AAPI views on teaching race in U S schools revealed
The AP NORC AAPI Data poll shows 71 percent of AAPI adults favor teaching the history of slavery racism and segregation in K 12 schools and supporting U S Asian American and Pacific Islander history. About half back teaching sex topics while 17 percent support school board content restrictions.
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Washington
U.S
AAPI
Associated Press-Norc Center For Public Affairs Research
United States
Karthick Ramakrishnan
University of California, Riverside
Aapi Data
Glenn Thomas
Thomas
Florida
Ramakrishnan
Biden rallies Black voters in Philadelphia urging support
President Biden and Vice President Harris urged Black voters to back a second term at Girard College. They warned Trump’s MAGA agenda threatens diversity, justice, and court appointments, citing Thurgood Marshall and potential Supreme Court changes. Biden highlighted student debt relief and HBCU funding as improvements for Black Americans.
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Kamala Harris
Girard College
Philadelphia
Donald Trump
Trump
White House
America
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Harris
George Floyd
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Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
High Court
Court of Thurgood
Associated Press-Norc Center For Public Affairs
Arizona
Georgia
Michigan
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Bronx
New York
South Africa votes in pivotal election seen as apartheid’s end test
South Africans cast ballots at schools and tents across nine provinces in what analysts call the most crucial election since apartheid. President Cyril Ramaphosa hopes for a firm ANC victory amid rising poverty and unemployment, while opposition leader John Steenhuisen claims a new path to triumph. Final results expected days later as counting begins nationwide.
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Johannesburg
African National Congress Party
South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa
ANC
John Steenhuisen
Independent Electoral Commission
Africa
Samuel Ratshalingwa
Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to boost women’s philanthropy
Melinda French Gates unveils a $1 billion commitment to increase funding for women and girls by end of 2026. Experts say the move could spark a broader donor movement after research showed women received about 2 percent of charitable giving, with 2020 totals at $8.8 billion of $471.4 billion.
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Melinda French Gates
United States
French Gates
Jacqueline Ackerman
Women’s Philanthropy Institute
Indiana University
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
WPI
Ackerman
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Pivotal Ventures
The
Gates Foundation
Bill Gates
Microsoft
Associated Press
Africa
Crystal Echo Hawk
IumiNative
Echo Hawk
Gates
National Philanthropic Trust
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