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2022

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NY Schools told to stop using Native American Mascots

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NY Schools told to stop using Native American Mascots and team names by the end of the current school year. The state Department of Education has stated that schools in New York must cease using Native American symbols in their logos, team names, and mascots by the end of this school year to avoid losing state aid. The memo from the department, published Thursday, stated that "Arguments that community members support such imagery or that they are respectful to Native Americans' are no longer tenable." The memo stated that students learn just as much from observation as direct instruction. "Boards…

Adams’s efforts to address the mental health crisis fall short

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Adams's efforts to address the mental health crisis fall short - A New York City public advocate discovered that there are fewer mental health crisis centers and more mobile response teams since 2019. Some left-leaning Democrats were concerned that Eric Adams would place policing over addressing the root causes of crime like joblessness or mental illness when he took office as Mayor in January. As Adams nears the end of his first year as mayor of New York, Adams has emphasized police work, flooding the subway with officers, and focusing on quality-of-life offenses. According to Jumaane Wilkins, the city's public…

Republicans tried to put Criminality onto the 2020 Ballot. The voters didn’t support it.

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Republicans tried to put criminality onto the 2020 ballot - Crime would be the final straw in the favor of Republicans in Pennsylvania in the midterm elections in 2022. Like 1994, where the then U.S. Tom Ridge clobbered Lieutenant. Governor Mark Singel with Reginald McFadden the victim of clemency, who committed murder shortly after his release. In Pennsylvania's highly watched U.S. Senate race, Republican candidate Mehmet Oz slammed Lt. Governor. John Fetterman for his role as a member of the Board of Pardons. But the difference is that Singel's campaign fell to the pressures and Democrat Fetterman won. Why? Despite…

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