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Simone Biles (left) and Aly Raisman in 2016. Both gymnasts say they were sexually abused by Larry Nassar. A public relations firm monitored both of their Twitter accounts, according to a report.

Report: Michigan State Spent $500,000 To Keep Tabs On Nassar Victims, Journalists

10:21am March 29, 2018

by James Doubek

The Lansing State Journal reports that emails show public relations firm Weber Shandwick charged more than $500,000 for monitoring the social media activity of Larry Nassar's victims and journalists.

A Look At The State Of School Integration 64 Years After Brown v. Board Of Education

5:25pm March 28, 2018

Linda Brown Thompson of Brown v. Board of Education died this week. In 1954, the decision was supposed to desegregate schools. Now, 64 years later, NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin about the effects.

Why Teachers In High-Need Areas Are Now Saddled With Debt

5:25pm March 28, 2018

by Chris Arnold

A new government study obtained by NPR finds that thousands of teachers have had their federal grants taken away and converted to loans, often for minor paperwork errors.

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The TEACH grant helps teachers-to-be pay for college or a master's. But many teachers, like Maggie Webb (left) and David West, say when they began teaching, they were forced to pay it back.

Dept. Of Education Fail: Teachers Lose Grants, Forced To Repay Thousands In Loans

5:16pm March 28, 2018

The TEACH grant helps future teachers pay for college or a master's. Many say that when they started teaching, they were forced to pay it back. A study obtained by NPR suggests thousands are affected.

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The classroom is the best place to start discussions between scientists and humanists about many issues facing our world, says professor Marcelo Gleiser.

Teaching And Learning At The Boundaries Of 2 Cultures

9:41am March 28, 2018

by Marcelo Gleiser

We all stand to lose from the gulf between the sciences and the humanities, and the classroom is the ideal place for conversations between these two cultures to unfold, says professor Marcelo Gleiser.

News Brief: Kim Jong Un In China, Gerrymandering At The Supreme Court

5:20am March 28, 2018

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un reportedly visited China in his first trip abroad since taking power. Also, Marcia Coyle of National Law Journal previews a Supreme Court gerrymandering case.

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Calvin College in Michigan is affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church, which holds that "homosexual practice ... is incompatible with obedience to the will of God as revealed in Scripture."

Christian Colleges Are Tangled In Their Own LGBT Policies

1:16pm March 27, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

Conservative Christian colleges worry their official positions on LGBT issues could run afoul of sex discrimination law and harm relations with their own students.

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Linda Brown Dies. She Was At The Center Of Brown v. Board Of Education

7:29am March 27, 2018

by Frank Morris

In 1954, Linda Brown was the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision that outlawed segregated public schools for black and white students. Brown was 76.

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Linda Brown, left, attends ceremonies in 1979 observing the anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in her father's class-action lawsuit against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kan.

Linda Brown, Who Was At Center Of Brown v. Board Of Education, Dies

10:44pm March 26, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

As a schoolgirl, she was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case that rejected racial segregation in American public schools. She died Sunday in Topeka, Kan.

Carlton Johnson, 22, traveled from Pittsburgh with a church group to the "March for our Lives" rally in Washington, D.C.

PHOTOS: Students Make Their Stand At D.C.'s 'March For Our Lives'

12:07pm March 25, 2018

For many students, Saturday was their first demonstration for a cause. They bundled in the U.S. capital, delivering a defiant message: stricter gun regulation. NPR photographers captured the scene.