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Daily News Lesson June 24 2022

Supreme Court overturns century-old gun law, allows firearms in most public places
Overturns New York State law just weeks following Buffalo mass shooting
Juul e-cigarettes are seen on the counter of a vape store in Santa Monica
Daily News Lesson June 24 2022

FDA bans Juul vaping products as teen has spiked across country
Learn why federal authorities have decided to ban certain vaping products as part of push to limit nicotine sales
Donald Trump holds a rally in Conroe, Texas
Daily News Lesson June 23 2022

Day 5 of Jan. 6 hearings details how Trump tried to use the Justice Department to stay in office
On the fifth day of the Jan. 6 hearings, three top Justice Department officials recounted how former President Trump wanted the department to undermine the 2020 election.
Pride Month celebration in New York City
Daily News Lesson June 23 2022

Teachers' guide to LGBTQ youth resources

The following list of resources is designed to aid teachers looking for ways to support LGBTQ students
A rainbow flag waves in the wind at the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn in New York
Daily News Lesson June 23 2022

Black trans activists' roles in leading 1969 Stonewall uprising

Explore the history of the Stonewall uprising, a series of protests started by a black transgender woman named Marsha P. Johnson
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Daily News Lesson June 23 2022

How Vincent Chin’s murder 40 years ago sparked a national movement for Asian American civil rights

Learn more about Asian American civil rights in light of the 40-year anniversary of Vincent Chin's death
U.S. House holds public hearing on Jan. 6, 2021, assault on Capitol
Daily News Lesson June 22 2022

Updates from Day 4 of Jan. 6 committee hearings
Learn more about the highlights from Day 4 of the Jan. 6 hearings
U.S. House holds public hearing on Jan. 6, 2021, assault on Capitol
Daily News Lesson June 22 2022

Poll workers continue to face threats by fellow Americans after 2020 presidential election
Will people hesitate to become poll workers if they risk being threatened by dissatisfied voters?
DNL Artist Sculptor
Daily News Lesson June 21 2022

Sculptor loses fingers in accident, transforms his life’s work
Hear from sculptor John Powers who transformed his art after an accident.
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Daily News Lesson June 21 2022

Juneteenth celebrated as national holiday for second time
The holiday celebrates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought word of slavery’s end to Galveston, Texas.
Protest against Brazilian President Bolsonaro's government, Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI)'s President Marcelo Augusto Xavier da Silva and for the search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, in Brasilia
Daily News Lesson June 20 2022

Third arrest made in murder of journalist, Indigenous activist in the Amazon — and other news for June 21, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington
Daily News Lesson June 16 2022

Congress nears deal to reform how Electoral College votes are counted
Learn how Congress is considering tweaks to presidential elections following the 2020 election
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