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Post July 03 2013

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gay Rights

Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court issued two rulings on the ongoing debate over same-sex marriag…
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Post June 25 2013

Supreme Court Strikes Down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court issued a ruling today that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is no longe…
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Student Voices June 25 2013

Student Documentary Looks at the Human Side of The Voting Rights Act
Students at McComb High School in McComb, Miss., recently came to Washington, D.C., to premiere a 1…
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Post June 24 2013

Facebook and Twitter Crack Down on Hate Speech
After a string of consumer complaints and court cases, social media giants Facebook and Twitter are…
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Daily Video June 22 2013

Supreme Court Reconsiders the Voting Rights Act
Forty-eight years after it was first passed into law, the Voting Rights Act that sought to end acts…
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Post June 21 2013

Manning Case Challenges Definition of “Whistleblower”
The court martial for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning began on June 3 in Fort Meade, Md. Manning was arre…
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Lesson Plan June 17 2013

Periodical cicadas are back! - Lesson Plan
By Jennifer Cutraro and Katherine Schulten. Cross posted from New York Times, The Learning Ne…
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Lesson Plan June 14 2013

Are colleges affordable? - Lesson Plan
By Mary F. Klein a mathematics teacher from Urbana, Illinois Subject(s) Second-year a…
FILE PHOTO NSA Compiles Massive Database Of Private Phone Calls
Post June 13 2013

Government Surveillance of Citizens Raises Civil Liberty Concerns
Two revelations about government programs designed to sift through the public’s phone calls and soc…
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Student Voices June 11 2013

Turkish People "Awakened" by Protests, Say Students
Demonstrations have now spread across Turkey for two straight weeks, with people of all walks of li…
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