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Threats of loss to “American identity” drive anti-Muslim fears
PBS News Hour Classroom December 11, 2015

Threats of loss to “American identity” drive anti-Muslim fears

The recent increase in terror attacks and mass shootings may be contributing to heightened anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States and abroad.

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Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder of black teenager
PBS News Hour Classroom December 01, 2015

Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder of black teenager

A seventeen-year-old black teenager was shot 16 times by a white police officer in October of last year for allegedly puncturing a police car’s tire with a folding knife. A court order last week required the city to release the dashboard video of Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald by this week. Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday shortly before the video’s release.

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Amber Chandler November 25, 2015

Top Four Reasons You (Still) Should Be Glad You Are a Teacher

Sweatpants? Check. Ponytail? Check. Flip-flops in November? Check. Running into a former student? Absolutely, of course. Now, even though I’m being flippant here, if you live in the district where you teach, you might as well give up any idea that you can be anonymous. But, I wouldn’t trade a single “Mrs. Chandler!” hollered from across the grocery aisles.

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