Biden education secretary rails against Republican-led 'book bans': Using education as a 'political football'
Fox News
Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona criticized Republicans for book-banning, 'censorship,' and some pushes to cut education funding in a Tampa Bay Times guest column.
He alleged that an overwhelming majority of parents are upset with politicians' attempts to use their children's education as a "political football" in refusing to allow curriculum that violates their own opinions. Taylor Penley is a production assistant with Fox News.
Cardona presumably turned the article into a jab at GOP leaders like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who came under fire for pushing back against an allegedly "woke" College Board outline for an AP African-American Studies course earlier this year, and ventured into a discussion of censoring Black history and culture.
Critically endangered whale seen off California coast: 'Every sighting is incredibly valuable to us'
In a rare sighting recently, the endangered North Pacific right whale was spotted off the coast of California by a marine wildlife team near Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.