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Former Pearl River Central High School art teacher Catherine Bass said she left teaching after the administration warned her she could be fired for discussing her LGBTQ identity with students. The administration said it was “inappropriate” for her to tell students she was pansexual.
Exactly 100 years to the day since Willie Baker’s lynching, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Law, making lynching a federal hate crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The House of Representatives passed it last month.
In Mississippi, local officials have followed the president’s lead. Magnolia Alderman Joe Cornacchione dabbled in dog-whistle politics after the president’s comments with a Facebook post titled, “Snow Plows for Snow Flakes.” In response to the post, a number of his friends suggested using fire hoses and firearms on the protesters.
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