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'The city needs all of you.' What a former Obama cabinet member said about gun violence in Memphis
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFormer U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan co-founded the gun violence intervention nonprofit...
Teachers Would Make $60K Minimum Under Bill in Congress Making Grants to States
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON – A panel of policymakers and educators, including author Dave Eggers and former U.S....
Back to the Future: GOP Pledge to Abolish Education Department Returns
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in July that her former Cabinet department “should...
Guns, anti-LGBTQ+ policy and teacher shortages bring challenges as the new school year begins
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe new school year is underway in most states across the country and educators, parents and...
Voters go to the polls in Chicago mayor's race that highlights Democrats' divide
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo candidates representing opposite ends of the Democratic party are on the ballot in the...
Marian Shields Robinson, mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, dies at 86
theGrio via AOL· 1 week agoMarian Shields Robinson once said she had the “easiest job” at the White House as the “first...
Is listening in politics dead? Two former Tennessee governors push the unfashionable in era of...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON — Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam sound like relics from an unrecognizable era. The two...
Brandon Johnson elected mayor of Chicago in close victory for progressives
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO – Voters chose a progressive former teacher over a tough-on-crime former public schools...
Man, 28, fatally shot outside Roseland outreach center founded by Arne Duncan, police say
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA man who was involved with an anti-violence organization co-founded by Arne Duncan was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon outside the group’s office on the South Side. The 28-year-old was walking ...
Former Govs. Phil Bredesen, Bill Haslam launch podcast diving into complex political topics
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer Tennessee Govs. Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam are launching a podcast this week aimed at...