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House Speaker Pelosi hosts enrolment signing ceremony for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington
Daily News Lesson December 23 2021

Dec. 23, 2021: Nearly $100B in COVID relief was stolen, Secret Service says
Record number of Americans sign up for health insurance through ACA, COVID infections in South Africa falling after huge spike
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Daily News Lesson December 22 2021

How arrest records become ‘invisible handcuffs’ that keep people unemployed
Learn how arrest records can linger in public and limit future opportunities, even for those not convicted of crimes
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Lesson Plan December 22 2021

Lesson Plan: Some federal prisoners are under home confinement because of COVID, but what about your state?

Understand why federal and state governments can change lives and communities through resentencing, especially during crises like COVID
FILE PHOTO: A sign encouraging participation in the U.S. Census lies on a sidewalk in Somerville
Daily News Lesson December 22 2021

Dec. 22, 2021: U.S. population growth hits lowest recorded rate
Biden's gives COVID speech, Kellogg strike ends with workers getting new contract
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Daily News Lesson December 21 2021

Why dozens of men spent most of their lives in prison after Louisiana reneged on plea deal
FILE PHOTO: A poster of Daunte Wright is seen after the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial was announced at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Daily News Lesson December 20 2021

Jury begins deliberations in Kim Potter trial over Daunte Wright shooting

Jury deliberations began in trial of Kim Potter who shot and killed Daunte Wright; Chile's new president-elect, progressive Gabriel Boric, vows to fight poverty and inequality
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) talks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. Capitol in Washington
Daily News Lesson December 20 2021

Manchin rejects Build Back Better bill over ‘inexcusable’ differences with White House
Learn why Biden and the Democrats have struggled to pass one of their most ambitious bills
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Daily News Lesson December 20 2021

Weekend wrap-up: News summary with video & discussion questions
Omicron variant’s spread causes record case numbers in New York state and a series of lockdowns in Europe
Activists hold up flowers and signs stating "COUNT EVERY VOTE" across the street from where votes are still being counted, two days after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Philadelphia
Daily News Lesson December 19 2021

Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020’s ‘Big Lie’ lives on
Find out why investigations haven't turned up any of the voter fraud alleged by some Republican activists
01/20/99 Black feminist Bell Hooks during interview for her new book. Said the feminist writer who a
Daily News Lesson December 17 2021

Share the life and legacy of bell hooks, author of 'Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism,' with your students
Understand the legacy of one of the nation's most original public intellectuals
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