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  • NPR: High School Grad Rate “Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Printed On”

    NPR: High School Grad Rate “Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Printed On”0

    • June 12, 2015

    It’s the end of the school year and by now just about every graduating senior has donned cap and gown and walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma. Statistics place national graduation rates at 81% – a percentage that has risen amidst much acclamation in recent years. But according to an investigation by NPR,

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  • NPR: Gun Homicides in Chicago Reach ‘Startling Number’

    NPR: Gun Homicides in Chicago Reach ‘Startling Number’0

    Demarco Webster Jr. didn’t like going outdoors, his father said. Sadly, it’s not hard to see why. In October, the 14-year-old was gunned down while trying to help his father, who was moving, tie a mattress onto a vehicle.   Webster was one of more than 700 homicides in Chicago this year, NPR reported Wednesday,

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  • NPR Questions Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan

    NPR Questions Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan0

    The presidential election is over eight months away and already the nomination process has seen surprising twists. The most recent is the rising popularity of Bernie Sanders. Young people are one of Sanders’ most supportive demographic groups, and his offer of free public college might partially explain why. But as NPR’s Anya Kamenetz reports, Sanders’

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  • NPR Explains How You Can Turn Your 2-Year-Old into a Social Justice Warrior

    NPR Explains How You Can Turn Your 2-Year-Old into a Social Justice Warrior0

    Via NPR: Social activist Innosanto Nagara wanted to find a fun book to read to his 2-year-old son that also talked about the importance of social justice. He wasn’t looking for the typical fiction written for children, instead, he was looking for unique narratives — by writers of color and/or authors who can speak about

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  • Now, the Left Owns It All

    Now, the Left Owns It All0

    That mob that split off from the Donald Trump rally of Jan. 6 to invade the Capitol has proven a godsend to the left. The death of a Capitol cop has enabled the left—which spent the summer after George Floyd’s death trashing “racist cops” and shouting, “Defund the Police!”—to posture as fighting allies of the

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  • Now the Grinch Is Stealing Thanksgiving

    Now the Grinch Is Stealing Thanksgiving0

    Thanksgiving holds a special place in my family. It’s the one holiday of the year when my four children, their spouses, and my platoon of grandchildren gather under one roof. The other holidays they celebrate in their own homes or with other relatives, but Thanksgiving is the time for the gathering of the Minick clan

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