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Over the summer, when a Southern California school board opposed a new state-determined social studies curriculum that included a bio of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a threatening tweet calling out the school board president by name.

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY presents the WORLD PREMIERE of SUMMER SESSION WITH THE BONES BRIGADE, a dramatic original work by playwright KIRBY FIELDS. The work was selected for production from among the entries in CVRep’s first ORIGINS: NEW WORKS PROGRAM. SUMMER SESSION WITH THE BONES BRIGADE is set in the American Midwest in the summer of 1988.

I began my teaching career in January of 1978, having previously worked for 12 years in a variety of jobs in which I contributed to Social Security. While teaching, I also worked odd jobs to make up for the rather low pay and for those summer “vacations” in which we, as teachers, were not paid.

This year’s Columbia Mailman Career Fair—one of the country’s largest public health recruiting events—brought more than 50 employers to campus, including leading consulting firms, government agencies, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, nonprofits, international organizations like UNICEF, and more.

The Biden-Harris Administration (the Administration), through the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments), along with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), released a proposed rule on the No Surprises Act’s Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process.