Mar. 31 More than half of the new hospitalizations and ICU admissions for COVID-19 in Kansas reported in the last two days were residents of Sedgwick County. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday reported pandemic totals of 302,372 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, 9,728 hospitalizations, 2,671 ICU admissions and 4,913 deaths. Since Monday, there have been 510 .
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Valdary’s Theory of Enchantment elicits unusual openness, trust, and engagement from ideologically diverse observers.
January 31, 2021
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Chloé Valdary is the founder of Theory of Enchantment, a diversity and resilience training company that the 27-year-old African American entrepreneur runs from Downtown Brooklyn. Its website lists clients including TikTok, WeWork, the Federal Aviation Administration, and Greenwich High School, and asks potential customers a loaded question: “Looking for an antiracism program that
actually fights bigotry instead of spreading it?”
The diversity, equity, and inclusion industry is booming as corporations, government agencies, high schools, colleges, and nonprofit organizations clamor for its services. Advocates insist that formal instruction in anti-racism yields more inclusive, equitable institutions. Skeptics object to what they characterize as coerced indoctrination in esoteric theories,
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Working a full-time job from home during the coronavirus pandemic is hard enough for Lawrence resident Ellie Heath.
But trying to make sure her elementary-aged children are staying engaged with their learning while they attend school from home half the week has only added to the stress and anxiety she is facing.
Heath, a parent of two children who attend Langston Hughes Elementary School, told the Journal-World that she is constantly splitting her attention between her work and her son’s kindergarten classes to make sure he is participating in his lessons, while she has largely left her third-grade daughter to her own devices.