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How Trump Rode a Wave of ‘Reactionary Nihilism’ to the White House
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via The New York TimesA new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right movement seething in resentment, suspicious of reason and determined to dominate at all costs.
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Literacy advocates in Ohio defend difficult texts as they mark Toni Morrison Day
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Associated PressOhio lawmakers and literacy advocates used the birthday of one of America's most frequently banned authors to defend difficult texts.
Book Bans
Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Trump administration is giving America's schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president's fight against 'wokeness' and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply.
Racism
A Lonely Holdout Where Republicans Still Resist Trump: Utah
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The New York TimesBolstered by Mormon voters' distaste for MAGA politics, the center-right is trying to reassert itself in a ruby-red state.
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In plan to change Arlington governance, the county board is not on board
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via The Washington PostThe Arlington County Board is skeptical about a bill that could reshape how many people are on the governing body and how they are elected.
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The story is old, but the horror feels fresh
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via The Washington Post'Blood on Satan's Claw,' by Robert Wynne-Simmons, is a novel by the screenwriter of the 1971 movie of the same name -- the first to be called 'folk horror'
Parents
The Latest: Zelenskyy says Trump is key to ending Russia-Ukraine conflict
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Washington PostFederal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce
Racism
Sarah Jessica Parker to be honored this spring by PEN America
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Associated PressSarah Jessica Parker will be this year's recipient of PEN America's 'Literary Service' award. The 'Sex and the City' star, a longtime advocate for reading and literacy, will be honored May 15 at the free expression organization's annual spring gala.
Book Bans
A (Very Sexy) Last-Minute Gift
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The New York TimesWe dish on a very good unexpected gift. Plus, other sexy things like the best underwear, vibrators, and lube.
Sex Education
14 States Sue to Challenge Musk’s ‘Unchecked Power’
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via The New York TimesSince President Trump's inauguration, Mr. Musk's team has inserted itself into at least 19 agencies, according to a tally by The New York Times.
LGBTQ+
Trump’s education secretary may be asked to dismantle the Education Department. Here’s what it does
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via The Associated PressIf Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants the former wrestling executive to 'put herself out of a job.'
Racism
Trump cuts affect signature Youngkin lab school program in Virginia
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via The Washington PostA Virginia Commonwealth University program that helps teach computer skills to high schoolers was targeted as wasteful or discriminatory by the Trump administration.
Racism
British Columbia basketball championships moved after alleged mistreatment of transgender player
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe British Columbia women's college basketball championship will be relocated from a school whose coach and players allegedly mistreated a transgender opponent.
LGBTQ+
Parents want Alexandria schools to rethink plan to split pre-K to 8 campus
Saturday, February 8th, 2025
via The Washington PostAlexandria parents want the school district to reverse a decision to remove elementary grades from Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 school. One family filed a legal complaint.
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As Ground Shifts, ‘Flailing’ Democrats Struggle to Find Footing in Diversity Fight
Saturday, February 8th, 2025
via The New York TimesPresident Trump's aggressive moves against transgender rights and diversity, equity and inclusion programs have left the Democratic Party casting about for a strategy for how to respond.
Racism
Justice Dept.’s Weaponization Group Underscores Trump’s Quest for Retribution
Thursday, February 6th, 2025
via The New York TimesThe memo signaled the most significant first step in deploying the levers of government to carry out President Trump's repeated suggestions that he will pursue those he perceives to be his enemies.
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How Trump’s attorney general is shifting crime-fighting priorities
Thursday, February 6th, 2025
via The Washington PostThe flurry of directives that Attorney General Pam Bondi signed shifted investigative resources from foreign malfeasance to immigration enforcement.
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Publishers, a library and others sue over Idaho’s law restricting youth access to ‘harmful’ books
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
via The Associated PressSeveral large book publishers, a tiny public library and others are suing Idaho officials over a law that forces libraries to keep some books in an adults-only section if community members believe they are 'harmful to minors.'
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
The transgender care fight targets more adults as Georgia and other states weigh laws
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
via The Associated PressConservatives' nationwide offensive against transgender care is increasing trying to cut off care for transgender adults, and a panel of Georgia lawmakers has become the first in 2025 to move forward.
LGBTQ+
Trump’s new ban on trans athletes is latest attack on transgender students
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
via The Washington PostPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order to ban trans athletes from women's sports. It's the latest shake-up for schools navigating the new rules.
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