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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
If you don’t think book bans are real, a good friend of mine just had a song they wrote the lyrics for banned in Arkansas because they’re trans. Please, buy a copy of the score! There is a link to purchase at the end of the article. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Song by trans lyricist nixed abruptly from Arkansas’s All-State Choir auditions - Arkansas Times
“Release,” a musical composition by Los Angeles composer Saunder Choi, was abruptly pulled from the audition repertoire, allegedly in response to a state legislator’s complaints about the gender ident...
arktimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you don’t think book bans are real, a good friend of mine just had a song they wrote the lyrics for banned in Arkansas because they’re trans. Please, buy a copy of the score! There is a link to purchase at the end of the article. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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BREAKING: The White House rescinded President Trump's order to freeze all federal funding, including grants for public health, education, and safety.
This cruel order would have devastated communities across the country.
This cruel order would have devastated communities across the country.
January 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
BREAKING: The White House rescinded President Trump's order to freeze all federal funding, including grants for public health, education, and safety.
This cruel order would have devastated communities across the country.
This cruel order would have devastated communities across the country.
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If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
January 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
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Trump is offering all federal workers a buyout with seven months’ pay to shrink the government—but that’s not the whole story. Reports reveal some employees are being pressured to resign or face termination under the guise of organizational restructuring. In short: take the buyout or be fired.
January 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump is offering all federal workers a buyout with seven months’ pay to shrink the government—but that’s not the whole story. Reports reveal some employees are being pressured to resign or face termination under the guise of organizational restructuring. In short: take the buyout or be fired.
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NEW: Take action against the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze by sharing your library story. How would a federal funding pause impact your library & community? Share your story with ALA as we work to inform elected officials & decision-makers on this issue: airtable.com/appTIEEt9RjD...
January 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEW: Take action against the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze by sharing your library story. How would a federal funding pause impact your library & community? Share your story with ALA as we work to inform elected officials & decision-makers on this issue: airtable.com/appTIEEt9RjD...
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While we may face repercussions for this, the truth lies in the metadata. Memos to federal employees are being authored by individuals with ties to Project 2025. You can verify this yourself.
January 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
While we may face repercussions for this, the truth lies in the metadata. Memos to federal employees are being authored by individuals with ties to Project 2025. You can verify this yourself.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
January 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
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BOOK BANS ARE REAL! www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real
The American Library Association responds to the Department of Education's dismissal of complaints about censorship and discrimination: the "effort to terminate protections... advances the demonstrabl...
www.ala.org
January 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BOOK BANS ARE REAL! www.ala.org/news/2025/01...