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Facebook Posts by Philadelphia Police Reveal Deep Problems Within the Force, Says ACLU of PA

PHILADELPHIA - An investigation published by Buzzfeed News today reveals that hundreds of officers in the Philadelphia Police Department have used Facebook as a platform for celebrating police violence and demeaning people in the communities where they work, especially people of color.

Supreme Court Allows School District Restroom Policies Supporting Transgender Students to Stand

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today declined to hear Doe v. Boyertown Area School District, allowing school districts to continue to support transgender students by allowing them to use restrooms that match their gender.

McKeesport Students File Legal Challenge to School District’s Denial of Black Student Union

PITTSBURGH - Eleven students from McKeesport Area High School filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the school district for denying the students permission to form a student club called the “Black Student Union.”