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        Black Students Sue Georgia School District For Banning BLM Attire, But Allowing Confederate Flag
     
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Black Students Sue Georgia School District For Banning BLM Attire, But Allowing Confederate Flag

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Black Students Sue Georgia School District For Banning BLM Attire, But Allowing Confederate Flag

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The Elsinore star gave a moving speech accepting Out magazine's Icon of the Year Award.

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SJ Howell becomes the nation’s first transgender or nonbinary state legislative party leader, while Zephyr will serve as a minority whip.

The rebuke at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier came just a day after House Republicans derailed an effort to impeach the Pentagon chief.

Twenty-six-year-old Republican nominee Michael Alfonso may have powerful connections, but one especially prominent feature is stealing the spotlight.

In addition to Senator-elect Chris Pappas, voters sent several out candidates to Washington, D.C., as well as state houses across America.

“If you believe the eternal God, creator of the universe, is a male (or female) of a gendered species, you have departed from Christian orthodoxy,” Phil Vischer wrote.

The Republican seat might not be in danger if Scott Colom had been allowed to become a judge.