BALTIMORE — They told anyone who would listen that this was a different team, that they had learned from past playoff failures, that they were “locked in” on making a Super Bowl. Then, over the first 30 minutes of football Saturday on a frigid late afternoon in Baltimore, they looked
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Here Are 9 Picture Books Being Challenged in America
A picture book about a same-sex penguin couple at the Central Park Zoo was made inaccessible to young students in a Florida school district. The history of the Gay Pride flag was one of the most widely banned books in the country. An illustrated story about surviving slavery in America
Disney, Challenged Elsewhere, Plans to Spend $60 Billion on Parks and Cruises
Disney’s theme parks will generate an estimated $10 billion in profit this year, up from $2.2 billion a decade ago. Not bad for a 68-year-old business, especially considering the devastation wrought by the pandemic just a couple of years ago. But how much boom is left? Last month, when Robert
Lin Wood, a pro-Trump attorney who challenged 2020 election, retires his law license
In this Dec. 2, 2020 file photo, attorney Lin Wood gestures while speaking during a rally in Alpharetta, Ga. Wood has asked officials in his home state of Georgia to retire his law license. Ben Margot/AP hide caption toggle caption Ben Margot/AP In this Dec. 2, 2020 file photo, attorney
Olympic gold medalist says mom challenged her before viral race at son’s school: ‘You can’t be serious girl!’
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce went viral in March after a video of her dusting the other moms in her son’s class during a friendly race began circulating online. But now, the accomplished Jamaican sprinter revealed that one mom was bold enough to challenge her in the days leading
She ripped up her manicured lawn and challenged the norms of gardening stories
In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, Camille Dungy describes her years-long project to transform her weed-filled, water-hogging, monochromatic lawn into a pollinator’s paradise. (Image credit: Mickey Capper for NPR) Source link
ALA: Number of unique book titles challenged jumped nearly 40% in 2022
Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR The number of reported challenges to books doubled in 2022 — and the number of challenges to unique titles was up nearly 40 percent over 2021 — according to data released by the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Monday. Each year the
Preventive care such as birth control, anti-HIV medicine challenged in Texas lawsuit
Research shows that expanded access to preventive care and coverage has led to an increase in colon cancer screenings, vaccinations, use of contraception and chronic disease screenings. Ngampol Thongsai/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption toggle caption Ngampol Thongsai/Getty Images/EyeEm Research shows that expanded access to preventive care and coverage has led to
James W. Loewen, Who Challenged How History Is Taught, Dies at 79
Patiently, he explained to his class: Black people never took over the Southern states. They all had white governors, and all but one had white legislative majorities. Reconstruction governments did not “screw up.” They created the best constitutions the South had ever had, and better governments than any others in