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Dorothy Parker’s remains find a home after decades spent in a filing cabinet & a business park
Dorothy Parker has a new resting place, or at least her “dust” does.
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These publicly-funded schools ban pregnant & LGBTQ students. It’s perfectly legal.
These “segregation academies” can receive up to $6,500 a year from the state per student, but they don’t have to let LGBTQ students in.
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Lawyer who fought to ban trans people from bathrooms will lead DOJ civil rights division
He will head up the Department of Justice’s efforts to fight discrimination, even though he has spent his life defending it.
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Janelle Monáe just came out, officially
Her new album is a reaction to hearing, “All gay people are going to hell.”
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MTV to showcase the cutest couple going to prom in North Carolina
Noah Ambrose and Brandon Caddell didn’t set out to get MTV’s attention; what they want is to change the world.
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NAACP calls for boycott of North Carolina over HB2, voting rights
Cornell Brooks of the NAACP urged religious, sports, and entertainment events to take the business elsewhere.
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Opposition to Trump, HB2 boost NAACP’s annual ‘Moral March on Raleigh’
The Rev. William Barber, state NAACP president and driving force behind the rally, portrayed Trump’s election as a right-wing response to recent expansions of equality and justice.
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Incoming governor doesn’t support national boycott of North Carolina
He shares others’ frustrations about House Bill 2, but he said the better way is to bring companies to North Carolina to “join us in the fight for fairness.”
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North Carolina NAACP calls for nationwide boycott after HB2 repeal failure
A similar boycott of South Carolina over the Confederate flag lasted 15 years and cost the state millions of dollars.
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5 real winners of the 2016 Election: HRC, Lambda Legal, ACLU, ADL and NAACP
And five is just the beginning. Many progressive organizations are seeing a boost in funding since the election of Donald Trump.