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The New President’s Toughest Job: A Polarized America
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If the months since the November elections have shown us anything, it’s that the U.S. is more deeply divided than we’ve experienced in a very long time. It’s reached the point where, rather than take pleasure in the success of a politician elected to the presidency, you have to keep your fingers crossed on his behalf.
There are, of course, the partisan differences on the complex challenges that beset this country. Political groups with opinions on these and other issues have become more sophisticated and more aggressive in trying to shape the public dialogue than ever before. And each side tends to be suspicious of the other, viewing their adversaries as attacking the national security interests of the country.
Mississippi’s ‘education governor,’ William Winter, dies
Mississippi’s ‘education governor,’ William Winter, dies
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Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, who championed education initiatives, job creation, and racial harmony throughout his life, died Friday Dec. 18, 2020, at age 97.
Known as Mississippi’s Education Governor, Winter secured passage of landmark educational initiatives in 1982 bringing kindergartens, compulsory school attendance, and a range of other key reforms to a state plagued by poverty and illiteracy. During his remarkable 75 years of public service, Winter linked education with economic development in the nation’s poorest state, observing, “The road out of the poor house, runs past the school house.”
William Winter, Reform-Minded Mississippi Governor, Dies at 97
In his single term, he fought to improve his state’s education system. He later threw himself into civil rights work.
William F. Winter in 2008. After serving as governor of Mississippi, he spent nearly three decades campaigning for racial reconciliation.Credit.Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press
Dec. 22, 2020
William F. Winter, a Mississippi politician who stood athwart the racism of many of his fellow white Democrats during the civil rights era and used his single term as governor to address injustice in the state’s education system, died on Friday at his home in Jackson, Miss. He was 97.
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