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Amanda Gorman is ‘gutted’ by school district’s decision to restrict her poem after a parent complained it contained ‘hate messages’

By Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN, May 24, 2023. The acclaimed poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden’s inauguration was moved from the elementary section of a Miami-Dade County public school after a parent complaint and school review, the district confirmed Tuesday. A parent of a student at Bob Graham Education Center

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DeSantis’s anti-woke laws can’t stand up to the First Amendment. They’re still dangerous — The silencing has begun

By Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Boston Globe, May 19, 2023. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s anti-wokeness crusade to trample on the First Amendment with a series of state censorship laws aimed at everything from college administrators to Mickey Mouse is a sure loser. After all, when one of the most conservative appellate courts in the nation agrees

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Far right sets its sights on gutting the Constitution

Russ Feingold, Boston Globe, May 23, 2023. The far right has been conducting a multiyear stealth campaign to persuade state legislatures to pass legislation asking Congress to call a constitutional convention. The past few years have seen the rise of a modern American authoritarian movement in this country. The people driving this movement, the Steve

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I liked Ron until he crowned himself king

The following letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on May 23, 2023. In 2018 I was impressed by Ron DeSantis. I thought “Finally! Someone grounded with common sense and no grievances.” In 2022 re-elected, then, he grabbed headlines by shipping immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts. Why? It’s not ours to deal

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