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Opinion

Opinion: The Bogeyman of White Supremacy – Gregory Hood

Credit Image: © Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via ZUMA Press Wire [Disclaimer: The views expressed in opinion pieces on the PrescotteNews website are solely those of the authors. These opinions do not necessarily represent those of the staff of Prescott eNews or its publisher.] The philosopher Karl Popper argued that a theory can’t be considered

Opinion

Opinion: Are School Uniforms Racist and Homophobic? – Gregory Hood

[Disclaimer: The views expressed in opinion pieces on the PrescotteNews website are solely those of the authors. These opinions do not necessarily represent those of the staff of Prescott eNews or its publisher.] American public schools are getting worse. Declining results are clear in the government’s own “Nation’s Report Card” on the state of public

Education

Schools face pressure to take harder line on discipline – Associated Press

As kids’ behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of pandemic shutdowns, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink their approaches to discipline — including policies intended to reduce suspensions and expulsions. Approaches such as “restorative justice” were adopted widely in recent decades as educators updated exclusionary policies that cut off

Mass Shootings

Police: 15-year-old boy kills 5 in Raleigh shooting rampage – Associated Press

Photo: This image captured with a drone on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, shows the greenway in Raleigh, N.C., where a 15-year-old boy fatally shot three people A 15-year-old boy killed five people and injured two more in a shooting rampage in Raleigh, police said, horrifying a community that is now mourning victims whose lives were

Haiti

Haiti at breaking point as economy tanks and violence soars – Associated Press

Photo: Demonstrators fill the streets during a protest to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Daily life in Haiti began to spin out of control last month just hours after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said fuel subsidies would be eliminated, causing prices to double. Gunshots rang