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Opinion | Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy – The New York Times

However, one year on, promoters of the lie that the election was stolen have taken over one political party and stoked distrust in our electoral systems. These forces exert power and influence through relentless disinformation, which continues to turn Americans against Americans. According to the Survey Center on American Life, 36 percent of Americans — almost 100 million adults across the political spectrum — agree that “the traditional American way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it.” The Washington Post recently reported that roughly 40 percent of Republicans believe that violent action against the government is sometimes justified.

Politicians in my home state of Georgia, as well as in others, such as Texas and Florida, have leveraged the distrust they have created to enact laws that empower partisan legislatures to intervene in election processes. They seek to win by any means, and many Americans are being persuaded to think and act likewise, threatening to collapse the foundations of our security and democracy with breathtaking speed. I now fear that what we have fought so hard to achieve globally — the right to free, fair elections, unhindered by strongman politicians who seek nothing more than to grow their own power — has become dangerously fragile at home.

No Grammys This Month — Thanks, Omicron | LAist

The Recording Academy and broadcast partner CBS have postponed the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, citing “consideration and analysis” with Los Angeles and California officials, health and safety experts, musicians, and other partners. The show had been set to take place Jan. 31 at the recently renamed Crypto.com Arena (the stadium previously known as Staples) in downtown L.A.

“Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the show on January 31st simply contains too many risks,” the Recording Academy and CBS said in a joint statement.

Source: No Grammys This Month — Thanks, Omicron | LAist

Happy Teacher Post!!

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     I am so happy!!  I just got a comment from a fellow teacher in a similar situation to what I started in, and my lesson plans have helped with kids from difficult backgrounds!  That is why I made them so varied, holistic, and as hands on as possible, and that is why I work so hard on Do Better, because all it takes is a little re-thinking of the way we do things to make it work for all of us!   It just requires the same kind of community thinking that any democracy movement must practice.   Ok, back to today’s regularly scheduled lesson plan!  🙂

 

  5cube

     Can cubic numbers and puzzles also teach us about finding the roots of transportation problems for others, which we ourselves may not have to worry about, but others do (like the lack of a cut or path that was no…

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Luís de Camões

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” Os bons vi sempre passar

No mundo graves tormentos:

E para mais me espantar,

Os maus vi sempre nadar

Em mar de contentamentos. “

Luís de Camões. ( Lirica, cit. P. 90) Ao desconcerto do mundo

Luís de Camões. Literatura brasileira em diálogo com outras linguagens. William Cereja e Tereza Cochar. 5 ed. reform. São Paulo: Atual, 2013

Marii Freire Pereira

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Santarém, Pa 5 de janeiro de 2022

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