Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic movement of civil rights scholars and activists in the United States who seek to critically examine the law as it intersects with issues of race and to challenge mainstream liberal approaches to racial justice. Critical race theory examines social, cultural and legal issues as they relate to race and racism. Critical race theory originated in the […]
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Attorney General Garland vows to fight GOP efforts to curb voting access
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Justice Department will aggressively fight efforts to restrict voting rights nationwide following a blitz of new voting restrictions in Republican-led states that stem from former President Donald Trump’s lies that widespread fraud helped Joe Biden win the presidential election. In a speech Friday, Garland outlined a number of steps […]
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Justice Department watchdog to investigate data seizure as House Democrats discuss impacts of leak probe
The Justice Department’s inspector general will investigate the department’s handling of a leak investigation into former President Donald Trump’s political enemies that included a subpoena to collect metadata of lawmakers, staff and some family members, the office announced Friday. The request comes as House Intelligence Committee Democrats held a briefing led by Chairman Adam Schiff. […]
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Wierson and Honan: The Democratic Party is drunk on spiked progressive Kool-Aid
West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin has emerged as the progressives’ new favorite politician to attack. Their frustrations with Manchin are largely fueled by his refusal to both support the For the People Act, a comprehensive voting rights and campaign finance reform bill, and to kill the filibuster, which threatens to undermine President Joe Biden’s […]
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Embiid and Harris power Sixers past Hawks, take 2-1 series lead
Game three in the second-round series between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Atlanta Hawks featured Joel Embiid drawing his fair share of fouls, which continually drew the ire of the sold-out State Farm Arena crowd. However, he’d continue to dominate in the painted area, as the Sixers would pull away from Atlanta 127-111, to take […]
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Report reveals Georgia schools get an ‘F’ in remote learning
Nearly 93 percent of school-age children went from in-school learning to remote learning throughout the pandemic, but some households were more equipped than others. A side-effect of the digital divide, the “homework gap” refers to students 18-years-old and under who lack the connectivity needed to complete remote school work and subsequently fall behind academically. Georgia […]
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Short-staffed TSA asks its office workers to help out at checkpoints this summer
The Transportation Security Administration has asked some of its office workers to help security officers with a surge of summer travel at the nation’s airports, a TSA official said Thursday. The ask, including to local administrative offices, comes in addition to a campaign aiming to hire 6,000 workers. The official said it has hired 3,100 […]
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Virginia governor signs probation overhaul bill with support of rapper and activist Meek Mill
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a probation overhaul bill into law on Thursday, approving the state’s latest progressive criminal justice proposal alongside rapper and activist Meek Mill, who backed the legislation. Northam, a Democrat, was joined by Mill in Richmond as he signed into law HB 2038, which limits the amount of active incarceration a […]
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G-7 nations expected to pledge 1B vaccine doses for world
ST. IVES, England (AP) — The Group of Seven nations are set to commit to sharing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with the world, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday, with half coming from the U.S. and 100 million from the U.K. as President Joe Biden urged allies to join in speeding the […]
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Former president Trump returns as a diminished TV draw
Former President Donald Trump reached less than a million measurable television viewers over the weekend in his return to the public stage at a North Carolina political event. Newsmax averaged just under 700,000 viewers between 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday when Trump spoke, the Nielsen company said. His speech was also carried live on […]
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Hawks, Nuggets hope home court provides edge in semifinals
John Collins already has seen what playoff success has done to raise the hometown excitement for the Atlanta Hawks. Collins is eager for the opportunity to build more enthusiasm now that the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers has shifted to Atlanta. With the series tied 1-1, Game 3 will be played […]
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Curtain rises on the Tribeca Festival, and on New York, too
The 20th Tribeca Festival is aiming to not just rebuild itself after its 2020 edition was largely scuttled by the pandemic, but to help revitalize its hometown. This year’s Tribeca, which opened Wednesday with Jon M. Chu’s adaption of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical “In the Heights,” will be spread throughout all five boroughs of New […]
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No shipments of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine have gone out from the government in weeks
No shipments of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine have gone out from the federal government in several weeks, CNN has learned, because the one-shot vaccine is in short supply. The government has not sent any doses of the J&J vaccine to states since the first week of May, an official told CNN. That figure is […]
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‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse lights up the sky this morning
A “ring of fire” solar eclipse appeared in the sky Thursday as the moon partially blocked out the sun. It was visible in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and people around the world captured the celestial show — the first of two solar eclipses this year — with some stunning images. A solar eclipse […]
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It’s official: Kasim Reed will run for ATL Mayor for the third time
The 59th Mayor of Atlanta, Kasim Reed, filed paperwork Tuesday night to run for Mayor of Atlanta. Reed joins Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown, Atlanta attorney Sharon Gay, and Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore, and Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens who have all filed paperwork to join the race. “I felt like there are […]