When Bondi announced the administration’s lawsuit against Maine last week, she warned that Minnesota and California could be next. The administration’s lawsuit followed weeks of feuding between Trump and Democratic Gov. Janet Mill of Maine that led to a clash at the White House when she told Trump, “We’ll see you in court.”
The school system abandoned the option of letting parents take their kids out of the lessons because doing so “became unworkably disruptive,” the lawyers told the court., which reported more than 10,000 books banned in the last school year, said in a court filing what the parents want is “a constitutionally suspect book ban by another name.”
The difficulty of providing alternative lessons for some children anytime the books are used probably would force the county to pull the books from the curriculum, said Tasslyn Magnusson, senior adviser with the Freedom to Read program at PEN America.“I really hope people read these books. They’re just lovely examples of experiences that kids have in school and they’re perfectly fine storybooks to have as part of an educational curriculum,” Magnusson said.One book that was originally part of the curriculum and then pulled for unexplained reasons is “My Rainbow,” co-written by Delaware state Rep. DeShanna Neal and daughter Trinity.
The story tells of Trinity’s desire for long hair as a transgender girl and her mother’s solution, knitting a rainbow wig.Neal has grown used to having the book taken out of circulation at libraries, including in Florida, Ohio and Texas.
“School is a place to learn about why the world is different and how it’s different,” Neal said. “What I had hoped would come out of this book was, listen to your children. They know their own bodies.”
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a U.S.-led process that could end fighting in resource-rich eastern Congo, a U.S. official said Monday.“Traffic (7 am)” starts with a string of relationship reflections. “Every morning felt like traffic / Brain full of static,” he begins, eventually arriving at a sensual chorus of overlapping vocals. “It’s like poetry,” Clay sings, “I felt the hair on my skin / Raising when you crashed in / To me.” The song is capped by Clay’s crisp saxophone.
Bass guitar adds funk to “Amber (11 am).” And by “Smoke Break (12 pm),” the EP’s closer, Clay’s voice is more pronounced. The drumbeats behind them, quicker.Clay isn’t restricted by his hourly
Each song is engaging enough to exist outside of its designated time block, free of its parenthetical label. But together, Clay creates a colorful world — a morning listeners will want to wake up early for.MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will retain Defense Secretary