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Apr 13 2024
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Kansas governor vetoes gender-affirming trans care ban
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed a ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth in the state. "This divisive legislation targets a small group of Kansans by placing government mandates on them and dictating to parents how to best raise and care for their children," said Kelly in a veto message on Friday. "I do not believe that is a conservative value, and it's
ABC News (Online)Apr 22 2024
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Youth group, environmental organizations sue Maine for action on climate
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A youth organization and a pair of environmental groups are suing the state of Maine to try to force the state to reduce carbon emissions in the era of climate change. Maine Youth Action, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Sierra Club filed their lawsuit on Friday in state court. The lawsuit says the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is under an “existing
Associated PressNov 13 2020
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Harvard v. Affirmative Action: Round 2
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Thursday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Harvard's affirmative action policy does not violate civil rights law. Last year, a federal judge had originally ruled that Harvard did not discriminate Abridge NewsApr 22 2014
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Boston police warn law enforcement action ‘imminent’ at Emerson College
At Emerson this morning, students had formed a human barricade, two to three rows deep, blocking both ends of the alley. The barricade was porous, however, in that students, professors and others were being allowed to pass. The goal, students said, was to prevent police and Emerson administrators from entering. Boston’s police and fire departments warned Emerson College administrators that “
The Boston GlobeApr 15 2024
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Supreme Court Allows Idaho’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban — For Now
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to enforce a controversial ban on gender-affirming care to minors as the law is appealed, temporarily reintroducing one of more than a dozen state bans on gender-affirming care, an increasingly hot-button issue for the GOP.
The Supreme Court approved a stay on a federal District Court decision, allowing Idaho to enforce the ban, with the high
ForbesApr 24 2024
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The incentive problem keeping landlords from taking climate change action
Connor rents an upstairs apartment in an old house in the village of Pittsford, Vermont, with his girlfriend. It’s a two-bedroom and they like the location. He says his landlords are great, but asked that we just use his first name. He grew up in the area and just recently moved back to Central Vermont. He’s hoping to stay, but living there has been more expensive than he expected, partly
WBURJul 01 2023
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Harvard students, community members rally in support of affirmative action
“Affirmative action affirms and sees our story as a framework for passions, ambitions, and achievements,” Michelle Jean-Louis, a rising sophomore from New Jersey, said in front of the center. “The decision might have been made, but the fight for visibility must remain.” On Saturday, Harvard University students and alumni, along with community members, gathered around the statue of founder John
The Boston GlobeJul 02 2023
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Clarence Page: Supreme Court pointed to affirmative action options
Reading about the Supreme Court’s unsurprising affirmative action ruling, I was reminded of Sen. Hubert Humphrey’s defense of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act. If anyone can find language in the bill, said the Minnesota Democrat, that would require an employer to hire based on percentage or quota related to color, race, religion or national origin, “I will eat my hat.” The bill passed and,
Chicago TribuneJun 30 2023
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Ben Shapiro Throws Beanball At Affirmative Action, Liberal Justices
Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro used a baseball analogy to refute the dissents written by Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor in Thursday’s landmark Supreme Court case that rolled back affirmative action policies at universities. In a Friday Twitter post, Shapiro applied the justices’ logic in favor of affirmative action to baseball “to see how idiotic and
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