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The former president of the Northern Orange NAACP abruptly resigned from her position two days after the incident.

Emotions clashed last week as the Orange County Schools Board of Education held its first meeting since Monique Felder’s departure.

Photo illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos by Getty / Kate BriqueletLast Thursday night, I stepped off a bus in Philadelphia and was faced with colorful signs condemning my presence and spirited shouts of “Go home!”“You should be ashamed!”“See you tomorrow!” another protester promised.They believed I was a member of Moms for Liberty (M4L), a far-right faction that in just two years has skyrocketed to the national spotlight through its “parenta...

Conservative parents, Bible thumpers, and atheist moles all gathered in Philly over the weekend to court GOP candidates and thunder against the woke.

“For people to come out here and stand against this kind of fascism is absolutely necessary.”

The Daily BeastMoms for Liberty, the conservative organization that’s pushed book bans across the country, descended on Philadelphia this week for a conference filled with pro-Trump swag bags and ‘Joe and the Hoe’ t-shirts, and speeches headlined by presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis and the Donald himself.But Philly apparently wasn't going to let Moms for Liberty (M4L) and its MAGA line-up spew their talking points without a fight. Even as the conference kicked off its ...

Orange County's judicial system formally vacated charges against four civil rights activists in the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation.

60 years ago, a group of 400 men and women rode buses through the segregated South to challenge the lack of enforcement of the 1960 Supreme Court decision that banned the segregation of interstate transportation facilities. This week, one of these individuals will be joining a multigenerational set of Orange County activists as they commemorate the anniversary of the Freedom Rides. On Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition is hosting a virtual progra...

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to Cameron Park Elementary School as a middle school. C.W. Stanford Middle School in the Orange County Schools district will see its name changed in the coming months. The system’s Board of Education on Monday moved ahead with plans to shift the school from honoring Charles Whitson Stanford Sr., a long-time school board chairman for the district who served from 1941 to 1967. The school district dedicated the middle scho...