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Stacey Abrams, the Democratic former minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives and the first Black woman to be on the major-party ticket in a U.S. gubernatorial race, announced her second bid to become Georgia’s governor on Wednesday. The announcement sets her up for a potential 2022 rematch against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who defeated her in a bitter 2018 campaign. Abrams, a voting rights activist lauded by Democrats for driving voter turnout in Joe Biden’s favor in Georgia during the 2020 presidential election, has become one of the most prominent voices in the country on voting rights issues and the disenfranchisement of Black voters. After losing her previous race — and alleging that voter suppression organized by Kemp, who was then Georgia’s secretary of state, pl...

EDUCATION Jennifer Selin, University of Missouri-Columbia Legal battles over masks in schools are being fought across the country, including in Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, Nevada and Texas. Rather than clarifying policy, these legal challenges have led to more confusion. As a new school year begins and COVID-19 hospitalizations rise across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that students wear masks in school to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. This guidance, and schools’ responses to it, has resulted in an intense debate. Some parents argue that they should be able to decide when and where their children wear masks, whereas others argue collective health and safety concer...

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Stacey Abrams To Run For Georgia Governor In 2022

The Governor Or The School District? Who Has The Power To Say Kids Do Or Don’t Have To Wear Masks In School – It’s Not Clear