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In Sacramento, literacy is still a giant hurdle to achieving equality for all | Opinion
The Sacramento Bee· 3 days agoEditorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. In California in ...
What the great Willie Mays lived to see
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoWidely recognized as a spectacular five-tool ballplayer who could do it all, Mays may have been the greatest of all time. Mays passed away at age 93 on...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is raising eyebrows and getting plenty of eye rolls for his comments on a landmark Court decision that helped invigorate the Civil Rights ...
Juneteenth Offers New Ways To Teach About Slavery, Black Perseverance and American History
US News & World Report· 4 days agoWhenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as a child growing up in the Caribbean, they often look confused. But lessons about slavery ...
Biden’s Judicial Nominees Vow to Apply Supreme Court Precedent | National Law Journal
Law.com· 4 days agoThree of President Joe Biden’s U.S. district court judicial nominees in Maryland, New York and...
Plaintiff in CT’s defining civil rights education lawsuit wants to set record straight. See why.
Hartford Courant· 6 days agoO’Neill landmark civil rights lawsuit Connecticut’s school system. It is hard to imagine Sheff v. O’Neill without Elizabeth Horton Sheff, but her place in the landmark 1989 ...
Tennessee legislators hold forum to recap 113th General Assembly | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 3 days agoWith his trademark bow tie neatly fastened, Tennessee Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, took the floor at...
Opinion | No, the Supreme Court has not become reasonable. It did not ‘save’ mifepristone.
Washington Post· 6 days agoHarper, too many credulous court watchers rushed forward last week to praise the high court for its...
Kansas leaders, community members commemorate Juneteenth at Statehouse
WIBW Topeka· 4 days agoKansas leaders and community members came together to commemorate Juneteenth at the Kansas...
'Black Barbie': Netflix doc collects insights about the importance of relatable dolls
Chicago Sun-Times· 4 days agoIn the 1960s and 1970s, Mattel brought a number of Black dolls into the Barbie Universe, e.g., 1968’s Christie, a friend of Barbie who dressed in a mod ...
