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Texas Republicans spent years courting Indian voters. Then came talk of the “Indian takeover.”

A North Texas city has become the epicenter of a collision between the GOP’s efforts to win over Indian American voters and some conservatives’ nativist agenda.

The Texas Tribune

Boy Scouts sue LGBTQ travel group ‘Queer Scout’ over its name

The founder of Queer Scout says there are ‘legitimate questions about what's really driving this escalation’

The Independent UK

Indians too much more patriotic than whites: Row over '100% Indian Boy Scouts' at Frisco Council meeting

The bi-monthly meetings of Frisco Council has dominated headlines in the last few weeks and there was no exception after March 3 meeting as well as social media influencer, whistleblower Marc Palasciano posted a photo of Boy Scouts to complain what he called the 'Indian takeover' but it backfired as…

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Scouting America to reinstate ban on trans children to appease Pentagon

Former Boy Scouts cave to Pete Hegseth as he laments move from ‘focus on God as the ruler of the universe’

The Guardian - US

Jamie Campbell Bower Says Stranger Things Fans Have Missed A Mr. Whatsit Detail, And They Have Theories

This certainly got fans thinking.

Cinemablend

Ex-Funeral Director Accused of Decapitating Woman After Skull Found in Woods 23 Years Later

Benjamin Hanson was charged after a skull found by Boy Scouts was identified as a woman he had prepared for cremation in 2001.

International Business Times UK

Boy Scout troop leader faces 42 charges for sex crimes that spanned over two decades, cops say

The police department in Utah that arrested the former scout leader is now desperately urging any possible victims of Bates to come forward

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Dean Treanor and Georgetown's First Amendment rights

Dean Treanor is right to assert Georgetown's First Amendment right to "teach DEI" in the face of Trump Administration threats.

Reason

Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 4

The final post in my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Reason

Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 3

Continuing my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Reason

Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 2

Continuing my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Reason

Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 1

Maybe some universities can continue to do race-based affirmative action, even after SFFA v. Harvard.

Reason

Boy Scouts sell off famed Norman Rockwell paintings and earn $3.7m to compensate sex abuse victims

The Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy in 2020 and auctioning off the art is a bid to survive the barrage of sexual abuse claims

The Independent UK

The Boy Scouts inspired Norman Rockwell. His works will now help pay abuse survivors

Works from the Boy Scouts of America's art collection, including some paintings by Norman Rockwell, will go up for auction to help compensate tens of thousands of people, mainly men, who were sexually abused while in scouting

The Independent UK

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After years of scandal, Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting America

The 114-year-old organization says it's rebranding to Scouting America to be more inclusive. The move by the Boy Scouts after a wide-ranging child sex abuse scandal and bankruptcy.

Reason

The First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action

How private universities can use Boy Scouts v. Dale to get out from under Students for Fair Admissions

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US Supreme Court Allows .46B Boy Scouts Settlement

US Supreme Court decision allows .46 billion Boy Scouts sex abuse settlement to proceed, providing compensation for victims.

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Earn a Fortune With These In-Demand Old Home Items

Here are ten old things in your home that could be worth a fortune.

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘Scouts Honor,’ a Netflix doc on troop leaders’ abuse of boys, inspires and infuriates

Film focuses on the Boy Scouts’ extensive files of abuse allegations that often were withheld from law enforcement.

The Guardian - US

He survived sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America. Now he wants justice

Ron Hunter was repeatedly assaulted and sex-trafficked as a child. At 63, he’s telling his story – to protect others and heal himself

WEKU

Wade Goodwyn, longtime NPR correspondent, dies at age 63

Wade Goodwyn had one of public radio's most recognizable voices, but it was his rich writing and keen observations that made him a listener favorite over decades at NPR.

The Conversation

Boy Scouts of America can now create $2.4 billion fund to pay claims for Scouts who survived abuse – a bankruptcy expert explains what's next

On April 19, 2023, the Boy Scouts of America declared that it has exited its bankruptcy case after clearing one of the last legal hurdles in its way. Some insurance companies and sex abuse claimants objected to the Boy Scouts’ plan to pay claimants, but the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Boy Scouts selling off storied camps under pressure from sex abuse claims, bankruptcy — and locals are worried

PHILADELPHIA — Camp Trexler drapes across 755 sylvan acres in the Poconos where, for a century, Boy Scouts have enjoyed swimming, making campfires and hiking.

Salon

Boy Scouts sell land in assault payouts

Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the U.S as some properties sell to the highest bidder

Reason

Could a Public Law School Stop Student Groups from Excluding Speakers Based on Their Support of Israel?

Several student groups at UC Berkeley Law School have signed on to a pledge not to invite any speakers—speaking on any subject—if those speakers "have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky,…

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