Activist Group Pays California Students $1,400 to Become Social Justice Activists

A California activist group is paying high school students $1,400 each to become racial and social justice activists, according to contracts between the group and the Long Beach Unified School District. The school district used nearly $2 million in taxpayer funds from 2019 to 2023 to pay Californians for Justice for equity and diversity leadership training for its students and teachers, according to news outlet The Free Press—a new media company founded by Bari Weiss, formerly of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times—who obtained the contracts. The most recent contract between the group and the district runs until June 2024. According to the group’s website, the purpose of the training programs for high schoolers is to “[provide] leadership development opportunities throughout the school year and summer to ensure our youth leaders gain the political education and valuable organizing skills they need to lead social justice movements.”...