How Teach for America evolved into an arm of the Charter School Movement
By Annie Waldman ProPublica When the Walton Family Foundation announced in 2013 that it was donating $20 million to Teach For America to recruit and train nearly 4,000 teachers for low-income schools, ... Judge says City Council’s votes on Entergy plant violated state law
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Piper D. Griffin on Friday ruled that the New Orleans City Council violated the state’s Open Meetings Law in 2018, ... Legal agreement in federal bail suit will require New Orleans judge to consider alternatives to detention, whether defendants can pay
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens New Orleans Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell and civil rights attorneys for the MacArthur Justice Center entered into a legal agreement in federal court on Thursday that lays ... Fla. cop who shot Black caretaker with his hands up found guilty of negligence
(Defender News Service) — A jury on last week found North Miami officer Jonathan Aledda guilty of culpable negligence in the 2016 shooting of therapist Charles Kinsey, but declined to ... Mitch McConnell: We paid for ‘sin of slavery’ by electing Obama
(Defender News Service) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks over the last week have been making headlines, but the latest may be the most controversial. Lawsuit against La. DEQ over Entergy air permit
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As Entergy continues construction work on a new, natural gas-fired power plant at Michoud and opponents of the facility celebrate a June 14 judge’s ruling in New ...
Beat the heat: Drink lots of water
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — There’s a lot to do when the weather is right in the summertime. Unfortunately, too much fun in the sun can be dangerous. Excessive ... Why you should take a peek at your doctor’s notes on your health
By Victoria Knight Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — When Pamela DeSalvo read the clinical note from her doctor’s visit, the words on the page hit her hard: “clinically morbidly obese.” She ... Fears of undercounting ‘people of color’ rise
By Michael J. Fitzgerald Contributing Writer (Richmond Pulse/Ethnic Media Services) — Combatting a predicted major undercounting of people of color in the 2020 U.S. Census was the focus of a national roundtable ... Looking for short term work? The 2020 Census may have a position for you
By Mark Hedin Contributing Writer (Special from Ethnic Media Services) — The Census Bureau has said it expects to hire about a half-million people nationwide to help in its all-important counting of ...
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By Annie Waldman ProPublica When the Walton Family Foundation announced in 2013 that it was donating $20 million to Teach For America to recruit and train nearly 4,000 teachers for low-income schools, ... Judge says City Council’s votes on Entergy plant violated state law
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Piper D. Griffin on Friday ruled that the New Orleans City Council violated the state’s Open Meetings Law in 2018, ... Legal agreement in federal bail suit will require New Orleans judge to consider alternatives to detention, whether defendants can pay
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens New Orleans Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell and civil rights attorneys for the MacArthur Justice Center entered into a legal agreement in federal court on Thursday that lays ... Fla. cop who shot Black caretaker with his hands up found guilty of negligence
(Defender News Service) — A jury on last week found North Miami officer Jonathan Aledda guilty of culpable negligence in the 2016 shooting of therapist Charles Kinsey, but declined to ... Mitch McConnell: We paid for ‘sin of slavery’ by electing Obama
(Defender News Service) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks over the last week have been making headlines, but the latest may be the most controversial. Lawsuit against La. DEQ over Entergy air permit
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As Entergy continues construction work on a new, natural gas-fired power plant at Michoud and opponents of the facility celebrate a June 14 judge’s ruling in New ...
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — There’s a lot to do when the weather is right in the summertime. Unfortunately, too much fun in the sun can be dangerous. Excessive ... Why you should take a peek at your doctor’s notes on your health
By Victoria Knight Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — When Pamela DeSalvo read the clinical note from her doctor’s visit, the words on the page hit her hard: “clinically morbidly obese.” She ... Fears of undercounting ‘people of color’ rise
By Michael J. Fitzgerald Contributing Writer (Richmond Pulse/Ethnic Media Services) — Combatting a predicted major undercounting of people of color in the 2020 U.S. Census was the focus of a national roundtable ... Looking for short term work? The 2020 Census may have a position for you
By Mark Hedin Contributing Writer (Special from Ethnic Media Services) — The Census Bureau has said it expects to hire about a half-million people nationwide to help in its all-important counting of ...
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