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  • Yale Renames Building of Slavery Defender John C. Calhoun to Honor ‘Amazing Grace’

    As is the case with many institutions of higher learning confronting their slave-tinged pasts and renaming their buildings, Yale University announced Saturday that it would change the name of the residential college of white supremacist John C. Calhoun to honor computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper. The New York Times reports that the decision to rename…

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    Angela Helm

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  • President Obama Announces Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients 

    President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the nation, on Wednesday, according to a White House press release.   The awards, which will be presented in a ceremony at the White House on Nov. 22, honor “individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the…

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    Monique Judge

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