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Our teen wants more privacy online. How do we keep him safe?

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

Do you have any advice as we navigate this new teen territory of more privileges, waning technology supervision and increasing privacy?

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Mass. is changing its sex ed, health class guidelines for the first time in 24 years. What to know.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via Boston.com (Massachusetts)

Mass. officials approved an updated health and physical education framework on Tuesday, bringing changes to sex ed curriculum guidelines.

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Head of LGBT advocacy group in central Pa. announces her departure

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)

After six years as executive director of the LGBT Center of Central Pa., Amanda Arbour will leave at the end of the year. The center has launched a search for a new director.

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State approves new health and sex ed guidelines

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

The state first started the process of revising sex ed curriculum standards in 2018, and approved the new framework Tuesday after soliciting public comment over the summer.

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Review: ‘Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates’ by Katie Barnes

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

In ‘Fair Play,' journalist Katie Barnes paints a nuanced picture of how an obsession with gender and biology makes youth sports worse for everyone.

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Who should decide what is taught in schools?

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via KHON2 (Hawaii)

Q. Book banning has been around for a long time. As far back as the Civil War, there were attempts by the South to whitewash history. Eighty years ago, Catcher in the Rye was cond…

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Braun endorses Trump in Republican presidential primary

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

Braun believes Trump is the only presidential candidate who understands how the "Washington swamp works against Hoosiers, and works overtime to hamper our prosperity."

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The It List: ‘Expend4bles’ introduces Megan Fox and 50 Cent as new blood, Kim Kardashian shows off dramatic acting chops in new ‘American Horror Story’ installment, Kim Petras surprise-releases ‘Problématique’ and all the best in pop culture the week of Sept. 18, 2023

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)

The It List is Yahoo's weekly look at the best in pop culture, including movies, music, TV, streaming, games, books, podcasts and more. Here are our picks for Sept. 18-24, including the best deals we…

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Indiana attorney general accused of professional misconduct

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

Attorney General Todd Rokita was formally accused Monday of violating the professional conduct rules for Indiana attorneys, and may face discipline by the Supreme Court.

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This week’s TV: ‘Sex Education’ is back, ‘Still Up’ debuts, and everything we know about the new ‘Frasier’

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

The upcoming 'Frasier' reboot premieres Oct. 12 on Paramount+, and the show's Boston setting isn't the only change that's in store.

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Problems abound

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

Some say "Thank God for Mississippi." And Louisiana and West Virginia. Their stats are bad too.

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New Jersey is still rich

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Good Monday morning!Where did all the millionaires go? It's been three years since New Jersey raised its top tax bracket on income over $1 million to 10.75 percent.You heard at the time a lot of…

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+

‘Sex Education’: 3 Things to Know About the Final Season

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

via Caledonian Record (Vermont)

Series creator Laurie Nunn pulls the curtain back on what's in store for Otis, Eric, Maeve, and more in the final chapter.

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Sex education, gas stoves, dead whales targeted by Republicans in fight for N.J. Legislature

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

via NJ.com (New Jersey)

'The culture wars revival nationwide has also touched down in New Jersey," one expert said.

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Are we headed toward privatizing education in Florida?

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

A massive increase in Florida's school voucher program strips money from public schools and hands it to private, religious and completely unregulated institutions, some of which teach that hu…

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Family finds freedom, joy in WA after fleeing anti-trans legislation in Texas

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

via The Seattle Times (Washington)

One year after relocating to the Seattle area, a family reflects on why their difficult move from Austin was worth it to protect their trans daughter.

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Enjoy the outdoors this week in CT with music from Willie Nelson to Ne-Yo

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

via The Courant (Connecticut)

This week's Courant arts picks include Samantha Bee at The Bushnell, Willie Nelson in Bridgeport, animatronic dinosaurs at Mohegan Sun and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong outside the Old State House.

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I’m gay, but I don’t support having these ‘LGBT’ books in schools

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) went viral this week after he read some hardcore pornography aloud during a Senate hearing. That doesn't exactly happen every Tuesday.

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Lost in the Mountains

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

via The New Yorker (New York)

In the nineteen-sixties, my sleepaway camp was delightfully under-supervised. Then a camper went missing.

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