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A last-minute vote finally confirmed nominees Natalie Hopkinson and Cora Masters Barry, who had pushed for racial equity in arts funding.

The Ambassador’s Fund for Catholic Education will host a knowledge-sharing day-long conference Oct. 19 on the effectiveness of grants among Catholic schools, parishes and organizations in the archdiocese. Registration closes Oct. 8.

Landscape. you can talk about where our country might have went wrong. to fundamentally undermine our existing democratic institutions, that is -- thats the ultimate goal of the authors of this. thats why we have to step out and say, this is not something that we want taught in our schools and not something we want to advance and it promote as racist mentality. >> john: real quick. i take it youve not heard back from the education secretary yet? >> we have not. were looking forward to it. we thi...

She shot and survived. that is a moment of hope. however, there are millions across the world denied an education. malalas attack and her survival should not just be a moment, but a movement. we are currently working in four countries, pakistan, jordan, kenya and soon nigeria. there we do grant making and in addition advocacy, using malalas voice and amplifying the voices of other girls to try to bring change globally on this issue. >> talk about this extraordinary 17-year-old. this is the kind ...

>> it was co-founded by myself. it was our desire to say, yes, she shot and survived. that is a moment of hope. however, there are millions across the world denied an education. malalas attack and her survival should not just be a moment, but a movement. we are currently working in four countries, pakistan, jordan, kenya and soon nigeria. there we do grant making and in addition advocacy, using malalas voice and amplifying the voices of other girls to try to bring change globally on this issue. ...

Groups that have been calling for walmart to raise its wages and the ball on the family foundation responded in a statement. since 1987, the walton family has contributed more than $5 billion to charitable organizations and causes. the family has planned for the continued growth of the foundation and intends for grant making to progressively increase over time. but nearly all of those $5 billion dollars cited by the foundation have come from first-generation waltons. all but 58 million from thos...

Susan rice scenario. as you suggested, at the top of the show, what could happen, though, is if the president makes a different decision. for instance, if he were to choose michelle florinoy who was in the pentagon earlier in the administration -- >> highly qualified woman. >> thats right. and would give a little diversity to the intelligence picks -- the national security picks that theyre going to put out, it could now look like the president was ruled twice in a row, and thats why former defe...

>> that does it for us for this week. thanks so much. we continue to follow breaking news. a terrifying experience on board an american airlines plane. passengers say a flight attendant went on a rant making references to 9/11 and claiming the plane would crash. we have the latest details. new jobs numbers show more americans are heading back to work. economyists are saying the job market is turning a corner. why didnt the unemployment rate change? the reverend al sharpton is less than ten...