Willi Quinn
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Willi Quinn
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· May 27
The Truth About School Policing
Despite post-George Floyd promises to prioritize student wellness and care, Black kids face more policing than in 2020.
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Despite post-George Floyd promises to prioritize student wellness and care, Black kids face more policing than in 2020. #GeorgeFloyd #schoolpolicing
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SC congressman again proposes closing ‘loophole’ that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun
Rep. Jim Clyburn launched his latest effort one week from the 10-year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel massacre
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Rep. Jim Clyburn launched his latest effort one week from the 10-year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel massacre
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SC congressman again proposes closing 'loophole' that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun • SC Daily Gazette
Rep. Jim Clyburn announced his latest attempt to close the so-called loophole that allowed the Mother Emanuel shooter to buy his gun.
scdailygazette.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
SC congressman again proposes closing ‘loophole’ that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun
Rep. Jim Clyburn launched his latest effort one week from the 10-year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel massacre
scdailygazette.com/2025/06/10/s... by @schornobroff.bsky.social
Rep. Jim Clyburn launched his latest effort one week from the 10-year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel massacre
scdailygazette.com/2025/06/10/s... by @schornobroff.bsky.social
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@professorjvh.bsky.social in Public Voices for Public Schools - A Tie at the Top: Why the Supreme Court’s 4-4 Split on Religious Charter Schools Still Spells Trouble for Public Education pv4ps.org/a-tie-at-t... @americansunited.bsky.social
A Tie at the Top: Why the Supreme Court’s 4-4 Split on Religious Charter Schools Still Spells Trouble for Public Education - Public Voices For Public Schools
The question at hand is simple yet profound: Can a religious institution operate a publicly funded charter school?
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June 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@professorjvh.bsky.social in Public Voices for Public Schools - A Tie at the Top: Why the Supreme Court’s 4-4 Split on Religious Charter Schools Still Spells Trouble for Public Education pv4ps.org/a-tie-at-t... @americansunited.bsky.social
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — US Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on charges of ‘forcibly impeding’ immigration officers at New Jersey detention facility.
June 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — US Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on charges of ‘forcibly impeding’ immigration officers at New Jersey detention facility.
Nearly two centuries after the university commissioned racist scientific images of Renty and Delia, their portraits are finally being returned where they belong.
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Back to the South: Harvard Settles Lawsuit Over Enslaved Images
After nearly two centuries and a legal battle years in the making, images of enslaved ancestors from South Carolina are finally coming home. On May 28th, Harvard University agreed to release the 1850…
13thandsouth.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Nearly two centuries after the university commissioned racist scientific images of Renty and Delia, their portraits are finally being returned where they belong.
13thandsouth.com/back-to-the-...
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Despite post-George Floyd promises to prioritize student wellness and care, Black kids face more policing than in 2020. #GeorgeFloyd #schoolpolicing
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The Truth About School Policing
Despite post-George Floyd promises to prioritize student wellness and care, Black kids face more policing than in 2020.
wordinblack.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Despite post-George Floyd promises to prioritize student wellness and care, Black kids face more policing than in 2020. #GeorgeFloyd #schoolpolicing
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wordinblack.com/2025/05/post...
I usually don’t write on Sundays, but as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death, the South also reckons with Black lives lost and justice undone after the DOJ abandoned the very reforms promised in their names. #GeorgeFloyd #Reform
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We Carry Them Still: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the South’s Reckoning With Reform
On May 25, 2020, the world watched as George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street beneath the knee of a police officer, who held his neck to the pavement for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. That…
13thandsouth.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I usually don’t write on Sundays, but as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death, the South also reckons with Black lives lost and justice undone after the DOJ abandoned the very reforms promised in their names. #GeorgeFloyd #Reform
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With up to $880 billion in cuts recently approved in the House, advocates warn that the threat to Medicaid is greater than ever — and Black families are bracing for what comes next.
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Stripping the South: How Medicaid Cuts Could Break Black Disabled Families
Although the bill proposing $880 billion in cuts recently stalled in Congress, advocates warn the threat to Medicaid still looms — and…
13thandsouth.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
With up to $880 billion in cuts recently approved in the House, advocates warn that the threat to Medicaid is greater than ever — and Black families are bracing for what comes next.
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Naomi Tutu, daughter of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu (and an Episcopal priest herself) fully addresses the lie at the heart of the claim of that white South Africans are “refugees.” Amplify her voice.
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Opinion | I knew the pain of apartheid. How dare Trump embrace Afrikaners as refugees.
If the Episcopal Church had agreed to resettle South African Boers, then it would have elevated a lie that will affect refugee resettlement for years to come.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Naomi Tutu, daughter of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu (and an Episcopal priest herself) fully addresses the lie at the heart of the claim of that white South Africans are “refugees.” Amplify her voice.
