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Florida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought ‘Personal Benefit’ to Black People

The Florida Board of Education has approved shocking new standards for African American history, despite overwhelming backlash from the public. Allison Quin Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Gett Middle school students in Florida will soon be taught that slavery gave Black people a “personal benefit” because they “developed skills.” After the Florida Board of Education Read More…

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Florida White Woman Who Fatally Shot Black Neighbor

An Alleged “Stand Your Ground” – White Woman Who Fatally Shot Black Neighbor By Curt Anderson, Freida Frisaro and Amanda Rabines | arabines@orlandosentinel.com | Associated Press A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion Read More…

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Do police keep schools safe? Fuel the school-to-prison pipeline?

School districts across the country are suddenly wrestling with the same question: Should police officers be in schools? In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis schools cut their contract with the local police department. Then Portland did. Then Denver. A majority of the Oakland school board members say they will, too, while Chicago’s school Read More…