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LGBTQ activists and supporters block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in a major LGBT rights case in Washington
Daily Video June 16 2020

How far does the Supreme Court's ruling go to protect LGBTQ rights?

In this lesson plan, discuss the impact of the ruling by the Supreme Court on the rights of gay and transgender employees
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Daily Video December 29 2015

No charges for police in shooting of 12-year-old Cleveland boy
An Ohio grand jury decided not to indict the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old black boy last year in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Daily Video December 17 2015

Trial of first officer in Freddie Gray case ends in mistrial
The trial for one of the six Baltimore police officers implicated in the death of Freddie Gray while in their custody last April ended in a mistrial Wednesday after the jury failed to reach consensus.
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Daily Video September 14 2015

‘Girls Court’ provides alternatives to prison for delinquent girls
A court experiment in Florida attempts to help delinquent girls by promoting rehabilitation rather than incarceration.

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