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Students focus on character at Capitol West

Students focus on character at Capitol West

A pledge unites the teachers, parents and students of Capitol West Academy, a K-8 charter school on Milwaukee…

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Jesuit group announces plans for Cristo Rey high school

Jesuit group announces plans for Cristo Rey high school

A Catholic, work-study high school aligned with a nationwide network of schools will open in the fall of 2015…

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Survey shows decline in smoking, drinking, sex among Wisconsin high school students

Survey shows decline in smoking, drinking, sex among Wisconsin high school students

Teenagers have a well-earned reputation for rebellious - even dangerous - behavior. But results of a new surv…

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Hundreds of area students get chance to play with MSO musicians

Hundreds of area students get chance to play with MSO musicians

When children are taken to an orchestra concert, they're usually told to sit still and listen quietly. But th…

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Students build hoop house to take agriculture into community

Students build hoop house to take agriculture into community

Growing Power founder and "farmer-in-chief" Will Allen called Friday a historic day as seventh- and eighth-gr…

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Evers announces task force to address racial achievement gap

Evers announces task force to address racial achievement gap

State schools superintendent Tony Evers announced the formation of a diverse task force to recommend solution…

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How Virginia Democrats are coping with their redistricting defeat

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By Astead Herndon 
| America, Actually with Astead Herndon
Virginia’s plan to redraw its congressional maps to create as many as four new Democratic seats is dead, struck down by the state supreme court. Its impact on Virginia politics, though, is still being felt — and nowhere more visibly than in Virginia’s First District.
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Why Democrats can’t sell America on “democracy” Original

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By Astead Herndon 
| America, Actually with Astead Herndon
The Democrats’ call for Americans to “protect democracy” from candidate Donald Trump fell flat in the 2024 presidential election. Over and over, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris said that Trump and other Republicans represented an existential threat to the political system, calling out things like Project 2025 and the extreme anti-immigration aims of aides like Stephen Miller, and predicting a more authoritarian second term if Trump were to be reelected.
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Inside the fight over America’s data centers Original

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By Astead Herndon 
| America, Actually with Astead Herndon
Make no mistake: Americans hate data centers. A recent poll from Gallup shows 70 percent of Americans oppose a data center in their local area, including 48 percent who are strongly opposed. That 70 percent number is tied to several concerns, environmental questions and quality of life chief among them, and it’s up 18 percent (!) in just two months, when Gallup asked the same question in March. Nonetheless, data centers keep going up at a rate that is nothing short of astonishing.
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