New York students protested against the SHSAT, a test that students take in 8th and 9th grade to determine their admission into specialized high schools. These tests also have a hand in New York colleges. The SHSAT primarily depletes the admission of students from poor neighborhoods, hence why many demand its abolition.
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Hundreds of protesters in the Athens district of Ilioupoli took to the streets against the Greek government’s management of the pandemic, with the military and police overfunded while hospitals and the healthcare system overwhelmed with ICU beds at near full capacity.
Anarchists in Athens dropped banners and distributed cards in front of the Greek Military Academy courts, as 8 comrades face a military court-martial for a march and banner drop at the sites of an army school.
About 200 protesters demonstrated against the grand jury decision on the Breonna Taylor case for a consecutive 4th day, in what has become a nationwide movement as a sequel to the George Floyd Uprising.