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Chicana Educators Are Being Sued for Including Arab and Palestinian Lessons In Their Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Educators in L.A. are finding themselves entangled in legal battles as they face life-changing lawsuits for their role in writing and teaching ethnic studies, specifically lessons that include Arab and Palestinian Studies, calling them “anti-Semitic” and “anti-Jewish.” 

December 12, 2023

For L.A.’s Palestinian Activists, Fear, Grief, and The Will to Resist

“Everyone is just desperately trying to stay in touch to make sure everybody is okay. Several members of our family were killed in the last week," says Dr. Laila Al-Marayati of KinderUSA, a charity that helps Palestinians with community services.

November 22, 2023