Intersectional Protesters at Clemson University Demand Diversity (Video)

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Intersectional Protesters at Clemson University Demand Diversity 
Their demands, posted online, include "more funding for organizations whose primary constituencies are of under-represented groups," including students who are LGBT.
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          Apr 20, 2016
          
        
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Intersectional Protesters at Clemson University Demand Diversity

Their demands, posted online, include "more funding for organizations whose primary constituencies are of under-represented groups," including students who are LGBT.

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Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.

Joseph H. Thompson was among six prosecutors who resigned last month over the Justice Department’s effort to investigate the wife of Renée Good.