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Philly school board unanimously rejects five new charter schools Maddie Hanna, Kristen A. Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer The Philadelphia school board unanimously denied five new charter schools Thursday night, continuing its streak of rejecting proposals that would expand the city’s sizable charter sector. District officials cited flaws in all the proposals, which would have created more than 4,000 openings in new charters, and transferred millions of dollars from the dist...

Black History Month 2021: Events in the Sacramento area [The Sacramento Bee] Feb. 1—Feb. 1 marks the start of Black History Month: A designated time of the year in which the nation can reflect on and commemorate the legacy of Black contributions to American history. The Sacramento Bee’s Equity Lab, along with submissions from you — our readers — have organized an ongoing calendar of local events happening in honor of Black History Month. Our team will share event details, along with lin...

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Matassa‘s Market has sold everyday staples for generations. In...

The best religion books of 2020 Biblio-therapy for the ill at ease. That means -- all of us. "Caste: The Lies That Divide Us" by Isabel Wilkerson. Courtesy image December 23, 2020 2020 has been an odd and unsettling year — perhaps the oddest and most unsettling in our lifetimes. I am not one to find silver linings in clouds, but here is one that I definitely succeeded in finding: my increased solitude gave me more time and mental space for reading. Here, then, is my list of my ...

Biden Must Appoint a Czar for Boosting Rural and Small-Town America | Opinion Gary Marx On 12/18/20 at 4:26 PM EST As a life-long Democrat who grew up in the deep South during Jim Crow, I am proud of the election of the Biden-Harris ticket. Yet, I have a deep concern that the Democratic Party lacks the resolve to undertake the major initiatives necessary to repair the urban-rural/small town divide. It will not be enough for the new administration to rely on rhetoric about the...

Hell spend a lot of money. hes got some really big issues, got some personal problems and hes got a lot of other problems. but i know michael bloomberg fairly well -- not too well, fairly well, well enough. he will not do very well. if he did id be happy. theres nobody id rather run against than little michael. >> now, we should know weve heard the president say that about a number of other democratic candidates as well. its also unclear how well the president knows michael bloomberg, well, fair...

Conversation. its what people of color think about it. if you turn on a canadian television today and radio, youre seeing a really deep conversation. i think youre seeing the second wave already of this conversation around institutional racism in canada. there is an incredible amount of racism in canada. often people have this idea of canada. i know when i tell people a.m. canadian, i think its a perfect eutopia. theres deep, deep roots of racism. >> so this has brought that to the forefront. >>...

Next global telecommunication network. the cia and other western intelligence services are so troubled by the prospect of china controlling 5g they are uncomfortable even talking about it. >> it creates a major vulnerability. ill just leave it at that. >> back in arlington, alabama, the whole controversy seems very far away. here everything stops for lunch. >> fried chicken, that looks like ribs. >> which means a trip to johns mothers house. >> im the youngest of five kids. we all grew up here. ...

Something, right? what the dncs attorneys did, this law firm working for the dnc and clinton campaign they hired a firm to go out and find out what president trump had been doing in russia. that firm then -- >> wasnt this first though from the washington beacon or the free beacon? >> the free beacon hired them to do something similar. this firm that hires christopher steele who has deep roots in russian intelligence, he worked for the british intelligence agency. he goes to all his russian conta...