A book about book bannings has itself been banned by a school board in Florida at the behest of right-wing Moms for Liberty activists. The Guardian reports that "Ban This Book" by author Alan Gratz has been removed from libraries in Florida's Indian River county school district after the school board opted to ban it in a 3-to-2 vote last …
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take up the issue of affirmative action again Monday — the second time in six years — but with the conservative majority now generally expected to end the use of race in higher education admissions. The Supreme Court said in a 5-4 decision that the law school’s admissions policy, which considered race as one …
ST. LOUIS — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thing on social media. “They’re doing it in real time.” Dr. Lindsay Clukies, an emergency room doctor at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, said she and her staff often …
