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A Virginia School board meeting reflects a battle playing out across the country over a once-obscure academic doctrine known as Critical Race Theory, in Ashburn
Daily News Lesson July 02 2021

Why so-called 'critical race theory' has become a flashpoint in some public schools
Discuss the recent push to frame 'critical race theory' as dangerous in schools
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Daily News Lesson June 29 2021

New Netflix series fights erasure and honors the influence of Black cuisine in America
Explore Netflix's new series "High on the Hog" honoring the influence of Black cuisine in America
People walk near a gate to Area 51 as an influx of tourists responding to a call to 'storm' Area 51, a secretive U.S. military base believed by UFO enthusiasts to hold government secrets about extra-terrestrials, is expected in Rachel, Nevada
Daily News Lesson June 28 2021

Why the Pentagon’s latest UFO report is a turning point on the issue
Discuss a new federal report on UFOs and what unexplained aerial phenomenon might mean
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Daily News Lesson June 25 2021

Recycling plastic has been an uphill challenge. Could chemical recycling change that?
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Daily News Lesson June 25 2021

Make art to share your own community's COVID experience
NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Las Vegas Raiders
Daily News Lesson June 24 2021

How Carl Nassib’s coming out may be a starting point to alter ‘macho’ NFL attitudes
Discusses the potential impact of the NFL's first active player to come out, and the reasons why it took so long
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Daily News Lesson June 23 2021

One Indigenous man’s journey in fatherhood, addiction and healing
View from atop the Grinnell Glacier Overlook trail in Glacier National Park in Montana
Daily News Lesson June 22 2021

Should national parks be given (back) to Native Americans?
Hear a proposal to give U.S. national park lands to Native American tribes to manage, as part of reparations for a violent history of settling on their land
Supreme Court Backs Payments to Student-Athletes
Daily News Lesson June 22 2021

Supreme Court rules in favor of student-athlete compensation
In the ongoing discussion of college athletics and compensation, the Supreme Court has released a new ruling
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Daily News Lesson June 21 2021

‘In the Heights’ uplifts a Latino community and helps reframe Hollywood roles
Discuss representation in popular art related to the release of a movie based on a popular musical
A quiet campus at Unity College during the Coronavirus pandemic
Daily News Lesson June 21 2021

Amid pandemic, Maine College finds record enrollment from diverse learning options
As the pandemic continues many colleges have taken great hits financially and in enrollment, see how and why one Maine college is now seeing record enrollment instead
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Daily News Lesson June 21 2021

Highlighting queer couples of color through photography
A photographer highlights the community of queer people of color through photos
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