The Week (US)

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■ Five Black students are suing a Georgia high school for racial discrimina­tion, alleging that white students re-enacted George Floyd’s death, wear Confederat­e symbols, and refer to them as “slaves” and the N-word. The plaintiffs say officials at Coosa High School in Rome— who deny any wrongdoing—ignored these incidents, suspended Black students for a silent protest, and forbade them from wearing “Black Lives Matter” shirts.

■ Rep. Tony Cardenas (DCalif.) has used campaign funds to pay his wife’s business $424,000 over the past eight years, The Daily Beast reports. His campaign pays his “wellness facilitato­r” wife, Norma, $4,400 every month as a consultant; she claims expertise in hypnothera­py, life coaching, and “primordial sound meditation.”

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