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  • Oregon Student Disciplined for Wearing Pro-Border Wall Shirt to School Wins $25,000 Settlement 

    A Hillsboro, Ore., high school senior who was suspended for wearing a pro-Trump, pro-border wall T-shirt to school has won a $25,000 settlement from his school. Addison Barnes originally wore the shirt, which read “Donald J Trump Border Wall Construction Co: ‘The Wall Just Got 10 Feet Taller’” to his People and Politics class at…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • That Sneaky NFL National Anthem Rule Change—and What Legal Challenges It Presents, Explained

    The NFL is still the NFL, which is to say it’s still as crooked an enterprise as they come. Nearly two weeks after several (Donald Trump-donating) NFL owners locked arms with their players during the national anthem in shows of “solidarity,” the league changed its obscure rule about standing during the national anthem. In fact,…

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    Anne Branigin

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  • Jemele Hill and the Social Burden of Being a Black Woman in Media

    When the situation involving Jemele Hill, ESPN and Donald Trump first made headlines, I remember being grateful that I work for a black media outlet. Day after day, I write posts that include news about the Trump administration, and in each of those posts, I ridicule the president and his administration while simultaneously calling out…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Should Confederate Symbols Be Banned in the US? 

    Symbols of the Confederacy have been the subject of two very different events over the last few days. In Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, white supremacists gathered to protest the removal of a Confederate statue from a public park, and their “protest” turned into a bloody riot, with one woman being killed and countless others being…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Calif. High School Students Sue School District for Suspending Them Over Liking Racist Instagram Posts

    A California school district is being hit with a lawsuit after suspending four students for liking and commenting on racist Instagram posts. The students claim that the punishment violates their First Amendment and due process rights. The Washington Post reports that the four plaintiffs are among more than a dozen students at Albany High School…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • No Disciplinary Action for Law Professor's 'Run Them Down' Tweet

    The University of Tennessee will not take disciplinary action against the law professor who urged Charlotte, N.C., motorists to run down protesters who were blocking roads last week, the school announced Tuesday. “In short, no disciplinary action will be taken against Professor Reynolds. The tweet was an exercise of his First Amendment rights,” College of…

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    Monique Judge

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