In Macon, GA, One Black Family Navigates Decisions About School Choice — ProPublica

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights History Persists: We identified five private schools likely founded as segregation academies that still operate in Macon, Georgia. They continue to […]

A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After Desegregation — ProPublica

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. In 1964, Samaria “Cookie” Mitcham Bailey was among the first Black students to desegregate public schools in Macon, Georgia. Sixty years later, her […]

Gretchen Whitmer’s Unfulfilled Populist Pledges — ProPublica

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Unfinished Agenda: Time is running out for Michigan’s popular governor, Gretchen Whitmer, to follow through on some key campaign promises. Democratic […]

RFK withdraws from Arizona ballot as campaign signals Trump tie : NPR

[ad_1] Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Jon Cherry/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Jon Cherry/Getty Images North America Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork to withdraw his name from Arizona’s ballot, a sign his long-shot candidacy may be ending. Kennedy had already planned to give remarks Friday […]