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Janice Schakowsky: This is a human rights issue. Let's open the doors of our schools and let our kids learn and thrive again.

On the recordMarch 10, 2021
This is a human rights issue. Let's open the doors of our schools and let our kids learn and thrive again.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Framing school closures as a human rights issue and urging for reopening.

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