordered Israel to halt any actions in Rafah that might inflict conditions leading to physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza. The court also demanded that Israel allow unhindered provision of essential services and humanitarian
BBC News Al Jazeera Washington ExaminerAug 12 2021
News
Census data release starts redistricting scramble that could help GOP win House
Let the redistricting scramble begin.
The Census Bureau on Thursday will release the data used to draw voting districts, setting up a scramble of map-drawing and litigation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections that could influence the balance of power in the House.
The release of the detailed once-per-decade data was delayed due in part to the coronavirus pandemic, squeezing the
Washington ExaminerAug 03 2020
News
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina
Hurricane Isaias has blasted ashore in North Carolina, crossing the coast 40 miles (65km) south-west of Wilmington.
It made landfall at 23:10 EDT (03:10 GMT on Tuesday) with maximum sustained winds of 85mph (140km/h), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting islands in the Caribbean, but was recategorised as a category-one
BBC NewsJul 07 2020
News
8-year-old girl fatally shot near Rayshard Brooks' memorial site; Atlanta mayor tells protesters to 'clear out'
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters Sunday to "clear out" of an area near where Rayshard Brooks was killed by police last month after an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot near the site over the weekend.
"You shot and killed a baby," she said at a news conference. "Enough is enough."
Bottoms said the girl, Secoriea Turner, was shot Saturday night while riding in a
NBC News DigitalNov 07 2019
News
Inside Pete Buttigieg’s Iowa surge: Loud crowds, strong ground game as he emerges as moderate alternative to Joe Biden in 2020
Deb Tekippe spent much of this year convinced she would support Joe Biden in his 2020 bid for president, but the more she has seen of him on the stump in Iowa and in debates on television, the less confident she has become.
So, on a recent rainy evening she found herself crammed up against the bleachers in Decorah’s high school gymnasium to see South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. She came
Chicago Tribune