Ruth Serven
Senior Editor, Birmingham Education Lab and Special Projects at AL.com
Senior editor @aldotcom. Leading Ed Lab and Beyond the Violence. @mujschool and local news alum. Email: [email protected].
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1 week ago |
al.com | Ruth Serven
President Donald Trump has so far been quiet about the Juneteenth holiday on a day he previously praised. On this year’s holiday on Thursday, the president kept silent about a day important to Black Americans for marking the end of slavery. He didn’t post about it on social media or put any official events on his calendar.
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1 week ago |
al.com | Ruth Serven
President Donald Trump has again extended the deadline for TikTok’s parent company to divest its American operations. “We’re going to extend it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday. “We’re going to probably make a deal.”ByteDance had a June 19 deadline; Trump now plans to give the company another 90 days to work on a sale agreement. The new deadline will be Sept. 17, 2025.
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3 weeks ago |
al.com | Ruth Serven
A former leader of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights said she’s “frustrated” with schools that are changing DEI policies in an effort to keep federal funding. Catherine Lhamon, who led the federal office during the Biden administration, said universities should stop responding to President Donald Trump’s request to end DEI programming unless he can put the force of Congress behind his words.
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1 month ago |
al.com | Ruth Serven
The U.S. social safety net would be jolted if the budget bill backed by President Donald Trump and passed Thursday by the House of Representatives becomes law. It would impose work requirements for low-income adults to receive Medicaid health insurance. It would add more rules to access food assistance. Supporters of the bill say the moves will save money, root out waste and encourage personal responsibility. Alabama’s congressional delegation voted along party lines Thursday, with Republican Reps.
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1 month ago |
al.com | Ruth Serven
Police reform and civil rights activists joined thousands of ordinary people Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder nationwide and to decry the Trump administration for setting their efforts back decades. In Alabama, Birmingham activists planned an event at Kelly Ingram Park to commemorate Floyd and other people killed by law enforcement. “Bring a photo of anyone you know who has lost their life to police violence,” a flyer for the event instructed. The Rev.
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