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Education Commissioner Manny Diaz also earlier defended the proposal: “As age-appropriate, we go into some of the tougher subjects, all the way into the beginnings of the slave trade, Jim Crow laws, the civil rights movement and everything that occurred throughout our history.” Source link

ORLANDO, Fla. — The state of Florida and voter rights organizations will meet in federal court Tuesday for the first day of the trial challenging Gov. Ron Desantis’ decision to redraw congressional maps. A group of three federal judges will begin hearing claims from plaintiffs suggesting DeSantis’ decision to redraw the maps were racially discriminatory and […]

Climate Advice Columnist September 5, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT (Illustration by Emily Sabens/The Washington Post; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post; iStock)Comment on this storyComment When I was growing up in Florida, my friend and I played a game in the backyard. We’d get shovels to dig as deep as we could. After uncovering a few […]

Background: The new map divided one district into four, each with a much smaller Black population. At issue in the ruling was an area previously mapped as House District 5, which stretched from Jacksonville to Tallahassee along Florida’s northern border with Georgia. The district, whose voting population was about 46 percent Black, had elected Al […]

Background: The new map divided one district into four, each with a much smaller Black population. At issue in the ruling was an area previously mapped as House District 5, which stretched from Jacksonville to Tallahassee along Florida’s northern border with Georgia. The district, whose voting population was about 46 percent Black, had elected Al […]

A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden spoke with Florida Governor . . .

It wasn’t until his senior year of high school that Dylan Holley began to learn about all the facets of Black history. Not just snippets focusing on pain and suffering and victimization but full stories also featuring the contributions, triumphs and joys of, as he put it, “people who look like me.” “In U.S. history […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn now to Florida, where Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is losing ground as support for his 2024 presidential bid slips to its lowest level this year, […]

Dozens of teachers, students and labor leaders marched to a Miami school district headquarters to protest Florida’s new standards for teaching Black history, which have come under intense criticism for what they say about slavery By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press August 16, 2023, 12:26 PM ET • 3 min read MIAMI — Dozens of teachers, […]

MIAMI – Dozens of teachers, students and labor leaders marched to a Miami school district headquarters Wednesday to protest Florida’s new standards for teaching Black history, which have come under intense criticism for what they say about slavery. The protesters who marched to the School Board of Miami-Dade County objected to new curriculum standards that, […]


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