Maryland calls to resist book bans and defend academic freedom
The Maryland governor joins other governors in urging publishers not to sanitize history and asks state leaders to push back against efforts to ban or water down books in schools. The piece cites a rise in challenges to LGBTQ related titles and notes Maryland’s past debates including a failed push to remove Gender Queer. It urges protecting a full and meaningful education and preserving the Free State’s reputation as a defender of academic freedom.
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George Floyd
Wes Moore
Moore
Ron DeSantis
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American Library Association
Free State
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Baltimore Sun
Reparations Debate Pushes San Francisco Toward Payoffs
A 15 person city task force proposes 5 million dollars in reparations and considers broader racial justice asks amid California scrutiny of slavery related harms. The piece weighs costs, who qualifies, and potential effects on Black residents and migration trends as national debate rages.
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San Franciscans
California
Soledad Ursta
City Journal
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Stanford
Hoover Institution
New York Times
Texas
Diplomatic Fury Over Nova Kakhovka Dam Blast
Trudy Rubin argues in the Philadelphia Inquirer that Russia destroyed the Nova Kakhovka dam to hinder Ukraine's counteroffensive, triggering a broad Western response. She calls for declassified U.S. intelligence at the UN, NATO action, and urgent military aid including air defenses and missiles to support Ukraine, warning Moscow must be held to account and NATO membership considered at the Vilnius summit.
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Sergiy Kyslytsyn
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Dnipro
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Julia Davis
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Zhuravlyov
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