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They're destroying civil rights history because they want to repeal the Civil Rights Act www.alreporter.com/2025/03/06/h...

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This country continues to shoot itself in the foot and reload the gun.

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"The application window for the America250MI History Grant Program opened on Saturday, March 1, and close Tuesday, April 14. A second round of applications will open in November." www.secondwavemedia.com/metromode/de...

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If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.

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NCSS seeks comments on a new position statement on the Transformative Power of a Diverse Social Studies Education for Middle-Level Learners. Read more and submit comments here by March 25, 2025: hubs.li/Q038cvLQ0

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Your weather app gets its info because of NOAA. Your mail arrives at your home because of USPS. Your plane navigates the skies because of the FAA. Your food is safer -- and we get alerts when it isn't -- because of USDA. You hear about earthquakes worldwide because of USGS.

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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

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Many Canadians have responded to Trump’s economic tariffs and political messaging with a consumer boycott of US products and services.

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Evil.

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Democracies stand with Ukraine.

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“A knowledge-rich curriculum ensures ALL students gain the cultural & intellectual capital to thrive in civic & professional life.” – Robert Pondiscio Don’t miss his latest Substack on why #knowledgematters: open.substack.com/pub/thenext3...

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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

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NEW: Peggy Carr, commissioner of the Nat'l Center on Education Statistics and a two-decade+ veteran at Educ Dept, was abruptly put on leave today. She runs NAEP, the national math and reading tests seen as important marker of educational progress www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

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Allowing the administration to define broad swaths of history, programming and civil rights compliance as “DEI” and then regurgitating that language instead of clearly articulating what specifically is being targeted is spreading disinformation and propaganda.

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"U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired last weekend." www.reuters.com/world/us/fda...

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 15 days ago • 981 comments

Feeling disconnected? Join a club! Watch Robert Putnam ("Bowling Alone") on PBS NewsHour tonight as he discusses the power of community and why local clubs & organizations matter more than ever. youtu.be/5cVSR8MSJvw?...

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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.

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DOGE's death blow to education studies hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

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🚨"Political scientist Stathis Kalyvas posted: “There is now total clarity, no matter how unimaginable things might seem. The U.S. gov't has been taken over by a clique of extremists who have embarked on a process of regime change in the world’s oldest democracy." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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February 15, 2025 @hcrichardson.bsky.social: "Deregulation and tax cuts meant that between 1981, when Reagan took office, and 2021, when Democratic president Joe Biden did, about $50 trillion moved from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%" open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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"Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests"- The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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This is extraordinarily dangerous. Tomorrow, the legacy media will ask Republican officials about this. Those officials will lie and obfuscate. And the legacy media will move on. That is part of the crisis we face.

submitted 21 days ago • 718 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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"The idea of a small government that serves the needs of a few wealthy people, Lincoln warned in his era, is “the same old serpent that says you work and I eat, you toil, and I will enjoy the fruits of it." heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...

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Rampant corruption.

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Jamelle Bouie: "Trump’s war on D.E.I. is a war on the civil rights era itself, an attempt to turn back the clock on equal rights." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...

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"The move is 'disastrous' for education researchers working to improve teaching and learning... IES’ work is 'critical to understanding what works for kids and what doesn’t work for kids,' said another source connected to researchers." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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EPA's Chicago office is undergoing major cutbacks, impacting cities like Detroit and Hamtramck. Union leaders caution that these reductions may weaken environmental rule enforcement and threaten the agency's future.

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Reckless

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Please consider supporting the valuable work of @democracydocket.com by becoming a premium member for just $10/month. Their independent reporting has never been more critical than it is right now.

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Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts. WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders

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“American history is complicated & fascinating; learning about our past should stimulate discussion & debate rooted in evidence…for that to happen, we must let our teachers do what they do best: teach without interference or ideological tests.” -AHA, OAH #sschat www.historians.org/news/aha-oah...

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The password is... ethnic cleansing

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🚨BREAKING: Trump-appointed federal judge in Washington DC says he will temporary BLOCK placement of approx. 2200 USAID employees on leave. Congrats to @democracyforward.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social on a BIG victory! Follow @democracydocket.com for full details. www.democracydocket.com

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🚨BREAKING: In a trio of rulings, North Carolina state court REJECTS Republican effort to overturn the results of the 2024 state Supreme Court election by throwing out 60,000 lawful ballots. A big victory for voting rights and democracy! www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...

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Scientists estimate that going forward with the Line 5 oil tunnel project could generate $41 billion in climate damages between 2027 and 2070. We need @biggretchenwhitmer.bsky.social and the Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy to reject the tunnel plan and shut down Line 5.

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Guardian: “US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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@hcrichardson.bsky.social "The replacement of our constitutional system of govt. w. the whims of an unelected private citizen is a coup...permitting a private citizen to override the will of our Reps. in Congress destroys the U.S. Constitution." February 3, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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NAEP scores have everyone talking about the "science of reading," typically defined as "phonics." But it's a test of COMPREHENSION. Phonics is important. But maybe there are problems with comprehension instruction?? More in my latest post: nataliewexler.substack.com/p/what-nobod...

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If you’re in #Cincinnati #Ohio and want to learn how you can advocate for #USAID, send me a DM.

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