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BuzzFeed News Union

@bfnewsunion

Even though BuzzFeed News has closed down, we’re still at the bargaining table, making sure everyone losing their jobs is being treated fairly. Unfortunately, BuzzFeed couldn’t care less 🧵

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Matt Barnum

@matt_barnum

Does more money help schools? Most studies say yes, according to a new summary.

NEW: Stanford economist Eric Hanushek is well known for arguing for decades that most studies show no link between school spending and student outcomes. But now his new summary paper shows the opposite.

chalkbeat.org

That’s the surprising conclusion of Eric Hanushek, a Stanford University economist who has spent four decades arguing that more money won’t improve schools. He still says the focus should be on...

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Samuel Perry

@profsamperry

This is astonishing. Between 2019 and 2023, the % of Republicans who said parents should be able to put their kids in public school without the MMR vaccine (even if it creates health risks for others), more than doubled, from 20% to 42%. pewresearch.org/science/2023/0

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Keith Boykin

@keithboykin

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“So, what I don’t want to hear is that they care about crime, because if they did they would start by cleaning up our own house and mind our own business instead of coming after D.C.” – U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, calling out GOP hypocrisy on crime in light of George Santos

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Crockett: My Republican colleagues want to talk about keeping DC streets crime free. They can’t even keep the halls of Congress crime free.. My freshman colleague has just been indicted on 13 counts…

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Penguin Random House sues Florida school district over book bans

Keith Boykin

@keithboykin

Penguin Random House, the publisher of Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye, and other books that have been banned, is suing a Florida school district over Ron DeSantis’s book ban.

abcnews.go.com

Publisher Penguin Random House and PEN America have sued a Florida school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities

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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

Think about Rosewood. Think about the Klan murdersof Henry and Harriette Moore in 1951. Think of Willis McCall, open racist and segregationist, who tortured young Black men falsely accused of rape and killed one in 1949 and yet still would be re-elected to sheriff until 1972.

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Many of y'all do not seem to know that Florida has always been a Deep South state with a long, torrid history of suppressing its Black population and democracy with breathtaking acts of terrorism. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book just touches the surface.

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Anna Caudill

@AnnaCaudill4

Tennessee governor signs bill to shield gun firms further against lawsuits

7 weeks ago today my friend was murdered protecting her students, staff, & her own daughter from a mass shooter. Today ⁦⁦

@GovBillLee

⁩ signed a law shielding gun manufacturers from liability. There is no pro-life gun, Bill.

newschannel9.com

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on additional protections for gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits within a bill that l

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The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

Mary Walton, 15, is challenging the three-day suspension she received for filming her geometry teacher repeatedly using the n-word in class.

A high-schooler filmed her teacher using the n-word, then got suspended

Mary Walton, 15, is challenging the three-day suspension she received for filming her geometry teacher repeatedly using the n-word in class.

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How The Media Made A Villain Out Of Jordan Neely

I tell my students that too often journalism reflects not truth, but power. We'll be studying much of the coverage that followed the Jordan Neely killing as another tragic example.

huffpost.com

Anonymous police sources quickly set the narrative after Daniel Penny put Neely in a deadly chokehold on the subway.

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The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

Elon Musk, who has overseen a rise in antisemitism and other hate speech on Twitter, made a series of attacks on George Soros, tweeting the Jewish-born investor and liberal philanthropist hates humanity and “wants to erode the very fabric of civilization.”

Elon Musk compares George Soros to Jewish supervillain who ‘hates humanity’

The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League condemned Musk’s comparison of Soros to Magneto, a Marvel villain who opposes humanity.

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This is absolutely the wrong headline for this story. Try again.

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CNN

@CNN

A Florida teacher under investigation for showing a Disney movie with a gay character says she didn’t know LGBTQ restriction applied to her fifth-grade class cnn.it/3OwN98D

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The battle against fascism in Florida

Adam Tebrugge

@adamtebrugge

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I am not sure the rest of the country understands just how bad things have gotten in Florida

salon.com

The situation in Florida clearly represents a threat to American democracy

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Judd Legum

@JuddLegum

1. A Florida teacher is under STATE INVESTIGATION for showing a Disney movie in class. The parent who complained, who is also a member of

@Moms4Liberty

and the school board, SIGNED A PERMISSION SLIP ALLOWING HER CHILD TO WATCH PG MOVIES AT SCHOOL We have the receipts 🧵

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Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan

It's very simple. If you're not a white supremacist, you shouldn't get really annoyed or upset when the president condemns white supremacists.

