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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 …
A woman lies dead on a motel room floor, her naked body hunched over a blood-soaked towel. The black-and-white image of Ms Santoro's death was published without her family's permission, appearing under the headline Never Again, shortly after the US Supreme Court handed down its opinion on Roe v Wade in 1973. Protesters who support abortion access held up Gerri's …
