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By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media - Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, organized a virtual roundtable discussion to address the role of education in combating the recent increase in antisemitism, and urged educators and students to confront hate, bigotry, and racism through education.
A shortage of volunteers is taking its toll on food banks in Washington state. Joe Gruber, executive director of the University District Food Bank in Seattle, said they have about 300 weekly volunteers who make their operations possible. But with COVID-19 worries subsiding this summer, their usual volunteer base has been getting out and traveling more than past years. .
The burden of medical debt is not so heavy anymore for some lucky North Carolina residents. The Coastal Credit Union Foundation partnered with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to wipe away some medical bills for about 1,200 people in central North Carolina. A grant of $17,000 was used to settle nearly $2.2 million in debt. .
Last week’s tussles between state officials and a pair of Southern California school boards may have died down, but they’ve thrown a spotlight on deeper tensions over who makes decisions for local schools a rift that’s likely to grow as the culture wars escalate.