Being multilingual is a superpower! 🦸
Let’s Raise the Bar on multilingual education so students can excel in global markets & the careers of tomorrow: https://t.co/GLwYJf5UKJ
“For all the queer kids in the Midwest watching right now: I see you, I understand you, because I’m one of you. And don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can’t be exactly who you wanna be, b**ch.”
— Chappell Roan accepting Best New Artist at the #VMAs
1. Incredible news out of Colorado for trans people: EVERY anti-trans initiative has failed to gain the required signatures to appear on the ballot.
Their failure was spread to a sparsely attended press conference of less than five people.
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As Arizona spends more and more on school vouchers, the state is having to make cuts to other important initiatives.
Still, states from Florida to Utah continue to use it as a model for their own voucher programs.
https://t.co/42ki1YHC4w
The immigration system can be confusing and complicated to understand. Our latest updated factsheet breaks down how the immigration system works. Explore the essential details to understand the immigration process⤵️ https://t.co/CNwSQGWjhM
More than 100,000 young immigrants protected by DACA will soon become eligible to receive federal healthcare coverage for the first time since the program was implemented over a decade ago. https://t.co/xbBAs9yIou
Truman Scholar Bowl falls just short in the District Championship to NKC for a 2nd place finish. Shoutout to senior Ian Ferguson for being named 1st-Team All District. #WeAreTruman@GoTrumanPats@MrsRScott@THSPatriots
In 2022, the ACLU of Missouri sued the Independence School District for their policy of automatically removing books after receiving a complaint. Yesterday the Eighth Circuit heard our appeal on standing to challenge that the policy does violate the students' 1A rights.
“One person can lodge a complaint, can list every book that was written by or in favor of Republicans, and they would be removed automatically, because the policy requires it.”
Gillian Wilcox
Deputy Director of Litigation at the ACLU of Missouri
More at https://t.co/SYdaxbE6H5
#Honduras: la violencia, los conflictos por la tierra, la corrupción y la impunidad desafían los derechos humanos, declaró @volker_turk al presentar su último informe sobre el país al Consejo de DD.HH. de la @ONU_es.
Artículo de @NoticiasONU sobre #HRC55⤵️https://t.co/a2coDVwKH1
AAVE is unfairly stigmatized and sometimes labeled "bad English." But, take a close look at the rich history of Black English, or African American Vernacular English, and you'll discover its grammar is as complex (maybe even more so) as Standard America...
https://t.co/uqc8YhAKMU
When Kabul fell, Biden promised to rescue Afghan allies. For 14-year-old Rezwan Kohistani and his family, that meant being sent to a remote Missouri town where no other Afghans lived. “We’d been left alone,” said Rezwan’s father. https://t.co/1KMg1duNAw
I’m not sure what’s worse - the brazen racism and xenophobia or the sheer dumbness and ignorance.
Also - imagine if Biden did a crappy impression of the Mexican president, complete with bad accent, during a speech? It’d be front page news and on a loop on cable.