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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs athlete bill into law over concerns from transgender community
Transgender students in Tennessee will be required to compete in school sports according to their sex at birth after Gov. Bill Lee signed a controversial bill into law Friday.
From $15 million to $0: As racial tensions simmered, Trump administration sought to defund DOJ ‘peacemaker’ unit
As racial tensions spilled into America’s streets, the Trump administration repeatedly sought to eliminate a long-standing Justice Department unit that for decades has mediated racial, ethnic and gender clashes that are once again surging across the country.
Grandmother harassed by then-LSU player Derrius Guice claims Ed Orgeron lied to investigators
Every fall for the past five years, 74-year-old Gloria Scott has made the trip from her home five miles south to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where she works part-time security at football games.
A new ‘Jim Crow era’: Biden, civil rights leaders slam Georgia election reform
WASHINGTON – Voting rights groups vowed Friday to fight against a new election law in Georgia they said would erect a wall of barriers for voters of color not seen since the Jim Crow era. They also blasted the arrest of a Georgia state representative, a Black woman, who attempted to watch the signing of the state’s new election law.
Maryland ready to get rid of state song, a Confederate call to arms
March 30, 2021
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Maryland lawmakers gave final passage on Monday to repeal the state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against “Northern scum” that refers to President Abraham Lincoln as a despot.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maryland-ready-get-rid-state-song-confederate-call-arms-n1262425