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Jeremy C. Young

@jeremycyoung

DeSantis signs bill banning funding for college diversity programs

Absolutely devastating. SB 266 will do irreparable damage to public higher education in Florida. Students, faculty, and staff at Florida institutions: I'm so sorry.

heraldtribune.com

DeSantis has turned New College into a conservative higher education experiment. Now other Florida universities could experience similar changes.

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Dr. William Horne

@wihorne

Students tell me they wish that they’d been taught abt histories of inequality in the US before college. They often say they feel like they’ve been lied to, well, bc they have. They don’t *want* to learn racist mythology—they want to understand the world as it actually exists.

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Be A King

@BerniceKing

🧵Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law today to defund DEI programs at Florida public colleges and to limit how race can be discussed in many courses. This is an example of what my father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., described as the “white backlash.” #WhiteBacklash #MLK

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AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY

@AfricanArchives

As a 12 year old, Edmond Albius, invented the technique that made the vanilla industry possible (still used today as nearly all vanilla is pollinated by hand). He revolutionized the cultivation of vanilla. He made it possible for us to enjoy treats like Vanilla Ice Cream!

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Brent Staples

@BrentNYT

The “British Empire Building”’at Rockefeller Center. Note the faces of cotton, sugar & tobacco.

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The New York Times

@nytimes

3 People Killed and 9 Injured in New Mexico Shooting

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire on a residential street in Farmington, New Mexico, on Monday, killing three people before the police arrived and killed the suspect, the authorities said. Nine other people, including two officers, were injured.

nytimes.com

The shooter, an 18-year-old, was killed by the police, the authorities said. Two police officers were among the injured.

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Mississippi Free Press

@MSFreePress

Sculpture artist Jay Warren is developing a monument honoring the Natchez U.S. Colored Troops who fought for the Union during the Civil War. mississippifreepress.org/33097/mississi

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The New York Times

@nytimes

Black taxpayers have been far more likely to be audited than others, the IRS said on Monday. To address discrimination in how the tax code is enforced, the agency said it is considering changes to its case selection process. nyti.ms/42BSEXF

A card reads: "Black Americans Face More Audit Scrutiny, IRS Acknowledges: Black taxpayers were three to five times more likely than taxpayers who are not Black to be audited, research published this year found."

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Mark Anthony Neal

@NewBlackMan

I.R.S. Acknowledges Black Americans Face More Audit Scrutiny

I.R.S. Acknowledges Black Americans Face More Audit Scrutiny 'The commissioner, Daniel Werfel, said the agency was working to correct unfairness in the enforcement of the tax code.'

nytimes.com

The commissioner, Daniel Werfel, said the agency was working to correct unfairness in the enforcement of the tax code.

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Shannon Watts

@shannonrwatts

12-Year-Old Charged With Murder, Accused of Killing Sonic Employee

NEW: A 12-year-old boy in Keene, Texas, has been arrested for repeatedly shooting a Sonic employee with an AR-15. The employee was gunned down after confronting a man who was with the boy and was urinating in the restaurant parking lot. #txlege

nbcdfw.com

A 12-year-old and a 20-year-old are both facing a murder charge after a restaurant employee was gunned down during an altercation with a customer Saturday night in Keene.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

Jackson Residents Will Appeal H.B. 1020 Ruling

NEW: Three Jackson residents say they are determined to appeal a judge’s ruling that upheld House Bill 1020’s mandate for Mississippi’s white Supreme Court chief justice to appoint unelected judges to serve in majority-Black Hinds County.

mississippifreepress.org

Three Jackson residents will appeal a judge’s ruling that upheld House Bill 1020’s mandate for the appointment of unelected judges.

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The Black Wall Street Times

@TheBWSTimes

Black Man Gets 70 Years In Texas Prison For Spitting On Police

Larry Pearson, 36, was sentenced to 70 years in prison by a Texas jury after being found guilty on two counts of harassment of a public servant from April 2022.

theblackwallsttimes.com

A 36-year-old Black Texas man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting on police to “send a message.”

