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Covid closures and attempt to rename schools deemed named for figures linked to injustice, including Abraham Lincoln, fueled vote

I’m calling it: Wokeism has peaked. Yes, it will remain a highly influential movement, and it will probably continue to spread globally. But in the U.S. at least, wokeism and the woke will ebb.

The revelation that the San Francisco police crime lab used a sexual assault victim’s DNA against her in an unrelated property crime case — and the allegation that it may be a common practice in California — has prompted a national outcry among law enforcement, legal experts, lawmakers and advocates

Pandemic fatigue, money and anti-Asian racism all played a role in the recall, writes Eric Garcia