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Terrorism videos and censorship, women on the ballot, religious colleges and LGBT students
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Jun 30, 2016
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Terrorism videos and censorship, women on the ballot, religious colleges and LGBT students

How media organizations decide what to censor, why an all-female ticket gives voters pause, LGBT student discrimination on the campuses of private, religious colleges.

Security and ambulances block the road outside Turkey's largest airport, Istanbul Ataturk, after it was hit by a suicide bomb attack on June 28, 2016, Turkey.
Security and ambulances block the road outside Turkey's largest airport, Istanbul Ataturk, after it was hit by a suicide bomb attack on June 28, 2016, Turkey.
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How media organizations decide what to censor, why an all-female ticket gives voters pause, LGBT student discrimination on the campuses of private, religious colleges.

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Most would assume that because Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democratic nominee, she's immune to the challenges encountered by other female politicians, but is that assumption true?
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S.B. 1146 would protect LGBT students on college campuses from discrimination, but several colleges say the law would undermine their religious teachings.
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