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Representative Veronica Escobar (D-TX) joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Texas, alleging the state’s redistricting plan discriminates against voters of color. “This is an extreme example of what actually has been going on in other states as well,” says Escobar. “We’ve got to fight back in every way possible here in Congress.”
The Tablet February 8, 2021 Third-grade teacher Eugenia Hannigan prepares to read a book to her students during the first day of classes at Sts. Cyril & Methodius School in Deer Park, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo:CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz) By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic school enrollment figures for the current school year — significantly impacted by the pandemic — dropped 6.4% or more than 111,000 students from the previous school year, which is the largest single year decline in almost 50 years. The National Catholic Educational Associat...
Fifth-grade teacher Madeline Schmitt directs her students during class Sept. 9, 2020, at St. Patrick School in Huntington, N.Y., amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic school enrollment figures for the current school year -- significantly impacted by the pandemic -- dropped 6.4% or more than 111,000 students from the previous school year, which is the largest single year decline in almost 50 years. The National Catholic Educational Association issued highlights from its annual report on school enrollment Feb. 8. The full report will be availabl...
Feb. 8, 2021 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- Catholic school enrollment figures for the current school year -- significantly impacted by the pandemic -- dropped 6.4% or more than 111,000 students from the previous school year, which is the largest single year decline in almost 50 years. The National Catholic Educational Association issued highlights from its annual report on school enrollment Feb. 8. The full report will be available Feb. 17. The annual figures show the number of Catholic elementary school students declined by 8.1% from the previous academic year while the decline f...
Hillsborough gives newly homeless in pandemic somewhere to go Anastasia Dawson, Tampa Bay Times © SCOTT KEELER/Times/Tampa Bay Times/TNS Carol Motel at 1308 US .HWY 41, Ruskin is now owned by Catholic Charities and is being renovated. Affordable housing in Hillsborough County and across the nation was in crisis long before the coronavirus put the economy on hold. Stagnant wages hadn’t kept the cost of living from skyrocketing in the region, and many were spending more than half their income on rent when the pandemic put their paychecks on pause. The federal moratorium on ...