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    North Carolina passes controversial repeal of 'bathroom bill'

    North Carolina's Republican legislature today reversed its controversial "bathroom bill." It required transgender people to use restrooms reserved for the gender identities on their birth certificates.

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    By Warren Olney • Mar 30, 2017 • 1 min read

    North Carolina's Republican legislature today reversed its controversial "bathroom bill." It required transgender people to use restrooms reserved for the gender identities on their birth certificates. As a result, the NCAA moved all its playoff games to other states, and both Duke and North Carolina had to play across the state line in South Carolina. David Graham who reports on politics for the Atlantic, has more on the repeal and response to it.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      David A. Graham

      staff writer for the Atlantic

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Fighting back famine in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen
    1. 1:24North Carolina passes controversial repeal of 'bathroom bill'You’re reading this
    2. 7:59World hunger: What's America's role?
    3. 41:19The Senate Intelligence Committee enters the fray
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