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PayPal walks back update to user policy that threatened a $2,500 penalty for spreading ‘misinformation’
On September 26, the financial technology company PayPal announced updates to its user policy. Documents on the company’s website as of Saturday evening indicated that the company would confiscate $2,500 directly from the accounts of users found guilty, at “PayPal’s sole discretion,” of so-called “misinformation” or “discrimination of protected groups.” Although it was not made…
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EXCLUSIVE: Elise Stefanik Slams DoD Over Radical DEI Chief
Following the Department of Defense’s announcing a “review” of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Kelisa Wing over her recently surfaced history of disparaging white people, House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) slammed the DoD for promoting the radical diversity chief, while calling upon it to “realign” its “shameful” priorities…
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How The ‘Little Mermaid’ Teaser Trailer Brought So Much Black Girl Joy Into The Universe
I remember the first round of #NotMyAriel backlash. In 2019, Disney announced that singer and actor Halle Baileyhad been cast as Ariel in the live-action recreation of its beloved classic, The Little Mermaid. In response, racists took to Twitter to declare that a Black mermaid would ruin the movie and traumatize their children. As a…
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Misty Copeland Credits Prince With Taking Her Ballet Career to the Next Level
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 28: Misty Copeland performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards “Let’s Go Crazy” The GRAMMY Salute To Prince on January 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Kevin Mazur (Getty Images) If you’ve ever had the chance to watch Misty Copeland dance, you’d never know that she had any issues…
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The Writers Lab Sets Participants For Eighth Edition – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Lab has set Shari Albert (Fishtown), Stephanie Bast (FrankenFamily), Kelly Campbell (Pyramid Scheme), Shari Lynette Carpenter (Translate), Nic Cohen (Artemis One), Rebecca Dreyfus (Men), Gwen Goodkin (The Plant), Tamara Maloney & Maeve McQuillan (Darkened Room), Arianna Ortiz (Mama, Don’t), Zuri Rice (Green Hill), Roses Urquhart (This Is My Body) and Robin Shanea…
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A Guide to Rethinking Education After Pandemic
As the pandemic kicked in and much of the world went into lockdown, schools everywhere were forced to adapt. Much of the national media coverage made the result look like a total disaster:. Students everywhere set back; teachers burnt out; and parents at wit’s end. And certainly there have been plenty of challenges for educators…
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Arizona teacher brags about work-around for sex education law in the state so she can talk about gender with little kids
PHOENIX, AZ –Arizona educators are prevented from speaking to students who are below fifth grade about sexual education. Despite the law, a second-grade teacher has found a workaround that she has been sharing on TikTok which would allow her and others to get children from kindergarten to fourth grade to announce what gender pronouns they…
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New Leadership Continues the Wei LAB Legacy | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
Dr. Brian A. Burt, director and chief research scientist at the Wei LAB.Twelve years after its creation, Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) at the University of Wisconsin—Madison has a new director: Dr. Brian A. Burt. Burt, a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar and associate professor of higher education at the University of Wisconsin—Madison (UW—Madison),…
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Lawsuit: Parents Say Special Education Cases Are Rigged Against Them – Disability Scoop
Virginia’s courts routinely rule against parents of students with disabilities who sue to ensure their children are receiving an appropriate education, according to a class action lawsuit filed in federal court last week. The suit names the Fairfax County Public Schools in northern Virginia as well as the state department of education, which trains and…
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Will the Democrats’ Stance On Education Be Their Undoing? – American Thinker
Perhaps the most significant issue leading to a Democrat debacle in November is the party’s position on children’s education. Many Democrat leaders are convinced that voters will not punish them at the polls for proclaiming that children, in effect, belong to the state. Governor Terry McAuliffe discovered that mothers will not tolerate leaders who want to limit…