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Malcolm X Still Scares America —That’s Why Schools Erase Him on Word In Black now. #MalcolmX #Black #Education
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Malcolm X Still Scares America —That’s Why Schools Erase Him
Not teaching Malcolm X in schools deprives students of the truth — and the tools — to understand themselves and fight injustice.
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May 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Malcolm X Still Scares America —That’s Why Schools Erase Him on Word In Black now. #MalcolmX #Black #Education
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Do you need books for your school, a birthday or Christmas presents? Our bulk buy page makes it easy to order complete sets of reading lists & multiple copies for class sets.
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Bulk buy children's books for schools
Do you need to order books for your classroom, school library or child's birthday / Christmas present in bulk? Our bulk order page makes it easy to order complete sets of year group school reading…
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Do you need books for your school, a birthday or Christmas presents? Our bulk buy page makes it easy to order complete sets of reading lists & multiple copies for class sets.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/bulk-buy-chi...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/bulk-buy-chi...
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Last year, I shared a gofundme for one of our students that made it to nationals for the National History Day competition. This year, his younger brother is going. Our first junior high student to make it to Nationals! There is no funding for travel and registration. Please help!
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Donate to Gabriel's journey to Nationals!, organized by Ranel Heard
Hello! My name is Ranel Heard and I am the proud mother of Gabriel Heard. Gabriel is in th… Ranel Heard needs your support for Gabriel's journey to Nationals!
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May 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Last year, I shared a gofundme for one of our students that made it to nationals for the National History Day competition. This year, his younger brother is going. Our first junior high student to make it to Nationals! There is no funding for travel and registration. Please help!
gofund.me/5d6ef6f5
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Unapologetic Black art is having a very significant moment right now and someone needs to write about why this is such a powerful AND necessary contrast to the current political moment.
May 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Unapologetic Black art is having a very significant moment right now and someone needs to write about why this is such a powerful AND necessary contrast to the current political moment.
As flames consumed Nottoway Plantation, the South’s largest antebellum mansion, they set ablaze generations of unfinished reckonings between Black liberation and White nostalgia. #nottoway #louisiana
Read more on 13th and South.
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Read more on 13th and South.
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The Fire This Time: On the Burning of the Nottoway Plantation
On May 15, 2025, fire tore through the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana. Once the South’s largest surviving antebellum mansion, this 64-room, 53,000-square-foot landmark held a…
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May 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
As flames consumed Nottoway Plantation, the South’s largest antebellum mansion, they set ablaze generations of unfinished reckonings between Black liberation and White nostalgia. #nottoway #louisiana
Read more on 13th and South.
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Read more on 13th and South.
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A new federal order pushing schools away from equity in discipline practices will put Black students at a greater risk of being over-policed in classrooms. #discipline #education #blackstudents
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Double Discipline: The New Weight Black Kids Will Carry in Schools
A new federal order pushing schools away from equity in discipline practices will put Black students at a greater risk of being over-policed in classrooms.
wordinblack.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A new federal order pushing schools away from equity in discipline practices will put Black students at a greater risk of being over-policed in classrooms. #discipline #education #blackstudents
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New Issue out Today! 📰
Stay informed about the latest happenings in the DMV with this week’s Washington Informer! Grab your copy at newsstands or read it online at WashingtonInformer.com 🌟
#BeInformed #WI60 #PGCounty #DC #Environment #Politics #BreakingNews #Budget2025 #Win60 #MentalHealthMatters
Stay informed about the latest happenings in the DMV with this week’s Washington Informer! Grab your copy at newsstands or read it online at WashingtonInformer.com 🌟
#BeInformed #WI60 #PGCounty #DC #Environment #Politics #BreakingNews #Budget2025 #Win60 #MentalHealthMatters
May 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New Issue out Today! 📰
Stay informed about the latest happenings in the DMV with this week’s Washington Informer! Grab your copy at newsstands or read it online at WashingtonInformer.com 🌟
#BeInformed #WI60 #PGCounty #DC #Environment #Politics #BreakingNews #Budget2025 #Win60 #MentalHealthMatters
Stay informed about the latest happenings in the DMV with this week’s Washington Informer! Grab your copy at newsstands or read it online at WashingtonInformer.com 🌟
#BeInformed #WI60 #PGCounty #DC #Environment #Politics #BreakingNews #Budget2025 #Win60 #MentalHealthMatters
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COMMENTARY from Malinda Lo, the author of one of the books being pulled from SC public school libraries...
Why is sex so scary to book banners? scdailygazette.com/2025/05/08/w...
Why is sex so scary to book banners? scdailygazette.com/2025/05/08/w...
Why is sex so scary to book banners? • SC Daily Gazette
Commentary from Malinda Lo, the author of one of the books the State Board of Education ruled must be pulled from K-12 library shelves.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
COMMENTARY from Malinda Lo, the author of one of the books being pulled from SC public school libraries...
