8/30/2019: E-Verify is intended to detect workers without legal status. How do immigrants get around it? - Once a custodian, now a principal: "Don't let someone write your story"

Today's Article: E-Verify is intended to detect workers without legal status. How do immigrants get around it?
From: LA Times
Readability Score: 12.5

Illegal immigrants able to easily work around federal program designed to catch them. Take a look at Mississippi chicken and the role illegal labor plays in the American food chain.
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Readability Score: 7.7

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12/14/2017: Students Allege School Disbanded Club After Flag Protest Fight - Reserved Trump praises “true American heroes” at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

Today's Article: Students Allege School Disbanded Club After Flag Protest Fight
From: USA Today
Readability Score: 14.1

A group of conservative Minnesota public high school students has filed a federal lawsuit against their school district that alleges their First Amendment rights were violated

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Readability Score: 9.0

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10/20/2017: School District Pulls 'To Kill A Mockingbird' from 8th-grade Lesson Plan - Mississippi school district pulls To Kill A Mockingbird for making people uncomfortable

Today's Article: School District Pulls 'To Kill A Mockingbird' from 8th-grade Lesson Plan
From: Clarion-Ledger
Readability Score: 10.5

It was an administrative and department decision, a member of the school board said, and not something that the school board voted on.

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Readability Score: 8.5

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10/31/2016: First Amendment Experts: Downloading Hacked Clinton Campaign Emails Not a Crime - Move Along, Bozo: Mississippi County Bans Clowns for Now

Today's Article: First Amendment Experts: Downloading Hacked Clinton Campaign Emails Not a Crime
From: Wall Street Journal
Readability Score: 11.1

According to CNN’s Chris Cuomo, possessing the stolen John Podesta emails is a crime — unless you’re a member of the media.

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Readability Score: 8.8

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