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![Alum Thomas Black greets guests during the 372nd Commencement at Harvard University.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_07-24-harvard-commencement-400x300.jpg)
Study: Affirmative Action for the Richest 1 Percent Is Common at Elite Colleges
The richest 1 percent of Americans have a huge advantage over working-class students in elite college admissions.
![Rep. Maxwell Frost talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on June 22, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0723-maxwell-frost-400x300.jpg)
House Democrats Call Out “Racist Tropes” in New Florida K-12 History Curriculum
Florida's mandated instruction that people benefited from skills gained in slavery has drawn national attention.
![Smoke from Southern California wildfires drifts through the L.A. Basin, obscuring downtown skyscrapers on September 17, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1228565676-1-400x300.jpg)
LA Unified School District Is Spending Millions on Urgent Climate Adaptation
Los Angeles parents demanded solutions as their children struggled in hot classrooms and on asphalt playgrounds.
![Wisconsin Teacher Fired for Protesting School's Ban on Hit Song Rainbowland](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/seg2-alt-rainbow-melissa-400x300.jpg)
Wisconsin Teacher Fired for Protesting School’s Ban on Hit Song “Rainbowland”
Melissa Tempel criticized the Waukesha school district’s ban on discussing matters such as race and LGBTQ identity.
![Teacher Assists Students in a Classroom](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1131977956-400x300.jpg)
GOP Advances Education Cuts That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers from Classrooms
“If left to their own devices, Republicans would gleefully take public education to the graveyard,” said one Democrat.
![Moms for America Founder and President Kimberly Fletcher (center left) speaks at a Conservative Political Action Conference panel titled "Some Tuff Mutha" in March 2023 alongside anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson (center right), right-wing activist Sandy Rios (far left) and leader of the dark money anti-abortion group Concerned Women for America, Penny Nance (far right).](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/03-02-2023-CPACDC-Edited-Kimberly-Fletcher-3-400x300.jpeg)
A Jan. 6 “Moms” Group Funded by Big Lie Donors Is Stoking Voter Suppression
The right-wing extremist group “Moms for America” has been flying under the radar as it works to undermine our rights.
![Supporters of affirmative action protest near the U.S. Supreme Court Building on Capitol Hill on June 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0630-scotus-affirmative-action-400x300.jpg)
Advocates for Racial Equity on Campus Say SCOTUS Ruling Won’t Deter Their Fight
Civil rights leaders said a “colorblind” society is a conservative fantasy and schools must lift up students of color.
![Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds a town hall to discuss the Arkansas LEARNS omnibus education package with Education Secretary Jacob Oliva in Heber Springs, Arkansas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0630-arkansas-teachers-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing Think Tank, Walmart Heirs Behind Latest Attack on Arkansas Teachers
SB 473 caps decades of efforts by the right to eviscerate teachers’ unions.
![A view of the exterior of a building at Hillsdale College as it welcomes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to speak on April 6, 2023 in Hillsdale, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1250858714-400x300.jpg)
Charter Schools Push Right-Wing Indoctrination at Taxpayer Expense
A “new breed” of charter schools is spreading conservative ideology and Christian nationalism.
![People and members of the Moms For Liberty association attend a campaign event in Vero Beach, Florida, on October 16, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0622-moms-for-liberty-400x300.jpg)
Chapter of “Moms Group” Attacking CRT Plastered a Hitler Quote on Its Newsletter
Moms for Liberty was most recently in the media for being dubbed as an extremist group by the SPLC.