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A suburban Chicago school district has said students of color will get the first chance to return for in-person learning when schools reopen, citing "a pandemic" of "inequity and racism, and classism" that preceded COVID-19.Because District 65, which includes students from Evanston and Skokie, won't force teachers to work on-site, school buildings may not be able to accomodate all students…

A North Jersey suburban school district accused of allowing racial segregation of schools and classrooms has agreed to a settlement that will see its integration efforts overseen by a retired New Jersey Supreme Court justice.The deal was announced in separate statements Tuesday by the plaintiffs, the Black Parents Workshop Inc., and the South Orange-Maplewood School…

A federal judge ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline and it be emptied, while a lengthy environmental review is conducted.The pipeline must be emptied by August 5, the court ordered Monday, after finding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated “the National Environmental Policy Act when it granted an easement” for the…

Members of the technical emergency service secure an area within an apartment complex used by the Toennies meat company to house labourers from eastern Europe during the coronavirus pandemic on June 20, 2020 in Verl near Guetersloh, Germany.Alexander KoernerA district in Germany where there has been an acute outbreak of coronavirus cases at a meat-processing…

People inside the Jingshen seafood market which has been closed for business after new coronavirus infections were detected [Thomas Peter/Reuters] A district of Beijing was on a "wartime" footing and the Chinese capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections sparked fears of a new wave of disease. People were prevented…