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'Double standard': Biden, Black lawmakers and activists decry police response to attack on US Capitol Grace Hauck and Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY Chaotic scene in US Capitol as pro-Trump rioters storm the building Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden, civil rights leaders and activists blasted law enforcement agencies for their slow response to rioters at the U.S. Capitol, noting the massive show of police force in place for Black Lives Matter demonstrations last year over police killings of unarmed Black men and women. Biden said his grandd...

'Double standard': Biden, Black lawmakers and activists decry police response to attack on US Capitol Grace Hauck and Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY Chaotic scene in US Capitol as pro-Trump rioters storm the building Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden, civil rights leaders and activists blasted law enforcement agencies for their slow response to rioters at the U.S. Capitol, noting the massive show of police force in place for Black Lives Matter demonstrations last year over police killings of unarmed Black men and women. Biden said his grandd...

Arizona charter school got a PPP loan, gave $10 million to shareholder Craig Harris, Arizona Republic © Patrick Breen/The Republic Primavera's headquarters are located near Arizona Avenue and Warner Road in Chandler. PHOENIX – Primavera online charter school, like many businesses this spring, sought help from the federal Paycheck Protection Program to weather the economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chandler, Arizona, school received a PPP loan of nearly $2.2 million, the largest forgivable loan among the 132 Arizona charter schools that obtained the...

45 years of family and fried cabbage: How a Gilbert couple honors their roots for Kwanzaa Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, Arizona Republic Deb Williams can't forget her first Kwanzaa. Williams and her husband, Gershom, founded the East Valley Kwanzaa Committee in metro Phoenix, but their first Kwanzaa experience was in 1975, when they lived in Gary, Indiana, a steel town just outside Chicago. A local social worker invited them to her home for the celebration of the African American community's roots to African culture. Williams remembers a feast that included the kind of comfor...

No, these innovative efforts are not an attempt to dismantle public district schools Emily Anne Gullickson, opinion contributor © Patrick Breen/The Republic Since the 2015-16 school year, nearly 7,200 teaching certificates have been issued to teachers who aren't fully trained to lead a classroom. The belief that all of our children deserve a school community where they are loved, taught and made safe unites our divided country. It is a primary reason why there was swift and rare agreement in Arizona last spring to provide flexibility to help educators provide better del...