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Kevin M. Kruse

@KevinMKruse

Bill would mandate history course, prescribe curriculum at UNC universities, community colleges |...

“To introduce the African American component of our history in 1963 with MLK is simply absurd.” Great

@JoekillianNC

piece with terrific comments from

@UNChistory

faculty Jay Smith and

@william_sturkey

ncnewsline.com

UNC, UNC System, UNC Chapel-Hill, Rep. Jon Hardister, history, William Sturkey, Jay Smith, House Bill 96, Black history

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Sarah Fenske

@sarahfenske

Springfield Student Who Recorded Teacher Using Racial Slur Suspended

A Missouri teen, Mary Walton, started recording after her geometry teacher used the n-word multiple times in class. The video went viral, even though Walton didn't post it on social media. Now Walton has been suspended.

riverfronttimes.com

Mary Walton says her teacher used the slur multiple times before she started recording

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Imagine waiting more than 100 years for justice and repair, and still not receiving it.

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Mark Anthony Neal

@NewBlackMan

Mother Fletcher, a living survivor of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, turns 109 ktul.com/news/local/mot

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Leslie Alexander

@lesliemalex

Here's my recent op-ed on how the end of Title 42 is part of a long history of the U.S. government's racist, imperialistic policies towards Haiti and the Haitian people.

Perspective | Biden’s border policies target Haitians. That’s no accident.

The long history undergirding our harsh bipartisan migration policies.

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Pulitzer Center

@pulitzercenter

K-12 students, don’t forget to submit your entries to the Fighting Words Poetry Contest tonight by 11:59pm EDT. We look forward to reviewing your submissions alongside this year’s guest judge,

@danez_smif

! Enter your poem 👉 bit.ly/FhtgWrds23

Pulitzer Center Fighting Words Poetry Contest

2023 Guest Judge Danez Smith - Poet and 1619 Contributor

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Keith Olbermann

@KeithOlbermann

BREAKING: sexual abuse suit against Rudy Giuliani includes bombshell allegation Giuliani told alleged victim he was "SELLING PARDONS" for $2,000,000 each "which he and Trump would split" AND SHE HAS RECORDINGS AND EMAILS iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDoc

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Kellie Carter Jackson

@kcarterjackson

Opinion: Why historians like me are taking on Ron DeSantis | CNN

Join us! Here's my

@CNN

op-ed about why our 24hr Teach-In in Florida matters! Black History Matters! It's not too late to register at teachinfortruth.org

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken the lead on trying to demolish what he deems 'woke' culture propaganda, says historian Kellie Carter Jackson. Carter Jackson explains why on the 69th anniversary...

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Keith Boykin

@keithboykin

Trailing in Republican presidential polls, a desperate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has just signed a bill to ban public colleges from offering general education courses that deal with racism, sexism, or oppression, and to defund college DEI programs.

DeSantis signs bill to defund DEI programs at Florida’s public colleges

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that would bar the state’s colleges and universities from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and limit how race can be...

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Sherrilyn Ifill

@SIfill_

So, no reporter has the beat of interviewing the President of the University of Florida, Ben “Schoolhouse Rock” Sasse? Why aren’t we hearing from him? Why is he permitted to take this job and then ghost the public as DeSantis completes the radical destruction of FL higher ed?

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Ron Filipkowski

@RonFilipkowski

Desantis today says if students want to study “niche majors” they can go to schools like Berkeley, but FL colleges are now going to solely focus on “the basics.”

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Nikki Barnes

@NikkiBarnesFL

May 14

Are y’all INSANE!!! How dare you use a Maya Angelou quote while your organization works to remove Maya Angelou’s books. newsweek.com/book-ban-debat

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Moms For Liberty Loudoun

@Moms4LibLoudoun

May 14

Happy Mother’s Day!

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill legalizing anti-LGBTQ+ medical discrimination

Roxana Daneshjou MD/PhD

@RoxanaDaneshjou

May 13

Don’t go into healthcare if there is someone you would refuse to treat.

lgbtqnation.com

The law allows any medical provider or insurer to deny care based on "ethical, moral, or religious beliefs...

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This is what freedom looks like, apparently. We cannot normalize this.

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Ron Filipkowski

@RonFilipkowski