Former Gov. James Hunt, who was known as North Carolina's education governor, has left a group being formed to promote changes in teacher pay and licensing.
performative. i m hoping that it is not in response to the very real concern and targeting of the black community that we have decided that the nation would have more fireworks on the weekend. i would like to see actual policy changes that make our communities safer. sister harden, as a mother of a victim in and a mother has been fighting, how do you feel that the federal holiday of juneteenth, of what happened in 1865 and you still fighting today? you know, you can t help but be uplifted. it is such a long road the word struggle doesn t. fine what has been happening, but it is as close as we can get we to our journey. but i must say, just to see people come together in fellowship, i spoke to some people in the louisiana and in
there s obviously been a poisoned in our soil of racism and hatred that s been in our soil. but what s happened is it s been till then the uplifted in the past five or six years, so that poise that is now out in the open. and fox news and the gop probably can t be held criminally responsible for what happened in buffalo, but they are absolutely morally responsible for what just happened in buffalo. and betsy woodruff swan, you have covered the law enforcement aspect of this. of investigating and trying to prevent domestic violence, domestic terror violence, but also white supremacist violence. but you also cover the fact that this just isn t happening in the united states, that the white supremacy we see rising up in this country is part of an international movement. that s right. this is a horror that exists and has long been incubated in the u.s. and that also has
senator tim scott of south carolina is working on what he calls a, quote, positive response to partisan rhetoric on race. scott, the only black republican senator, says president biden s voting rights speech was misleading and did not help the current climate. he s releasing a video series of listening sessions focused on improving minority communities and race relations. you pay for education once, but you pay for ignorance for the rest of your life. so it s a crucial piece. any community, if you can be uplifted, education has to be a foundation for that to occur. education, i feel like we are not hitting the mark. so whether you re black or white, you live in a marginalized community. the education system that we have today is not producing results in my opinion that feeds the high crime rates throughout the country. scott gave the gop response
are all my family members. these are my family, my friends, my neighbors. they have an opportunity to be lifted, uplifted into the middle class of america. so the money s there, the jobs are there, but is the demand there? that s the big question. last year, just 25,000 gm electric vehicles were sold nationwide. out of the 2.5 million gm vehicles sold across the country. yasmin. gary, thank you. want to turn now to california. which could become the first state to authorize reparations for black americans. a task force made up of lawmakers, academics, civil rights leaders, is studying how to address the atrocities of slavery and dismantle racist structures that persist in our society today. they say these proposals should they pass could be expansive, including everything from direct cash payments to housing, business grants, and possibly