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Forgotten Founder's Legacy Lives On in 'Gerrymander'
Elbridge Gerry, an important figure in the American Revolution, is remembered for approving a controversial state legislative map. His name lives on in the term 'gerrymander'.
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Elbridge Gerry was an important early figure in the American Revolution, but his decision to approve a "gerrymandered" state legislative map inadvertently won him lasting infamy.
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The Child Care and Development Fund, the U.S. government's main source of funding to help low-income families pay for childcare, serves over 1.6 million children in a typical month.
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There is broad consensus among psychologists that corporal punishment can be harmful to children, but the U.S. has no federal laws banning it in public schools.
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