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The House and Senate swore in two new members Tuesday, with Del. Kevin Anderson (R-Lower Shore) and Sen. Kevin Harris (D-Calvert, Charles and Prince George's) being seated just in time for a special legislative session next week.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. As four students seeking asylum in the U.S. remained in federal immigration custody Tuesday night, dozens of community members asked Detroit school officials to do more to protect U.S. newcomers. All four of the students went to Western International High School in Southwest Detroit. Before public comment began at the Detroit Public Schools Community District board meeting, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said the district and the board would release a statement calling for the students’ release. “These continue to be troubling times for the district and our immigrant population,” Vitti said. “We do advocate for our federal government to find better uses of its time and resources to attack the real problems in our society and not immigrant populations.” Vitti said the district will continue to work with advocacy groups to support the students and will distribute information to students about their rights. He said immigration officials have not attempted to enter district property. Many at the meeting said the letter wasn’t enough. They want the district to take a harder stance against immigration enforcement. Among their demands were mandatory staff training, safer transportation, and counseling for students with immigration concerns. “It’s time to stop being scared,” Heidi West, a teacher at Academy of the Americas, said to the board. “Speak up strongly and publicly.” There have been at least five DPSCD students detained by ICE in the months since federal immigration enforcement ramped up in the second Trump administration. .subtext-iframe{max-width:540px;}iframe#subtext_embed{width:1px;min-width:100%;min-height:100%;} fetch("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alpha-group/iframe-resizer/master/js/iframeResizer.min.js").then(function(r){return r.text();}).then(function(t){return new Function(t)();}).then(function(){iFrameResize({heightCalculationMethod:"lowestElement"},"#subtext_embed");}); ‘Shattered dreams’ for students detained by ICE All four students had pending court dates in asylum cases, said Christine Sauvé, manager of policy and communication at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center. Mor Ba, a 19-year-old who came to the U.S. without any family from Senegal in April, graduated from Western International last month. The night before his detention, Ba filled out college applications, Adja Ndoye of the Detroit-based African Bureau for Immigrants and Social Affairs said. Ba planned to study mechanical engineering. “He was already going around and asking about apprenticeships,” said Ndoye. “He had his goals set on how to make a new life. I think he was thriving. He was the embodiment of the American dream.” On Nov. 26, police stopped Ba and blocked his vehicle in search of another person, Ndoye said. The teen, who was on his way to work, provided the officers his identification to confirm he was not the person they were looking for, but was still taken into custody, she said. Ba is being held at the Northlake Correctional Facility in Baldwin about three and half hours north of Detroit, ICE records show. He had a pending asylum case with a court date scheduled for early next year, Ndoye said. On Sunday, Santiago Jesus Zamora Perez, a 17-year-old in 11th grade from Venezuela, was taken into ICE custody, according to Kristen Schoettle, one of his Western International teachers. The teen and his mother were reportedly pulled over by police in Fraser for driving under the speed limit, Sauvé said. Zamora Perez is a star baseball player with good grades and aspirations of playing in college, according to his teachers. Kerly Mariangel Sosa Rivero and Antony Janier Peña Sosa, 16-year-old cousins who came to the U.S. in 2023 from Venezuela were taken into immigration custody on Nov. 20. with two of their parents. Federal agents raided their home on the eastside of Detroit while the family slept, attorney George Washington said at a recent protest outside of Western International. The agents were searching for another person. Sosa Rivero, an 11th grader, plays volleyball, shared alternative indie rock music with her teacher, and looked forward to attending college. Peña Sosa, in 10th grade, plays the violin, excelled in Advanced Placement art class, and was quickly learning English, according to his teachers. The three students under 18 were sent to facilities in Texas, Sauvé said. Maykol Bogoya-Duarte, an 18-year-old who attended Western International, was detained by ICE in May. He was deported to Colombia, where he was born, in June. Boyoga-Duarte, who arrived in the U.S. at 16, was only 3.5 credits away from graduating. He was working to get the travel documents he needed to return to Colombia before his arrest. Teachers want for more resources, training Educators and advocates have been vocal in recent months demanding the district offer know-your-rights training, more counseling, and safer transportation options for students with immigration concerns. Last month, dozens of people asked the board to update its 2019 “Sanctuary District” policy and train all of its staff in protocols around interacting with ICE. The board did not take any action. Alexander Cintron, director of the newcomer program at Western International, told Chalkbeat that attendance is being impacted by fears of ICE. “It’s also affecting students’ grades and mental health,” he said. There is “an undercurrent of despair and anxiety” in students who are immigrants, a teacher of one of the detained students said. The teacher asked for anonymity out of concern about retribution from the district. “How do you teach someone who had family members yanked from them?” the educator said. “How can I address their constant worries about being stopped at a park by immigration while trying to meet their educational needs?” Schoettle said she lost around 20 students this year due to immigration issues. “I had about eight more tell me they wanted to leave today,” she said during Tuesday’s meeting. Sauvé said schools can play a pivotal role in sharing information. The nonprofit released best practices for schools in February. “We get so many calls from teachers who say they’re not hearing information from their leadership,” she said. Seydi Sarr, founder of ABISA, asked district officials to meet with parents of English learners and use their resources to help them advocate to state lawmakers. “We want you to wield the power that you have to make sure we have a real impact,” she said. Other speakers asked for the board to meet with English language teachers, a legal support hotline, make it clear educators can give out “Know Your Rights” cards to students, more public condemnation of immigration enforcement from board members, and for the district to support students’ right to protest. Board members did not address the speakers when public comment ended. Once the meeting adjourned, some attendees yelled at the board for not responding to their concerns. “What if it was your kids?” one said. Corletta Vaughn, chair of the board, said after the meeting that the letter in support of the students would be posted publicly by the end of the week. There were more than 7,400 English learners in the Detroit district last school year, making up more than 15% of all students. Around 1,200 students were newcomers in DPSCD last year, meaning they have been in the U.S. for less than three years and are not fluent English speakers. Western International serves more than half of the district’s high school newcomers. Hannah Dellinger covers Detroit schools for Chalkbeat Detroit. You can reach her at hdellinger@chalkbeat.org.

