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Demands Grow Louder for Virtual Learning Options
Parents Continue to Both Question and Defy Status Quo Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 Hundreds of bikers from all over the country participated in the 5th Annual DC Bike Ride, a 20-mile car-free biking event that helps raise money for local charities, bicycle education and street safety programs. The event, held on September 25, began at West Potomac Park and ended in front of the U.S. Capitol. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
VA Gubernatorial Candidates McAuliffe, Youngkin Clash in Final Debate
In the weeks since schools fully relaunched in-person learning, parents and teachers have pressed District leaders for an expansion of virtual options. Many have taken to social media, attended a D.C. Council roundtables and submitted letters expressing their views while others, like Kavitha Kasargod-Staub, have taken more extreme measures. Out of concern about their safety, Kasargod-Staub has kept her children home and supplemented their education with curricula closely aligned with their coursework. School officials have since reported her to the Child and Family Services Agency [CFSA}, which set in motion an investigation that includes a home visit and interviews
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Ten Black Women File Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Racism, Sexism at MPD James Wright WI Staff Writer
Third-party Candidate, Princess Blanding, Temporarily Interrupts Proceedings William J. Ford WI Staff Writer In the second and final debate between Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin, held on Tuesday, Sept. 28, the candidates revealed distinctly different views on COVID-19 vaccines with about 35 days remaining 5 Third-party candidate Princess Blanding drove five hours from Middlesex, Virginia, to attend the gubernatorial debate on Sept. 28 until the General Election on Nov. 2. only to be escorted out of the room after attempting to interrupt the
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Ten Black women, who used to work or have left the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department [MPD], have filed a class action lawsuit against the District of Columbia government alleging rampant and unchecked racism and sexism at the law enforcement agency and have retained a noted civil rights firm to handle the case. Pam Keith, an attorney with The Temple Law Offices in Northwest, held a news conference on Sept. 22 with the plaintiffs and owner of the
firm, Donald Temple. Keith said the time is right for Black women to take a stand against the discrimination taking place at MPD. “We have received calls and referrals dealing with the unfair culture that exists at MPD over the years,” she said. “We are experienced at suing the city because we do it all the time. However, this lawsuit reveals symptoms of a deeper disease in that department and we decided to address it on a class basis.” The 208-page amended complaint
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