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The First Amendment of the US Constitution protects Americans’ right to speak freely. But after some racially charged incidents on college campuses, some young people might be willing to trade the free exchange of ideas for a little more diversity.

VIDEO: Fed-up scientists who feel sidelined by President Trump are taking to the streets this weekend. They say they’ll be demonstrating administration moves that give businesses a voice in environmental decisions while scientists get shut out.

A Syrian asylum seeker has been stranded at a Malaysia airport for more than a month after his attempts to leave the country were repeatedly blocked. Hassan al-Kontar, who ended up in Kuala Lumpur after fleeing the war in Syria, is now stuck in political limbo — neither able to stay nor seek a new home.

VIDEO: The foot traffic picks up considerably in a quiet neighborhood just outside of Washington each year at this time. Even foreign visitors make a point of stopping by to admire the view. It all started in the 1920s with more than 1,000 cherry trees that have become the pride of the neighborhood.

How did Africa’s richest woman acquire her fortune? That’s a question detractors of Isabel dos Santos are asking after Yale University invited the Angolan billionaire to speak at a conference. Dos Santos, the daughter of a former Angola president, was once chair of Angola’s state-owned oil company. Some people are slamming Yale for touting dos Santos as an accomplished businesswoman, saying her fortune came from political connections and not entrepreneurship.