8/25/2020: DOJ: Yale Discriminates In Admissions - UT drum major says 'Eyes of Texas' is 'racist' and won't perform any longer

Today's Article: DOJ: Yale Discriminates In Admissions
From: NPR.org
Readability Score: 14.0

Can racial balancing be a form of discrimination?

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12/2/2019: ‘Empty activism’ or appropriate disruption? Unpacking the Harvard-Yale football protest - Pope Francis, In Visit To Hiroshima, Says Possession Of Nuclear Weapons Is 'Immoral'

Today's Article: ‘Empty activism’ or appropriate disruption? Unpacking the Harvard-Yale football protest

From: Deseret News

Readability Score: 12.3

The price of disruption: are some issues important enough to disrupt other people's lives?

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9/12/2019: U.S. judge: Terror watchlist violates constitutional rights - Former Navy SEAL enters Yale as a 52-year-old freshman

Today's Article: U.S. judge: Terror watchlist violates constitutional rights
From: Associated Press
Readability Score: 12.8

The government has maintained a 'watchlist' of known and suspected terrorists; now, a judge has declared that US citizens cannot be placed on such a list without appropriate due process. What rights are in conflict? What's fair?

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10/6/2016: Teachers' 'Implicit Bias' Starts in Preschool - This Is What to Do if You've Been Sacked

Today's Article: Study: Teachers' 'Implicit Bias' Starts in Preschool
From: USA Today
Readability Score: 13.6

A new study from the Yale Child Study Center wades into this fraught question, looking at preschool teachers' sometimes unconscious attitudes about student behaviors.

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Readability Score: 8.9

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