Here is a second article from the DesMoines Register: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/19/covid-19-mask-mandates-iowa-house-votes-ban-schools-local-governments-coronavirus-public-health-cdc/5167025001/

Many students asked my view on this law.... I will simply say that I have felt grateful that 99% of my students followed my classroom policies 99% of the time with regards to seating charts, sanitizing, masks, etc. They respected my classroom all year long even if they personally disagreed with that. Now because of this new law (which is based more on partisanship than science) I am in the opposite role and I will trust and respect the choices students make in the last week of school whether or not I personally agree with their view. I know how to make changes in government when I feel a need for change. As always, if you have an opinion on this topic, I would love for you to respectfully share it here.

Good discussion so far! I'll also point people to the new thread on the new Iowa law banning mask mandates in schools and local governments. Definitely some overlap in these topics.

"Politicians in South Carolina have voted to add a firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs"

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""This is the most momentous case in more than five decades involving student speech," said Justin Driver, a Yale law professor"

Here is another link to the story if the original is not available for you... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56886687

"after a first-of-its-kind study by UNMC and Omaha Public Schools found infection rates were six times higher in students than what was being reported in the community."

"U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress to sharply hike spending on climate change, cancer and underperforming schools, but his first budget wishlist on Friday drew howls of bipartisan concern over military spending."

"Biden turns to limited executive actions on gun control with Congress at a standstill"

"Boulder, Colo., barred assault weapons in 2018, as a way to prevent mass shootings ... But 10 days after that ban was blocked in court, the city was rocked by its own tragedy: Ten people, were killed at a supermarket in the city's south end on Monday after a gunman opened fire, law enforcement officials said."

Free Speech, Free Press, Censorship, Theft, Racism... LOTS to unpack in this story.