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The American Library Association says libraries faced the highest number of book challenges since they started tracking in 2000. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer topped their list of most challenged books.
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President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, the culmination of more than a century of efforts to designate lynching as a federal hate crime.
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Students are forming banned-book clubs and distribution drives to contest restrictions that focus mostly on LGBTQ and racial themes.
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Ayala was one of two demonstrators who suffered brain trauma after being shot by so-called "less-lethal" beanbag rounds.
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The governor said Wednesday that time will tell whether he "must take action to exonerate any police officer unjustly prosecuted." The statement comes after a Travis County grand jury indicted 19 Austin police officers.
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A Travis County grand jury indicted 19 officers on charges of aggravated assault by a public servant. Some officers fired "less-lethal" beanbag rounds at demonstrators protesting the police killings of George Floyd and Mike Ramos.
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Paul Quinn College hopes the new practice will better combat intergenerational poverty and remove the pressure on first-generation college students to financially lift up their entire families.
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The announcement comes just hours after the Austin City Council voted to settle two cases related to the racial justice protests for $10 million.
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Justin Howell and Anthony Evans were shot during May 2020 racial justice protests. The Austin City Council approved a settlement of $8 million for Howell and $2 million for Evans.
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Dozens of people were injured when police shot beanbag rounds into the crowd. A grand jury is weighing whether the officers should be charged.