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How the Rhinelander Trial Scandalized the Jazz Age

By: Laura Wexler β€”
Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.

Alice Rhinelander, center, with her sisters in the courtroom during the annulment trial.

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Can Conversion Therapy Be Banned? Supreme Court Will Decide on Colorado Law.

By: Ann E. Marimow β€”
Colorado and more than 20 other states restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under age 18.

Kaley Chiles in her office in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

By: Vimal Patel β€”
Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

Duke University is known as a relatively conservative place, compared with some other schools. It has still been a focus of Trump officials who say it has allowed diversity policies they say break the law.

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Kenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality

By: Sam Roberts β€”
He shared an Emmy for his reporting on β€œNightline” about South Africa’s policy of racial segregation. The National Association of Black Journalists named him journalist of the year.

Kenneth Walker in 1986. He pushed for ABC News to pay more attention to Nelson Mandela β€œwhen he was still in jail and was anything but a hero to millions of people, including the president of the United States,” Ted Koppel, the longtime β€œNightline” anchor, said.

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New Law Requires Priests to Break Seal of Confession to Report Child Abuse

By: Ruth Graham β€”
The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is investigating.

The law, signed last week by Gov. Bob Ferguson, requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect to authorities.

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Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog

By: Charlie Savage β€”
The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.

Sharon Bradford Franklin, the chairwoman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, was among three board members picked by Democrats who received an email from the White House telling them to submit resignation letters.

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She Made an Offer on a Condo. Then the Seller Learned She Was Black.

By: Debra Kamin β€”
A Black woman claims a white homeowner tried to pull out of a sale because of her race.

Dr. Raven Baxter, a molecular biologist, was in escrow on a new home when she was told the seller didn’t want to hand over the keys to a Black person.

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From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest

By: Richard Fausset β€”
The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s.

Students occupied Columbia’s Hamilton Hall in April 1972.

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Police Officer Sentenced in Death of Elijah McClain

By: Kelley Manley β€”
Randy Roedema, the only police officer convicted in the death of Mr. McClain, was sentenced to 14 months in a county jail.

Randy Roedema was convicted in October of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault.

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β€˜I Have a Dream,’ Yesterday and Today

By: Darren Sands β€”
At the March on Washington, where thousands gathered on Saturday to renew the call for equality, participants reflected on Martin Luther King’s historic speech and its themes in the present.

People listened to speakers during the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Saturday.

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