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Supreme Court Decisions on Education Could Offer Democrats an Opening

By: Jonathan Weisman — July 1st 2023 at 09:00
The decisions this week on affirmative action and student loans give Democrats a way to make a case on class and appeal to voters who have drifted away from the party.
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Bills DeSantis Signed Target Trans Rights, Abortion and Education in Florida

By: Neil Vigdor — May 24th 2023 at 21:55
Gov. Ron DeSantis ushered in a six-week abortion ban and curriculum restrictions, while expanding capital punishment and concealed carry access as he prepared to run for president.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida at a bill-signing event this month.
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In Howard Address, Biden Warns of ‘Sinister Forces’ Trying to Reverse Racial Progress

By: Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs — May 13th 2023 at 20:46
The president’s commencement address at Howard University, a historically Black institution, came as Democratic strategists have expressed concerns about muted enthusiasm for Mr. Biden among Black voters.

“Fearless progress toward justice often meets ferocious pushback from the oldest and most sinister of forces,” President Biden told Howard University’s graduating class.
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Republicans Face Setbacks in Push to Tighten Voting Laws on College Campuses

By: Neil Vigdor — March 29th 2023 at 21:50
Party officials across the country have sought to erect more barriers for young voters, who tilt heavily Democratic, after several cycles in which their turnout surged.

Students walking between classes at the University of Idaho. The state will ban student ID cards as a form of voter identification, one of few successes for Republicans targeting young voters this year.
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A Battle Over Murals Depicting Slavery

— March 3rd 2023 at 19:36
Reaction to a dispute between an artist and a Vermont school. Also: Corporal punishment; Ron DeSantis; caregivers; the Colorado River; guns and crime.
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Ron DeSantis’s Efforts to Make Education in Florida Less ‘Woke’

— February 3rd 2023 at 11:23
The Florida governor’s influence on an A.P. Black studies course. Also: The killing of Black men; a formidable Trump; anti-boycott bills; living without plastic.
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