Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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Happy National Cat Day
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Gero Breloer / AP An Award for a Jailed Saudi Blogger
Raif Badawi, who was sentenced last year to a decade in prison and 1,000 lashes, was honored with the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize.
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What We're Following This Morning
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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg, Sam Price-Waldman, Daniel Lombroso … Quoted
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Taxi Bigotry Isn't Black and White, Cont'd
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Wikimedia Track of the Day: 'We Got the Blimp'
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Reuters Have You Seen This Blimp?
A missile-defense balloon stationed in Aberdeen, Maryland, broke free and drifted away.
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AP South Carolina Classroom Conflict: The Future of the Officer in the Video
The Richland County sheriff said Wednesday that Senior Deputy Ben Fields has been fired.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Quoted
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Reuters Race and Discipline in the South Carolina Schools
Black students in the Palmetto State are more likely to be punished and more likely to be subject to corporal punishment, which remains legal there.
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YouTube A Classroom Conflict Between an Officer and a Student in South Carolina
The Justice Department has opened a civil-rights investigation into an encounter between a white high-school resource officer and an African American female student.
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What We're Following This Afternoon
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Larry Downing / Reuters Quoted
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What's the Best Way to Use the G.I. Bill? Cont'd
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What We're Following This Afternoon
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Taxi Bigotry Isn't Black and White, Cont'd
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Joseph Sohm / Visions of America / Corbis Furling Mississippi's Flag at Ole Miss
The school is the latest Southern institution to dissociate itself from the symbolism of the Confederate battle flag.
