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The Tucson Unified School District voted last week to end its Mexican-American Studies program to comply with an Arizona state law banning ethnic studies. The administration released a list of seven books teachers would have to remove from their curriculum and teachers are also being advised to avoid books that address themes of race, ethnicity, and oppression, including Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

Tucson school district deeply divided over compliance with Arizona ban on ethnic studies | PRI.ORG

 

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Tucson's school district was told that its Mexican-American Studies program violated an Arizona law barring ethnic studies, but they were never told how, or why. Now teachers say the school district is implementing draconian actions

 

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If you’ve been following the latest moves by the Food and Drug Administration about antibiotic use on farms, there’s a good chance you may be a little confused. The agency recently withdrew a promise to regulate certain antibiotics on farms, but weeks later they issued a new order to limit the use of others.

FDA makes confusing, conflicting statements on antibiotic use in farm animals | PRI.ORG

 

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Late last year, the FDA said it would no longer seek to formally regulate the use of the most common antibiotics in farm animals.

 

TheRoot.com

Happy 90th birthday, Betty White. Watch this funny birthday video President Obama sent her. http://ow.ly/8wPRg

 

Obama Asks Betty White for Birth Certificate

 

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The president added a personal piece of comedy to the actress' 90th birthday celebration.

 

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Did you miss last night's broadcast of "Custer's Last Stand"? Watch the full film online. Over the years, PBS has done hundreds of documentaries on historical events and figures. Is there anyone or event you'd like to see covered?

WGBH American Experience . Custer's Last Stand

 

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TV’s most-watched history series airs on PBS and has a library of over 250 documentaries.

 

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‎.@Pinkberry co-founder beat #homeless man with tire iron, LAPD says http://ow.ly/8wSpt

 

Pinkberry co-founder beat homeless man with tire iron, LAPD says

 

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Pinkberry co-found beat homeless man with tire iron, LAPD says

 

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Homeless Killings Suspect Stalked Victims | Fox News http://ow.ly/8xhig

 

Homeless killings suspect stalked victims

 

ow.lyThe Iraq War veteran would carefully stalk each of his victims from among the thousands of homeless living in Southern California

 

 

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Deputies Punch Homeless, Mentally Ill Woman on Bus http://ow.ly/8xdWw

 

Deputies Punch Homeless, Mentally Ill Woman on Bus

 

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Two Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs have been videotaped hitting a woman with unspecified mental health and other disabilities.

 

National Museum of the American Indian

NEW BLOG: Read about this photograph collection.

Smithsonian Collections Blog: The Donald A. Cadzow Photograph Collection

 

si-siris.blogspot.comThis Blog brings Archivists, Museum Specialists, and Librarians around the Smithsonian to write about their new collections, current works in progress or whatever catches their eye. It is our goal to bring our readers collection highlights, unveil hidden collections as they become online

High Country News

It's not like genetically modified farmed salmon are awesome, but regular farmed salmon seem even less awesome, if you look at research on their impacts.

Genetically modified or no, farmed salmon a risky proposition

 

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The farmed salmon industry deserves closer environmental scrutiny

 

 

Native News Wire

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Center to focus on the American Indian Movement

 

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