Trump’s Education Department Is Backing Away From Addressing Civil Rights for Black Students

WASHINGTON (AP) — For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color. The Justice Department pressed schools to desegregate. The Education Department worked to promote equal opportunity and held schools accountable for racial bias. But under the Trump administration, …

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Matt Olson, Baseball’s Iron Man, Stars for the Braves on Lou Gehrig Day

ATLANTA (AP) — On Lou Gehrig Day, baseball’s reigning iron man came through with the biggest blow for the Atlanta Braves. Olson’s towering shot — his 17th homer of the season — got a big assist from a strong breeze blowing toward the right-field corner. The slugging first baseman thought he got under the ball, …

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Swiss Voters Look Set to Reject Plan to Limit Population at 10 Million, Poll Shows

ZURICH, June 3 (Reuters) – Swiss voters look ⁠set ⁠to reject a referendum ⁠proposal to cap the country’s population at 10 ​million people, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. Concern about ‌rapid growth in Switzerland’s ‌population, which climbed to 9.1 million last year from 7.3 ⁠million ⁠in 2002, and its impact on public …

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