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As New York Bans Native American Mascots, Some Schools Try to Keep Them

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Everywhere you look on the campus of Mohonasen Central School District, there are indications of Indigenous tradition:…

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Springfield, N.J.: A Homey Place With Relatively Affordable Housing

In this ‘family-friendly' Union County township just 25 miles from Midtown Manhattan, ‘you’re going to get a little bit more…

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The Tennessee State House Is Where We Belong

MEMPHIS — In January, my former high school classmate Larry Thorn was shot dead. Larry was sweet and beloved and…

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Nashville, Battered and Mourning, Pauses for Easter

The holiest day in the Christian calendar comes as the church-filled city is in a heated political debate, and still…

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Who’s Afraid of Integration? A Lot of People, Actually.

In 1999, Robert D. Potter, a federal judge who was a protégé of Senator Jesse Helms, Republican of North Carolina,…

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A School Shooting Came to Nashville. Country Music Can Help Stop the Next One.

They say we love our guns down South, and it’s true they are part of the pageantry of our beloved…

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A Chicago Mayoral Hopeful Who Took on Hard-to-Fix Schools Faces a Political Shift

Paul Vallas has long been a supporter of charter schools. He is running against Brandon Johnson, an ex-teacher with a…

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Can India Change the World?

NEW DELHI — Is India the world’s next tiger economy, poised to succeed a slowing China as a pillar of…

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What the Push for ‘Parents’ Rights’ Is Really About

You may have heard the phrase “parents’ rights.” It sounds unobjectionable — of course parents should have rights — which…

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Inside a Brooklyn School Teaching the Course That Florida Banned

Students taking the African American studies class have learned about ancient kingdoms, 20th century movements and modern issues.

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