Bernie Sanders Says Republicans Are Giving Up On Democracy

Bernie Sanders Says Republicans Are Giving Up On Democracy

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is not a fan of the Republican Party.

The self-described democratic socialist, who caucuses with the Democratic Party in the United States Senate, recently said that Republicans have given up on democracy.

Cambridge School Officials Sought To Stop Notifying Parents When Students Make Discrimination Complaints
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Cambridge School Officials Sought To Stop Notifying Parents When Students Make Discrimination Complaints

Brendan McDonald

Cambridge School Committee members considered striking a requirement that parents be notified if their child makes a discrimination complaint, before abandoning the idea.

The requirement to notify parents is in the school's non-discrimination policy, which school officials were updating earlier this month. The primary concern in removing the passages about notifying parents was "privacy for students, in particular, LGBTQIA+ students," said school committee vice chairman Rachel Weinstein during the school committee meeting on Tuesday, August 9, while summing up points sent by fellow committee member Akriti Bhambi, who did not attend the meeting.

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