Daily Archives: November 24, 2021

2021-11-24: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-11-24). New Zealand media pushes alarmist propaganda over China's relations with Kiribati. wsws.org Not a shred of evidence was provided that China aims to build a military base in the small Pacific island state. Rather it was simply assumed that Beijing's aims in New Zealand's "own backyard" were nefarious.

Project Censored (2021-11-23). Local Journalism Matters: Democracy Needs 'More Muckrakers and Fewer Buckrakers' (as Project Censored founder Carl Jensen used to say). projectcensored.org Should a political lobbyist and real estate investor also be the owner of a major regional newspaper that happens to have bought up the most of the competition? Northern California's…

VINS (2021-11-23). Algorithmic Bias in Online Test-Monitoring Programs. projectcensored.org Social distancing, necessary due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has transformed education. With the pivot to remote learning, one of these transformations, Nora Caplan-Bricker reports for the New Yorker, is educational…

VINS (2021-11-23). Blockade on Critical Race Theory in Texas Public Schools. projectcensored.org On June 17, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a law declaring that teachers can no longer teach critical race theory in their classrooms. As Jennifer Bendery reported in the…

VINS (2021-11-23). COVID-19 Risks Heightened by Rundown Facilities at Disadvantaged Schools. projectcensored.org Across the United States, inadequate funding for the maintenance of school buildings puts students at increased risk to COVID-19, according to a September 2021 report for Truthout by Eleanor J….

VINS (2021-11-23). COVID-19's Negative Impact on Higher Education Institutions and Faculty Salaries. projectcensored.org COVID-19 has led to increases in institutional debt for colleges and universities and significant decreases in faculty salaries and benefits, according to data from the American Association of University Professors'…

VINS (2021-11-23). Homeless Students Uniquely Challenged by COVID-19 Pandemic. projectcensored.org The COVID-19 pandemic and remote schooling have posed unique challenges for homeless students, according to a June 2021 report for Truthout by Eleanor J. Bader. Although the pandemic has impacted…

VINS (2021-11-23). School Sued for Denying Equal Education to Students with Disabilities. projectcensored.org Pittsburg Unified School District, in the Bay Area of California, is accused of unequal opportunities for disabled students and will be taken to court by ACLU. On Monday, September 13,…

VINS (2021-11-23). Schools' Infrastructure in Crisis as Climate Changes. projectcensored.org In June 2021, the Hechinger Report's Victoria Petersen reported that most US school facilities are in dire need of repair and will not be able to sustain the damages caused…

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