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Lessons from Arizona: Meetings and Controversial Legislation

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Following that law’s passage, associations like NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education had to decide whether to cancel their meetings booked years before. A number of other states—Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, and Ohio, to name a few— are considering similar legislation. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Post-Ferguson, Police Groups Work to Protect Military Surplus Access

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The heavily armed police response to protests after a racially charged police shooting in Missouri drew widespread attention to the acquisition of military hardware by local authorities. The images that came out of Ferguson, Missouri, in August were disturbing to many Americans, including some on Capitol Hill.