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Aspen Ideas Festival: 'How to be an Antiracist'

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'How to be an Antiracist'

Historian Ibram Kendi says we've had racial progress in America, and simultaneously we've had racist progress.

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50 years of LGBTQ pride showcased in protests, parades

50 years of LGBTQ pride showcased in protests, parades

Crowds gathered outside New York's historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday to celebrate five decades of LGBTQ pride, marking the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement.
by Associated Press

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Supreme Court takes up DACA appeal

Supreme Court takes up DACA appeal

The Obama-era program will get a one-hour hearing before the high court next term. The court said it would consolidate three appeals into one argument.
by Nina Totenberg and Domenico Montanaro

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Fact check: Dems on migrant kids, the rich and climate

Fact check: Dems on migrant kids, the rich and climate

A fired-up field of Democrats stumbled on some facts at the most visceral turns in their debate Thursday as they took on and sometimes sparred over race, the treatment of migrant children, the climate and the super-rich.
by The Associated Press

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After disagreements over LGBT clergy, U.S. Methodists move closer to split

After disagreements over LGBT clergy, U.S. Methodists move closer to split

Methodists around the U.S. have been engaged in tense discussions over the future of their church. "We are in an untenable situation," Bishop Thomas Bickerton told delegates at a recent meeting.
by Tom Gjelten

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House sends Trump $4.6B border bill, yielding to Senate

House sends Trump $4.6B border bill, yielding to Senate

Congress is at a standoff over a $4.6 billion aid package for the southern border as House Democrats say a Senate-passed measure doesn't go far enough to care for thousands of migrant families and children.
by The Associated Press

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Mpls. congregation may be expelled from denomination over LGBT stance

Mpls. congregation may be expelled from denomination over LGBT stance

A Minneapolis pastor will likely be defrocked and his congregation expelled from the Evangelical Covenant Church this week. The issue: same-sex relationships.
by Cathy Wurzer

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