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Chicago police arrest man for first-degree murder of 7-year-old girl
CHICAGO – Police have arrested a man in connection to the murder of 7-year-old Natalie Wallace, who was shot at a Fourth of July party Saturday night. Reginald Merrill, 33, of Chicago, has be…
New York City’s Biggest Decision: How to Safely Reopen Schools
The plan now emerging could have an enormous impact because the local economy may not fully recover until working parents can send children to school.
The Radical Joe Biden
The conventional wisdom right now is that Joe Biden is semi-senile, and that his choice of a vice president is all-important as it is likely this person (almost certainly a black female) will become president at some early point in the next few...
One-in-five U.S. Republicans want Trump to drop out: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Nearly one-fifth of registered Republicans want Donald Trump to drop out of the race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday, reflecting the turmoil his candidacy has sown within his party.
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@kausmickey OK. Then why make it a horse race? If you want to do something that disruptive, then you don't want a free for all.
By the way, something to keep in mind.
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Will the Rising Tide of Nuttiness Come My Way?
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What are we going to do about school?
Editor’s note: This post was first sent as an email in The Bulwark’s newsletter “The Triad: Three things to read, from JVL.”
1. School?
Right on schedule, the national school panic is here.
President Trump is losing support among young white working-class voters
William Galston writes that new Pew Research survey data shows that young, white working-class voters are more likely than their older cohorts to say the Trump presidency has failed and that the president has not handled key issues well, and more...
SEVP modifies temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during fall 2020 semester
Due to COVID-19, SEVP instituted a temporary exemption regarding online courses for the spring and summer semesters. This policy permitted nonimmigrant students to take more online courses than
Colin Kaepernick Signs First-Look Deal With Walt Disney
Colin Kaepernick’s journey from San Francisco 49ers quarterback to civil-rights activist will be chronicled in a documentary series developed by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal betwee…
Trump expected to refile paperwork to end DACA this week
President Trump is expected to refile paperwork this week to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that offers protections for thousands of young immigrants, according to multiple people familiar with the
Biden Proves Healthy Cognition By Flawlessly Reciting All The Sounds Animals Can Make
WILMINGTON, DE—With citizens and media figures questioning Joe Biden's mental fitness to become president, Biden took to the internet yesterday to shut down the naysayers once and for all. On a live video from his basement, Biden held up a...
Patriotism Is Becoming ‘White Supremacy’ | National Review
The reaction to Trump’s Rushmore speech was unhinged.
Acceleration, not remediation: Lessons from the field
David Steiner:
Across the country, preparation is underway for the new school year, with clearly justified concerns over such matters as transport to school, temperature checks and social distancing, the mental and emotional wellbeing of students...
Why Is School So Boring?
Young kids are filled with curiosity, so I wonder why we design schools that seem intent on taking that hard-wired fascination with the world and stomping it flat.
Serving Students Who Can't—or Won't—Return to School
Students with serious health concerns and those with other specialized needs may opt out of returning to school. What schools can do to keep serving them.
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Will the largest monument to the Confederacy stay set in stone?
The largest monument to the Confederacy in the United States is not as easy as a statue to take down. It is carved in granite and 400 feet above the ground, but activists are still fighting to have it removed.
Police identify 8-year-old girl killed after shots fired into car near burned Wendy’s
We’re working to learn more what led to the shooting. Watch Channel 2 Action News at 6 p.m. for the latest.