Online classes send students to court
College students forced into online classes are suing colleges, saying the classes aren’t as good as in person. Experts say that might be a tough sell.
Author: Katherine Snow Smith
Katherine Snow Smith has covered business, parenting, the arts and other beats since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After stints at the Greenville News in South Carolina and the Charlotte Business Journal she spent 23 years at the Tampa Bay Times as a reporter, parenting columnist and magazine editor.
Face masks just the latest of public safety battles
The current controversy over the right to not wear a face mask is just the latest battle over government safety mandates.
Equal Rights Amendment lies in legal limbo, as decades of debate continue
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Phyllis Schlafly, a powerful conservative voice for decades
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Pandemic brings more drinking and more legal responsibility for hosts
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Foster parents, religious agencies, LGBTQ community await next key court ruling
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