How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?
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How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines What counts as a D.E.I. program in a school? And how do such programs differ from simply learning and talking about race and identity? Those questions have been central to local education debates over the past five years. Now, they are most likely…

Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds
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Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University agreed on Friday to make changes to its protest rules, campus security policies and Middle Eastern studies department in a remarkable concession to the Trump administration, which had refused to consider restoring $400 million in federal funding without an overhaul. The…

Hazel N. Dukes, Longtime Civil Rights Stalwart, Dies at 92
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Hazel N. Dukes, Longtime Civil Rights Stalwart, Dies at 92

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hazel N. Dukes, an early and unwavering crusader for civil rights who survived personal, professional and political setbacks to serve for nearly a half-century as the perennial president of New York State’s N.A.A.C.P., died on Saturday at her home in Harlem. She was…

Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections
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Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Iowa lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday that would end state civil rights protections for transgender people. Advocates for L.G.B.T.Q. rights said that Iowa would become the first state to remove such broad and explicit protections for trans people if the Republican-backed…

Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.
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Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Koji Kudo, ID badge #4441-G. His head is shaved, likely by one of my aunts, with the old manual hair clippers that he used to complain cut into his scalp. He’s barely 5-foot-3, according to the height chart behind him. The badge is…

Justice Dept. Reaches Deal to Monitor Troubled Atlanta Jail
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Justice Dept. Reaches Deal to Monitor Troubled Atlanta Jail

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Justice Department has struck a deal with officials in Fulton County, Georgia, to appoint a monitor to try to ensure its troubled jail addresses long-running problems with safety, staffing and sanitation. The tentative agreement, which was announced Friday, must still be approved…