Why is sex so scary to book banners? scdailygazette.com/2025/05/08/w...
Why is sex so scary to book banners? scdailygazette.com/2025/05/08/w...
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One day, we’ll look back in horror at public policies that let religious belief serve as a shield for educational neglect.
Religious school reprieve from NY education standards to be included in state budget
Yeshivas and private schools would get up to seven more years to comply with education standards.
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May 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
One day, we’ll look back in horror at public policies that let religious belief serve as a shield for educational neglect.
Just weeks after the Black Minds Matter report found that Black kids in California wouldn't reach reading proficiency until 2070, a lawmaker in the Golden State says she has a solution.
Read more on Word In Black now. #literacy #education #naacp
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Read more on Word In Black now. #literacy #education #naacp
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California's Bold Plan to Transform Reading Instruction
A new bill backed by the NAACP and educators aims to overhaul how reading is taught before another generation of Black kids is left behind.
wordinblack.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Just weeks after the Black Minds Matter report found that Black kids in California wouldn't reach reading proficiency until 2070, a lawmaker in the Golden State says she has a solution.
Read more on Word In Black now. #literacy #education #naacp
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Read more on Word In Black now. #literacy #education #naacp
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Rural America needs more comprehensive counseling services in schools, colleges, and communities to help individuals make decisions about their career pathways. bit.ly/3SJZIxI
Small Towns, Big Opportunities: Many Workers in Rural Areas Have Good Jobs, but These Areas Need Greater Investment in Education, Training, and Career Counseling - CEW Georgetown
Despite stereotypes of being left behind, rural America offers good jobs, particularly in blue-collar fields.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Rural America needs more comprehensive counseling services in schools, colleges, and communities to help individuals make decisions about their career pathways. bit.ly/3SJZIxI
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“Americans are questioning the value of the return on their investment: Is it worth my money? Is it worth my time?” hechingerreport.org/a-new-kind-o...
Alabama high school requirements now allow students to trade chemistry for carpentry
A new Alabama law will allow high school students to replace upper level math and science classes, such as Algebra 2 or chemistry, with career and technical education courses, like cosmetology or arch...
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April 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“Americans are questioning the value of the return on their investment: Is it worth my money? Is it worth my time?” hechingerreport.org/a-new-kind-o...
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Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: Trump wrote on social media that he was ordering a "90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately.” The specific countries that will receive the tariff rates lowered to 10% is unclear.
Trump sets 90-day pause on many tariffs, hikes China to 125% • Alabama Reflector
The announcement came just hours after the president posted on social media “BE COOL!” and “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.”
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April 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: Trump wrote on social media that he was ordering a "90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately.” The specific countries that will receive the tariff rates lowered to 10% is unclear.
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UPDATED REPORT: Multiple federal judges temporarily halt Trump's Alien Enemies Act removals.
The ACLU filed cases in New York and Texas challenging the administration's use of the wartime power for deportations. Judges responded quickly.
Now at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
The ACLU filed cases in New York and Texas challenging the administration's use of the wartime power for deportations. Judges responded quickly.
Now at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
Multiple federal judges temporarily halt Trump's Alien Enemies Act removals
UPDATE: The ACLU filed cases in New York and Texas challenging the administration's use of the wartime power for deportations. Judges responded quickly.
www.lawdork.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
UPDATED REPORT: Multiple federal judges temporarily halt Trump's Alien Enemies Act removals.
The ACLU filed cases in New York and Texas challenging the administration's use of the wartime power for deportations. Judges responded quickly.
Now at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
The ACLU filed cases in New York and Texas challenging the administration's use of the wartime power for deportations. Judges responded quickly.
Now at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
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More than 60,000 North Carolinians, including members of the armed forces deployed overseas, have 15 business days to make sure their votes counted.
NEW: Ruling says most challenged voters will have 15 days to avoid having their votes thrown out. Democratic candidate, Justice Allison Riggs, says she will appeal the ruling. ncnewsline.com/2025/04/04/a... @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol #ncga #nc
Appeals court rules in favor of GOP Supreme Court candidate Griffin's election challenge • NC Newsline
NC Appeals Court sides with GOP Judge Jefferson Griffin in his elections case, but gives voters a chance to avoid having their votes tossed.
ncnewsline.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
More than 60,000 North Carolinians, including members of the armed forces deployed overseas, have 15 business days to make sure their votes counted.
Trump-era investigations are casting doubt on Black achievement. However, educators say the myth of lower standards is not just wrong — but dangerous.
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College DEI Probes Undermine Black HS Success
Trump-era investigations are casting doubt on Black achievement. However, educators say the myth of lower standards is not just wrong — but dangerous.
wordinblack.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Trump-era investigations are casting doubt on Black achievement. However, educators say the myth of lower standards is not just wrong — but dangerous.
wordinblack.com/2025/04/coll...
wordinblack.com/2025/04/coll...