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A group of Ohio Republicans wants to ban lessons that make students "feel discomfort, guilt, anguish... on account of the individual's race or sex."
A growing group of Ohio's Republican lawmakers say they're troubled by a new way some schools are teaching history and they want to put a stop to it. It's called critical race theory, or CRT for short. It's an academic concept based on the idea that racism is more than individual bias: It's a systemic problem that's embedded into our legal system, our algorithms and our laws. Supporters say CRT teaches how racism shaped public policy and life in America. Opponents, like the sponsors of House Bill 322, call it a dangerous and divisive theory. "It is designed to look at everything fr...
Local history: Hands Across America united us 35 years ago United we stood. Americans lined up 35 years ago in an attempt to form a human chain that stretched from sea to shining sea. When the time arrived, strangers clasped hands and sang along as hundreds of U.S. radio stations played the same song at once. “Hands across America,” people sang cheerfully. “Hands across this land I love. Divided we fall. United we stand. Hands across America.” In an idealistic era when high-profile events were staged to combat hunger and homelessness, Hands Across America was exceedingly ambitious. Mo...
An accidental tagging on Facebook led to a cross-country competition among three Rotary Clubs in two states that has yielded nearly 6,000 packages of single-serve cereal, which will now be distributed to the local communities. Throughout April, the Rotary Club of Stow-Munroe Falls, along with the Stow-Munroe Falls High School Interact Club, collected cereal for Bulldog Bags, which collects and distributes food to district students in need. Meanwhile, the neighboring club in Kent has been collecting cereal for a similar program, The Ben Curtis Family Foundation's Birdie Bags, which packs...
Northeast Ohio Congress members seek big money for local projects through earmarks Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com © Gus Chan/The Plain Dealer The new west tower at the Summa Health System's Akron Campus was part of Phase 1 of the system's master facility plan. The system announced plans for Phase 2 on Wednesday. (Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer) The Plain Dealer WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earmarks are back, and Northeast Ohio members of Congress want to use them to fund everything from local sewer improvements to police communication centers to a park. The earmarking process lets members...