A Texas superintendent doubled down on the district’s decision to punish a Black student who wears dreadlocks for violating its dress code even after being faced with litigation.
The superintendent of the Barbers Hill Independent School District, Greg Poole, took out a full-page ad on Jan. 14 in the Houston Chronicle to defend suspending a student for hair that was too long. He said districts with a traditional dress code are safer and achieve higher academic performance. Read More...
♪ ♪ [Kate Sullivan] Welcome to the island of Kauai: a truly majestic place, home to beautiful beaches, stunning mountains, and remarkable people.
[Kate] Bethany!
[Bethany Hamilton] Hi!
[Kate] How are you?
[Kate] Today, a local hero, Bethany Hamilton, is taking me to her favorite restaurant on the island to eat what she loves and find out why she loves it.
[Bethany] Mmm.
That's delicious.
[Kate] Yeah.
[Kate] After losing her arm to a shark attack at the age of thirteen, Bethany did something remarkable. Read More...
The Bible doesn’t explicitly mention the Ice Age. It wasn’t something that had much impact upon the writers of the Bible as they all lived in the Middle East, a region far south of the continental glaciations.
Scientific evidence suggests at least three historical patterns of cooling and warming, as shown by a consistent series of layers in associated rocks. The impact of glaciers and their movement is a dominant factor in the topography (land shape) of northern areas in the Americas and Europe. Read More...
