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Nov 13, 2019

The US isn’t doing its civics duty

Are big media companies discriminating against content produced by minorities? Tesla’s first European factory will be in Berlin. The EPA wants scientists to share its confidential data on climate change. The U.S. needs to close its “civics empowerment gap.”

Seventeen-year-old Mya Kelly in her high school American government class at Paul Lawurence Dunbar High School. — Seventeen-year-old Mya Kelly in her high school American government class at Paul Lawurence Dunbar High School.
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Segments From This Episode

A media race discrimination case with wider implications
by Mitchell Hartman
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in African American media entrepreneur Byron Allen’s case against Comcast.
Science joins impeachment on Capitol Hill today
by Amy Scott
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A proposed rule would limit how scientific research can be used to set policy.
There’s a big divide in who gets to learn about how government works
by Kimberly Adams
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Nearly a third of white students were at least “proficient” in civics. Only 9% of black students met that standard.

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