Elliott Kaufman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City is implementing a new Black Studies curriculum in its public schools from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 as students return this week. “This is not a curriculum about a particular racial group, necessarily, but about the history of inequality and stratification hierarchyRead More →
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WINDER, Ga.) — Joshua Maloch thought his Georgia high school was holding an active shooter drill when an alarm went off Wednesday morning alerting a school lockdown. “We all had to get into the corner of my class and duck down,” the 10th grader at Apalachee HighRead More →
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WINDER, Ga.) — Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Another nine victims were taken to hospitals with injuries, the GBI said. The suspect — 14-year-old ColtRead More →
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’s nomination as the first Black and Asian woman nominee for U.S. president “gives a lot of people hope” that greater equality of opportunity is possible. “I know a little bit about being aRead More →
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of more than 30 current and former Republican officials filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday condemning a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. “States have no business overruling the decisions of fit parents who makeRead More →
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a sweeping crackdown Wednesday on dueling efforts by the Russian government to influence the upcoming 2024 election through covert networks aimed at spreading disinformation to American voters. For months, the Biden administration has been publicly warning of Russia’s efforts toRead More →
Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Though Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced last month he was suspending his struggling independent campaign and endorsing former President Donald Trump, voters in many states are still likely to see him on their ballot this fall. Announcing his decision in Phoenix, Arizona, Kennedy said thatRead More →
Grace Cary/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While polling sites around the country are gearing up for huge voter turnout on Election Day, data and experts predict that a majority of the votes that will decide this year’s key races will be cast months before. In fact, many of those votes couldRead More →
Former U.S. President and current Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks about the economy, inflation, and manufacturing during a campaign event at Alro Steel on August 29, 2024 in Potterville, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) (ATLANTA) — A federal judge in Atlanta on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction ordering Donald TrumpRead More →
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Charges were filed in juvenile court against the 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with the shooting of San Francisco 49ers’ player Ricky Pearsall, according to prosecutors. The teen is facing three charges: Attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and attempted second degree robberyRead More →
