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LAKELAND — The Polk County Public Schools citizens advisory committee on Thursday evening whittled 52 candidates who applied for school superintendent to their top seven.  “This is one of the largest fields we’ve had,” said Florida School Boards Association consultant Bill Vogel.   Current Schools Superintendent Jacqueline Byrd announced in May that she would retire from one of the largest districts in the nation, with more than 107,000 students last year and 150 schools.   T...

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Political cartoonists decry the lack of women, LGBTQ creators and people of color in a field that's been hit by staff cuts.

The week in visual commentary.

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There are some good cartoons on the impending impeachment trial, and we’ll start with Dan Wasserman (Tribune) because he sets the scene: It’s going to require at least 17 Republicans to vote guilty in order to convict. Watergate was different in that the actions being investigated were contained within the Executive and there was little Congressional involvement. We’ll never know how an impeachment trial would have come out, but This time around, as Wasserman suggests, more Republican S...

Letters: Protest at Mass, politics meet retail products Letters to the editor flock a taste of its own medicine I write in support of the Dispatch’s coverage of the protest at St. Joseph’s Cathedral on Jan. 22. While we did not organize or participate in this nonviolent protest during the “Respect Life Mass,” we firmly stand by these activists for calling out the hypocrisy of those who claim to value life. Anti-abortionists target clinics and terrorize patients in Ohio every day — all...

Will Disneys Jungle Cruise Embrace Campiness as it Sinks Racism? As Disney revamps a classic ride to address troubling depictions of "natives," we hope for more gay skippers. February 02 2021 3:00 AM EST If Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise has gained a LGBTQ+ fan base in the past decade it has more to do with the ride’s guides than any actual thrills. In fact the ride has offered a respite from the heart-pounding and bone-shaking aspects of rides with sharp drops and sudden turns. That doesn’t...