A rural Texas county that was ordered by a federal judge to return banned books to its public library shelves is now considering shutting down its libraries entirely. — Read on http://www.cnn.com/2023/04/12/us/texas-llano-county-library-banned-books/index.html
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‘Intellectual Diversity’ in Higher Education Bill Approved by Texas Senate Committee | The Texan
New legislation would prohibit faculty from compelling students to adopt certain beliefs and clarify the purpose of public higher education in Texas. — Read on thetexan.news/intellectual-diversity-in-higher-education-bill-approved-by-texas-senate-committee/
City of Chester’s finances so bad it could be disincorporated
If a solution to Chester’s financial woes is not implemented by the end of 2023, Chester’s receiver could look to deem the city nonviable. He’s trying to avoid that scenario. — Read on whyy.org/articles/chester-city-finances-disincorporation/
Support apprentices rebuilding a historic house in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
I spent quite a lot of my childhood getting lost in museums: returning the glassy stares of stuffed animals at the Natural History Museum in London, … Support apprentices rebuilding a historic house in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Duke University Press – Spiritual Citizenship
In Spiritual Citizenship N. Fadeke Castor employs the titular concept to illuminate how Ifá/Orisha practices informed by Yoruba cosmology shape local, national, and transnational belonging in African diasporic communities in Trinidad and beyond. — Read on http://www.dukeupress.edu/spiritual-citizenship
schoolhouse chant
you’re so cool and i’m so notbut i’m so meand that ‘s so hot
Rutgers faculty strikes: 9,000 educators to walk off job, affecting 67,000 students – Gothamist
Gothamist is a non-profit local newsroom, powered by WNYC. — Read on gothamist.com/news/rutgers-faculty-strikes-9000-educators-to-walk-off-job-affecting-67000-students
San Francisco Bay Area/Northern California Electronic Music – Event Listing
San Francisco Bay Area/Northern California Electronic Music – Event Listing — Read on 19hz.info/eventlisting_BayArea.php
choices
if you do this you may diebut if you do not do thisyou may not live,so what do you choose?
Christina Sharpe reflects on the complexities of Black life through a new literary form | CBC Radio
Toronto writer and professor discusses the on-going experiences of Blackness and the life of her mother in her new book, Ordinary Notes. — Read on http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/christina-sharpe-reflects-on-the-complexities-of-black-life-through-a-new-literary-form-1.6804552
Aida Rends 