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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called out Florida over its recently approved African American history standards, calling one controversial portion “outrageous.” “It’s outrageous that in Florida, public school students will now be taught that enslaved Black folks benefited from slavery,” Tlaib wrote in a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on…

Scott Jennings, a CNN commentator, said Harris was making something literally out of nothing when she condemned Floridas new curriculum, which mentions benefits of slavery.

Florida’s new African American studies curriculum standards will force public school students to learn about some of the supposed upsides of slavery.

The Florida Department of Education has approved rules that restrict LGBTQ students' rights and gag schools from broaching LGBTQ topics.

The board expanded restrictions on lessons about LGBTQ+ identity and called for teaching that slavery benefited some African Americans.

Ron DeSantis attacked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for their focus on Florida policies, accusing them of lying and slamming Biden for not acknowledging his seventh granddaughter.

Vice President Kamala Harris will make a stop in Jacksonville on Friday, her office said, "to deliver remarks on the fight to protect fundamental freedoms, specifically, the freedom to learn and teach America’s full and true history."

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Ron DeSantis home state to blast him as an extremist pushing propaganda to children with Floridas new education policy in order to boost his national profile.

Black leaders from around the nation are condemning Florida’s new education laws that further limit how Black history can be taught in schools. The new guidelines require lessons on race be taught in an “objective” manner that does not seek to “indoctrinate or persuade students to a particular point of view.” One updated standard requires teachers…

Florida’s newly approved curriculum for teaching Black history whitewashes slavery, critics said after officials adopted the studies program.