(BCN) — The California Highway Patrol and other agencies will soon add another tool to their belts to help locate missing people. Beginning in January, Ebony Alerts will debut to highlight missing Black children and young adults between the ages of 12 and 25. State Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, introduced the bill and his office […]
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President Joe Biden has long championed Philadelphia, from its small businesses to its sports teams. Biden has been a frequent presence in the city during his presidency, especially with labor groups. The city holds the key to a second Biden term. He needs to perform well there to win Pennsylvania. For President Joe Biden, Philadelphia […]
The “educational harm” caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been “devastating,” according to a recent survey of 26 million K-8 students by researchers at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth and Harvard. The researchers also found that the pandemic “exacerbated economic and racial educational inequality,” as lead authors Tom Kane of Harvard and Sean Reardon of Stanford […]