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Trigger warnings: A campus code of decency or an overused guise to censor? 

Trigger warnings: A campus code of decency or an overused guise to censor?
Few universities have adopted formal policies on trigger warnings, but these days, at the discretion of professors, the range of topics that warrant alerts have broadened to include, the U.S. Constitution, Black Lives Matter on down to Pokemon Go and discussions on police.
Published September 14, 2016