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El ex chico reality, el chino Yuhui Lee, habló este martes tras la funa en contra del que sería su restaurante, ¡Ay Qué Lico!, el cual abrió en 2024 en la comuna de San Vicente de Tagua Tagua en la región de O’Higgins. La funa fue informada por Cecilia Gutiérrez en una publicación en redes … Continua leyendo ""Estoy a cargo de ser rostro y redes sociales": Yuhui Lee rompe el silencio tras funa a su restaurante" The post "Estoy a cargo de ser rostro y redes sociales": Yuhui Lee rompe el silencio tras funa a su restaurante appeared first on BioBioChile.

AIはコンテンツの制作と拡散を低コストかつ容易にした。その結果、政治的プロパガンダへの利用が現代の民主主義社会において新たな懸念となっている。

Kebiasaan membakar sampah ternyata mempercepat proses pengiriman partikel mikroplastik ke udara yang pada akhirnya mencemari air hujan. Sejalan dengan riset Lembaga Kajian Ekologi dan Konservasi Lahan Basah (Ecoton) dengan Masyarakat Jurnalis Lingkungan Indonesia (SEIJ) mendapati ada unsur poliolefin yang mendominasi. Rafika Aprilianti, Kepala Laboratorium Ecoton mengatakan, dominasi komposisi poliolefin partikel mikroplastik di udara kuat dugaan […] The post Bakar Sampah Sumber Cemaran Mikroplastik di Udara? appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that he has signed 34 bills into law, including a bill requiring judges to sentence offenders to at least 10 years in prison if convicted of a human trafficking crime and 15 years for a child trafficking crime.  “Crimes of this nature — most especially when it comes to […]

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After the Rain, curated by Tony Albert, celebrates the resurgence of Australian Indigenous cultures in the aftermath of the loss of the referendum

A new exhibition at QAGOMA gives visitors a sense that they are sharing the gallery space with a sun.

El presidente de EE UU cristaliza su visión estratégica que sitúa a Europa como un actor global en declive político y moral, y reclama a Zelenski que responda a su plan de paz para Ucrania en los próximos días.

La influencer Ignacia Antonia publicó un video donde muestra sus últimos días embarazada, contando que se mudó desde la casa de sus padres, hasta la casa que compartirá con su pareja, el cantante Bastián D’amonte, conocido como AK4:20. El video lo publicó el último domingo en su cuenta de Instagram, con la descripción “estado: tengo … Continua leyendo ""Estado, tengo miedo": el video de Ignacia Antonia de sus últimos días como embarazada" The post "Estado, tengo miedo": el video de Ignacia Antonia de sus últimos días como embarazada appeared first on BioBioChile.

Some Democrats dismissed the Dallas congresswoman as too polarizing to capture the swing voters needed to win. Others said her turnout-over-persuasion approach is the recipe to break through.

