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US faces ‘reading recession’ as school test scores continue to decline

Between 2022 and 2025, only five states and the District of Columbia had meaningful growth in reading scores

The Independent UK · May 13

$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say

A settlement agreement says the family of a Black man who died while being punched, kicked and stunned by five white Louisiana State Police troopers during roadside arrest agreed to a tentative $4.85 million settlement

The Independent UK · May 13

Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist who died at officers’ hands in 2019

Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrest

The Guardian - US · May 12

Supreme Court moves Alabama closer to new congressional map

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a lower court ruling that found Alabama’s congressional map illegally and unconstitutionally discriminated against Black voters, potentially paving the way for the state to adopt a map with one less district where Black voters have an opportunity to influence the result. The unexplained,…

Roll Call · May 11

Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay

The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Critics lambasted the court for gutting the Voting Rights Act, the federal law that had until recently garnered strong bipartisan…

The Conversation · May 11

‘The worst kind of predator’: Louisiana pastor found guilty for third time of molesting teen boys

Terry Reed, who was convicted at trial of abusing two minors, could be imprisoned for 40 years

The Guardian - US · May 9

Salvadoran Man Says He Suffered Stroke While Awaiting Deportation to Torture Prison

The man believed he would be sent to supermax prison where the Salvadoran government, paid by the U.S., tortured Venezuelan deportees last year.

Capital & Main · May 9

The Mifepristone Briefs Are In, But One Dog Did Not (Yet) Bark

It appears the Supreme Court will decide the fate of telemedicine prescriptions for mifepristone without the benefit of an FDA filing.

Reason · May 8

Trump’s revenge tour is just beginning. Here’s who’s next on his list

ANALYSIS: Trump just steamrolled Indiana Republicans who defied him, Eric Garcia writes, and the president is just getting started

The Independent UK · May 6

Supreme Court yet to decide on Election Day, Trump firings

The Supreme Court finished the last of its oral arguments for the term last week, and the justices now turn to the dozens of cases they are expected to decide by the conclusion of the term at the end of June. The court has already issued major decisions invalidating Louisiana’s…

Roll Call · May 6