Academy Briefing: Pre-season schedule confirmed
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Academy Briefing: Pre-season schedule confirmed

Friday 18 July 2025 13:47 With a brand-new short film, lead Under-18s coach, some exciting loan moves and the release of our Academy pre-season schedule, there’s plenty to update you on in our regular Briefing… Our Academy pre-season schedule has been confirmed. The Under-18s began last Saturday with a Carrington fixture against QPR, while the Under-21s' first friendly action came against Macclesfield on Thursday 17 July. The U18s will now play Norwich City (19 July), Swansea City (26 July) and Watford (1 August). The U21s are set to take on Charlton Athletic (25 July), Fleetwood Town (29 July) and Rochdale (2 August). New U18s lead coach (see more information below) took charge of the Academy's first pre-season friendly, against QPR last Saturday. Fans can buy tickets for the latter game - against Rochdale on Saturday 2 August - here. This is an...
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What’s Included in the 596 Books Banned by the Department of Defense Education Activity?
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What’s Included in the 596 Books Banned by the Department of Defense Education Activity?

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen Find below more information about the ACLU’s lawsuit over book bans in DODEA schools from earlier this summer. For years, it’s been clear that one of the most vital ways through this era of book censorship is the legal system. The results of the ongoing spate of lawsuits are a mixed bag. We’ve seen Iowa’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which involves removal of any books from schools with so-called “sex acts” in them, be blocked and deemed unconstitutional. We’ve...
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Devastating New Poll Shows Almost Everyone Is Unhappy Under Trump
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Devastating New Poll Shows Almost Everyone Is Unhappy Under Trump

By and large, Americans are dumping Donald Trump’s policies. Within the first seven months of his second term, Trump has managed to add trillions to the deficit, eviscerate agencies like the Education Department, rattle the economy, shake America’s strongest alliances, develop concentration camps for his sweeping deportation program, and strip popular social programs such as Medicaid from millions of Americans. But despite following through on his campaign promises, Trump has failed to earn majority support for any major issue, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research published Thursday. Approximately half of U.S. adults—49 percent—believe that Trump’s policies have “done more to hurt” them than help them since he returned to the White House, according to the survey. Twenty-two percent of that group reported that Trump’s policies have not made...
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