The father of 14-year-old Amari Peterson spoke publicly about the loss of his son in the Nov. 29 mass shooting at a children’s birthday party. Grieving father pleads for support, vice mayor calls for accountability after mass shooting in Stockton is a story from Stocktonia News, a rigorous and factual newsroom covering Greater Stockton, California. Please consider making a charitable contribution to support our journalism.

(The Center Square) - Intense polarization and the alarming rise of partisan political violence has left many Americans wondering about the nation’s trajectory. That’s why Gov. Josh Shapiro and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox joined journalist Savannah Guthrie for a discussion on the topic at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Tuesday evening. Cox said the two made each other’s acquaintance within the National Governors Association. He found support from Shapiro in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination in Utah. The Pennsylvania governor, the victim of arson and an assassination attempt in April, has been thrust into expertise on the subject of political violence. He gave Cox the same advice he’s frequently called upon national leaders to adopt, to act with “moral clarity.” Before the governors took the floor, a panel including Dr. Yuval Levin, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute; Melody Barnes, founding executive director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia; and Heather Gerken, the 11th president of the Ford Foundation joined Cathedral Dean Randy Hollerith. The group discussed strategies to promote citizenship, political discourse, and civic engagement. The panelists pointed out that the U.S. has a long history of political violence, contrary to the cooperation required for democracy to function. “It's a substitute for arguing with each other, a dangerous substitute rather than an extension of it,” said Levin. “We should not imagine that the problem is that we disagree too much. And in fact, in some ways, the problem is that we disagree too rarely, that instead of disagreeing with each other, engaging with each other, we cocoon ourselves away with people we agree with and talk about people we disagree with as if they're caricatures that we hold of them is all there is to them, as if there's nothing to hear, to listen to in what they have to say.” The governors were asked who, if anyone, bears responsibility for the normalization of violent rhetoric. Shapiro addressed the elephant in the room, a president whose social media posts have frequently defied the norms of accepted political speech, directly. “All leaders must condemn all political violence, not cherry pick which violence to condemn and which to accept,” said Shapiro. “When you’re a governor, when you’re a president of the United States, you are looked to for that moral clarity, and we have a president of the United States right now that fails that test on a daily basis.” Shapiro pointed to Cox, a Republican, as an example of someone who has spoken out against violence from all sides. “I think if President Trump were here right now, he would tell you this isn’t his thing, and he would be very honest about that” said Cox, indicating the conversation being had. He added that he had spoken with the president on the topic and that, violent rhetoric aside, the president has indicated support for nonviolent approaches to political differences. Cox highlighted, however, that it would be citizens and not leaders who need to change the tone of things. “We the people have to decide that this is not who we are,” said Cox, saying there is an “exhausted majority.” Cox and Shapiro were both comfortable laying the blame on members of both parties but also acknowledged another responsible party — social media companies. The internet has become a hotbed for both misinformation and radicalization, algorithms that amount to Americans “being groomed for rage” as Guthrie put it. Cox has called for a federal ban for children under the age of 16, following suit with Australia who enacted such a prohibition Wednesday. Shapiro said he would not support a ban but advocated for "digital literacy" education, which has been panned as critics as ripe for manipulation. Guthrie used the opportunity to demonstrate a civil debate between disagreeing parties. The conversation was briefly interrupted at least four times by protesters whose words were unclear as they bounced through the echoing cathedral. Guthrie indicated that security would handle the matter while the trio continued to speak over the shouts. Guthrie closed the conversation by asking if either governor plans to run for president in 2028. Cox responded, “One of us is not.” Shapiro, who has been widely rumored to be gearing up for a bid, simply smiled.

After letting funding lapse for nearly two years, Congress voted to renew crucial federal funding that rural counties and schools have counted on for a quarter century. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday evening voted 399-5 to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act through September 2026, and to provide lapsed payments […]

El excandidato presidencial del Partido Nacional Libertario, Johannes Kaiser, acusó a la carta presidencial del pacto Unidad por Chile, Jeannette Jara, de “mentir” en el marco del debate organizado por Anatel. Sin embargo, lo dicho por la exministra del Trabajo es verídico. Fue en el contexto de una interpelación que Jara dijo al aspirante a … Continua leyendo "Kaiser acusa a Jara de mentir sobre regularizar migrantes, pero su programa sí lo decía" The post Kaiser acusa a Jara de mentir sobre regularizar migrantes, pero su programa sí lo decía appeared first on BioBioChile.

After letting funding lapse for nearly two years, Congress voted to renew crucial federal funding that rural counties and schools have counted on for a quarter century. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday evening voted 399-5 to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act through September 2026, and to provide lapsed payments […]