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The Fulton St. Foodtown is playing Motown and I’m surprised / at how quickly my daughter picks up the tune. And soon /the two of us, plowing rows of… More
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Trump's former Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao issued a rare rebuke of the ex-President in the wake of several high-profile shootings targeting Asian Americans.
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An author's 2023 #BlackHistoryMonth appearances at Hoover City Schools in #Alabama have been canceled on the basis of one parent's complaint.
In 2022, award-winning author Derrick Barnes
appeared at three @HooverSchools elementary schools. https://www.al.com/educationlab/2023/01/hoover-schools-cancel-black-history-month-author-visit-after-parent-complaint.html