
Interview: Librarian Amanda Jones Fought Christian Nationalist Censors in Her Small Town
Her new book “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America” was published in August.
Her new book “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America” was published in August.
Partisan politicking has no place in America’s houses of worship.
Church & State Editor Rob Boston talks with Jones about his new book “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Shared Path to an American Future.”
Our new House Speaker is a religious extremist who believes the diversity of our nation is a bad thing that offends God – and a man who insists that his definition of faith should rule over all of us.
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
Gallego travels to Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District and will be joined by Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is running against Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, “to engage the constituents Fitzpatrick is ignoring as he backs his party’s reckless budget resolution.”
Still, teachers, families and advocates remain concerned about the stability of Head Start. The Trump administration is closing several regional offices and laying off the staff who support the program, which has led to funding delays that threatened to close individual preschools.
“If you read the news a lot last year, you might have seen that we made history with the largest state [funding] increase ever. However, it only filled 11 percent of the total gap in funding that our schools need,” said Children First’s Priyanka Reyes-Kaura.
BCOC’s Economic Self-sufficiency Program has now reached 420 families becoming financially independent since its inception.