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Students Protest at Maine High School After Policy Prohibits Teachers From Expressing Support for Black Lives Matter
After district officials sent a memo informing school faculty they couldn’t visibly express their support for Black Lives Matter, students at a Maine high school decided to protest. According to CNN, an official for Scarborough Public Schools District sent a memo on Monday, informing teachers that they couldn’t wear clothing or display items that had…
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper Kinda, Sorta, Maybe Bans Confederate Flags on Military Bases
I hate when people try to talk around a subject. It’s far easier to just be upfront and straightforward about what the issue is. Simply put, if you’re not gonna knuck, then don’t sit here and try to buck. As conversations on the inherent racism of the Confederate flag have reignited in recent months, we’ve…
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Walmart to No Longer Display Mississippi State Flag in Stores
It’s kind of sad when Walmart is quicker to stop doing something that’s blatantly messed up before the actual government. The company has a tradition of flying the local state flag in front of its stores. That tradition will be suspended in the state of Mississippi. CNN reports that the retailer will stop flying the…
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Undefeated Youth Football Team Believes They’ve Been Banned From the Playoffs Because of Race
An undefeated youth football team from Maryland won’t be going to the playoffs despite being damn near unbeatable because the executive branch of its youth football league has decided to sideline the predominately black team without warning. Marquita Melvin, the president of the Reisterstown Mustangs, thinks she has a pretty good reason why, in Trump’s…
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White House Bans CNN Reporter From Event and Journalists Are Pissed, Including Fox News
The president of the United States doesn’t like to be questioned. Most dictators don’t. Unlike the president’s home away from home, Russia, where journalists who question Vladimir Putin come up missing, a CNN reporter was banned from an open press event for asking the president questions. On Wednesday, at the end of President Trump’s meeting…