10/26/2020: San Diego Unified School District Changes Grading System to ‘Combat Racism' - The New York plastic bag ban is finally being enforced in businesses across the state

Today's Article: San Diego Unified School District Changes Grading System to ‘Combat Racism'
From: NBCSanDiego
Readability Score: 10.2

Are grading policies racially unjust?

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Readability Score: 8.7 

10/19/2020: Yelp adds alerts for businesses accused of racism - Pluto's White-Capped Mountains Not Due to Snow

 

Today's Article: Yelp adds alerts for businesses accused of racism
From: CNN.com
Readability Score: 12.5

Should social media be used to monitor businesses and alert consumers of bad actors?

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Today's Alternate Article: Pluto's White-Capped Mountains Not Due to Snow
Readability Score: 8.5

4/28/2020: Police, health officials rebut Whitmer's claims about ambulance protest problems - Undefeated boxer Devin Haney denies being racist

Today's Article: Police, health officials rebut Whitmer's claims about ambulance protest problems
From: Detroit News
Readability Score: 12.3

Should public protests be allowed during a public health crisis? Can politicians stretch the truth if it helps the public good?

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Today's Alternate Article: Undefeated boxer Devin Haney denies being racist
Readability Score: 9.3

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1/29/2020: Supreme Court’s conservative justices show support for religious schools in landmark Montana case - Opinion: African Americans know Meghan Markle is black. Yet many whites want to call her something else.

Today's Article: Supreme Court’s conservative justices show support for religious schools in landmark Montana case
From: USA Today
Readability Score: 12.1

In the 19th century, many states banned the use of government dollars to support religious schools, even though public schools received all sorts of aid. A group of parents in Montana has challenged this as a form of religious discrimination. What's fair? Who should choose how to spend education dollars? Is this indeed an issue of religious freedom, or not?

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Readability Score: 7.3

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11/15/2019: Italian Holocaust Survivor Faces Threats After Calling For Investigation Into Hate - American Girl catalogue features model with Down syndrome

Today's Article: Italian Holocaust Survivor Faces Threats After Calling For Investigation Into Hate
From: NPR
Readability Score: 11.8

74 years after the Nazi defeat Holocaust hate still exists? Should Anti-Antisemitism, Racism and Hate Speech be allowed in 2019?

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Readability Score: 8.7

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