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Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin drew national outrage when she accused striking teachers of being like "teenagers" who "want a better car." Now the governor is doubling down on the statement.
Hundreds of Oklahoma teachers filled the state Capitol for a second day Tuesday, demanding an additional $150 million in school funding and increased raises for themselves and support staff. Their walkout comes days after the state approved some raises and school funding -- but only a fraction of what the teachers' union demanded.
Activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/J.
And to make sure no one is left out, the Big Bend Bomb Squad built special eggs for kids who are visually impaired in Tallahassee, Florida. From the outside, the finished product looks just like an ordinary Easter egg.
Those activities include letting children "walk, run or bike to and from school, travel to commercial or recreational facilities, play outside and remain at home unattended." The law does not say what the "sufficient age" is.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says students who are rallying for gun control should instead learn CPR to help their classmates during a school shooting. The Republican said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that teenagers shouldn't look to other people to solve their problems but find their own way to prevent violence in schools.
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Our state policymakers can mitigate the federal government's attacks on immigrants by taking actions that would honor New Jersey's history as the golden door for immigrants and maintain our state as a welcoming, inclusive place. One way is to help all New Jersey students attain their educational goals in the state they call home.
Joe Biden gave Donald Trump a gift last week when he engaged the president of the United States in a verbal slugfest, saying that if the two men were in high school, he'd take Trump out back and teach him a lesson. But Trump, never one to let an insult pass - and always eager to deflect attention from the chaos engulfing him - responded in kind.
Tens of thousands of people poured into the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to march for gun control and ignit... In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters have rallied across the U.S. against gun violence. In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters have rallied across the U.S. against gun violence.
Thousands of students, teachers and other concerned citizens descended on the capital Saturday carrying signs and wearing symbolic price tags to say "enough" to gun violence. Many of the speakers at the March for Our Lives rally were students propelled into the debate over gun laws when a 19-year-old with a semi-automatic rifle mowed down their classmates and teachers last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Tens of thousands of people poured into the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to march for gun control and ignit... In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters have rallied across the U.S. against gun violence. In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters have rallied across the U.S. against gun violence.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez addresses the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018, on Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation's capital and cities across the United States on Saturday to demand action against gun violence, the latest and most visible show of force by a student-led political movement born in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
If you've ever doubted the fundamental foolishness and ghoulishness of the American right, just watch-if you can bear it-the right's reaction to today's March for Our Lives. If you think the rhetorical assaults on anti-gun-violence American youth in the days leading up to this march were bad, as Bachman-Turner Overdrive famously put it, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
The president's Twitter response to the former vice president's comments come as the U.S. faces a problem with bullying. Why spat between Donald Trump and Joe Biden might hurt anti-bullying efforts The president's Twitter response to the former vice president's comments come as the U.S. faces a problem with bullying.
Touched by the exhibition of 7000 empty shoes on the Capitol lawn, memorializing the 7000 children who have been killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting, Fairfax Times wanted to know more about this powerful artistic expression and those behind it.
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama sent a heartfelt, handwritten letter to the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, commending their efforts to champion gun control after a lone gunman killed 17 people in February. The note said the Parkland, Florida, teenagers had "helped awaken the conscience of the nation, and challenged decision-makers to make the safety of our children the country's top priority."
Congress reacted Thursday to an Associated Press investigation into sexual assault among children on U.S. military bases by demanding the Defense and Justice departments explain how they will solve the problem.