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In a place with a history of hate, an unlikely fight against GOP extremism washingtonpost.com/nation/20…

In a place with a history of hate, an unlikely fight against GOP extremism

North Idaho has beaten the far right before. Now renegade Republicans are seeking to root it out of their own party, with a crucial test in Tuesday’s primary.

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Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas washingtonpost.com/science/2…

Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas

An island eroding into the bay offers tantalizing clues about when and how humans first made their way into North America.

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How America tried and failed to stay White washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | How America tried and failed to stay White

100 years ago the U.S. tried to limit immigration to White Europeans. Instead, diversity triumphed.

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After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth washingtonpost.com/nation/in…

After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth

A century after three Tejano men were shot to death, the story descendants tell of their killing contradicts official accounts. Whose story counts as Texas history?

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‘Inhumane’ Mexican worker program commemorated in U.S. washingtonpost.com/history/2…

‘Inhumane’ Mexican worker program commemorated in U.S.

The Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center in South Texas, where Mexican workers were processed, has been designated as a national historic landmark.

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Virginia school board restores Confederate leaders’ names to two schools washingtonpost.com/education…

Virginia school board restores Confederate leaders’ names to two schools

The change comes four years after the schools had removed the names during the national racial reckoning sparked by George Floyd’s killing.

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Brittney Griner: The day I landed in Russia and wound up in prison washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | Brittney Griner: The day I landed in Russia and wound up in prison

This column — adapted from her memoir, “Coming Home” — is the story of how Griner’s ordeal began.

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Francis Scott Key Bridge is named after an enslaver. Time for a change?washingtonpost.com/nation/20…

Francis Scott Key Bridge is named after an enslaver. Time for a change?

The call to rename the Baltimore bridge comes amid a larger debate about how to acknowledge the harm done by some of America’s most prominent figures.

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Fewer Black voters plan to vote in 2024, Post-Ipsos poll finds washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Fewer Black Americans plan to vote in 2024, Post-Ipsos poll finds

Biden faces challenges motivating young Black Americans who have soured on his presidency.

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The dark side of Diddy’s American Dream washingtonpost.com/entertain…

The dark side of Diddy’s American Dream

Diddy’s downfall built up slowly and then arrived dizzyingly fast, as rumors and accusations turned into lawsuits, raids and a decaying of Sean Combs’ empire.

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Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban. What it means, and what’s next. washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban. What it means, and what’s next.

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected to sign the repeal into law Thursday, but when the repeal legally goes into effect could still complicate abortion access.

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Federal judges strike down La. congressional map with second Black-majority district washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Federal judges strike down La. congressional map with second Black-majority district

The panel ruled Tuesday that a newly redrawn congressional map, which added a second majority Black district, violated the Equal Protection Clause and blocked the state from using the map in upcoming...

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Court says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Court says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery

It was the second ruling this month in favor of trans advocates from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

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For Jewish students, protests stir fear, anger, hope and questions washingtonpost.com/education…

For Jewish students, protests stir fear, anger, hope and questions

For Jewish college students, this is a moment of intense and sometimes conflicting emotions as many college campuses erupt in loud protests.

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The debate about Sonia Sotomayor is not about sexism. It’s more dire. washingtonpost.com/style/pow…

Perspective | The debate about Sonia Sotomayor is not about sexism. It’s more dire.

Some want the Supreme Court justice to retire so that President Biden can name a replacement before ... before what happens, exactly?

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Celebrate Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis? Ala. state workers may have to choose. by @rachelbianca washingtonpost.com/nation/20…

Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis? Ala. state workers may have to choose.

Alabama is considering a bill that would make Juneteenth a state holiday. Workers could choose to celebrate Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis’s birthday.

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Tell The Post: How will the changes to race and ethnicity data collection affect you washingtonpost.com/nation/20…

Tell The Post: How will the changes to race and ethnicity data collection affect you

What do you think about these changes? Will it change how you identify yourself? Tell us through this form.

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Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment washingtonpost.com/climate-e…

Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment

From building clam gardens along the shore to tilling vegetables in the desert, Native Americans have been working with the rhythms of the Earth for centuries

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Biden Title IX rules set to protect trans students, abuse survivors washingtonpost.com/education…

Biden Title IX rules set to protect trans students, survivors of abuse

The Biden administration finalized sweeping Title IX rules barring discrimination against transgender students and ordering a new system for sexual assault claims.

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Turmoil at NPR after editor accuses network of political bias washingtonpost.com/style/med…

Turmoil at NPR after editor rips network for political bias

The public-radio network is being targeted by conservative activists over the essay, which many staffers say is misleading and inaccurate.

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