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Following FSU’s shooting, House Democrats are calling for stricter gun legislation in Florida

WFSU | By Adrian Andrews The FSU gunman was 20 years old. Following the deadly school shooting Thursday, April 17, on Florida State University’s campus that resulted in the death of two people and multiple injuries, House Democratic Caucus leaders are calling for stricter gun legislation in Florida. Democrats and their views on gun control During a media availability on […]

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Supreme Court weighs who should decide public school curriculum: Judges or school boards?

NPR Breaking News By Nina Totenberg The U.S. Supreme Court jumps back into the culture wars Tuesday, as the justices tackle a clash between two bedrock values in American public schools: On one side is the longstanding tradition of local school boards determining class curriculum for everyone. On the other side is the notion that public schools should accommodate religious

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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law

NPR Breaking News The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.” Justices Clarence Thomas

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How France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists — and Haitians want reparations

By Marlene L. Daut | The Conversation This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Marlene L. Daut is a Professor of French and African American Studies, Yale University In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $US21 billion. The

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