DARE: State of the Union Will Not Take Place Tuesday, Pelosi Aide Says
Following the government reopening, Pelosi aid says the president's State of the Union will not take place Tuesday. Iowa House denies press credentials... More
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"Fear is not freedom. Fear is not liberty. Fear is control," says 100-year-old Grace Linn at @MCSDFlorida meeting.
The district's book removals attracted national attention when authors—including @jodipicoult & @JP_Books—took to social media to protest. https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/education/martin-county-schools/2023/03/22/crowd-protests-book-removals-at-martin-county-school-board-meeting/70028207007/
20-year-old Olesya Krivtsova has fled Russia after she was accused of “justifying terrorism” and “discrediting the Russian armed forces,” placed under house arrest, and forbidden from using the phone or internet following an Instagram post about #Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-social-media-crackdown.html
Don't miss March 23's Future Trends Forum where @ACEducation's Steven M. Bloom and @PENAmerica's @jeremycyoung—lead authors of a new guide to academic freedom—discuss how academic freedom is changing in today's fraught political environment.
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