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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…
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‘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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A sex education program causes controversy in Belgium. Schools are burning, the country is worried
Friday, September 15th, 2023
via 8 News NOW (Nevada)BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday that he will seek the help of government experts on extremism in the wake of a series of school arsons. Officials believe the attacks are connected to a controversial sexual education school program. De Croo spoke just hours after a sixth school in […]
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Tell us: Are you concerned about attacks on free speech?
Friday, September 15th, 2023
via Boston.com (Massachusetts)Experts say attacks against free speech are on the rise across the country. Are you concerned about the rise of attacks against free speech?
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2 asked to leave CCSD board meeting over sex ed comments
Friday, September 15th, 2023
via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)Two people were asked by police to leave a Clark County School Board meeting Thursday after yelling at trustees while they considered an item about a Sex Education Advisory Committee.
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