Religious leaders have used their Good Friday sermons to launch an attack on what they call a recent surge in atheism. Thousands of Christians crowded into churches this morning to mark the solemn Christian festival of Good Friday.
Arizona’s long-awaited Holocaust education bill finally gets its moment
The legislation codifies the decision by the Arizona Board of Education to add Holocaust studies to the state curriculum
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Arizona Rep. Alma Hernandez with Holocaust survivors in the Arizona House of Representatives in Phoenix last year. By Share
Last week, Alma Hernandez, a Democratic state legislator from Tucson, introduced her long-awaited Holocaust education bill to the Arizona House of Representatives. The bill, which is likely to pass with bipartisan support in both chambers, requires that public schools in Arizona teach students about the Holocaust and other genocides at least twice between grades seven and 12.