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Supreme Court takes up religious rights dispute over LGBTQ books in Maryland schools
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters.
Book Bans, Sex Education
Pope Francis never visited his homeland of Argentina in his papacy. Some blame its volatile politics
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
via The Associated PressPope Francis never set foot in his native Argentina during his papacy, and that left many of the faithful in his homeland feeling puzzled and snubbed by the world's first Latin American pope.
Sex Education
Georgia Democrat Jason Esteves says he’s running for governor in 2026
Monday, April 21st, 2025
via The Associated PressGeorgia Democrat Jason Esteves says he's running for governor in 2026. He enters a field that remains murky for his party after two top potential candidates backed away from a run.
School Board – General
White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children
Monday, April 21st, 2025
via The New York TimesBaby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
Sex Education
Baby Bonuses, Fertility Planning: Trump Aides Assess Ideas to Boost Birthrate
Monday, April 21st, 2025
via The New York TimesThe White House is soliciting policy proposals designed to give women incentives to have more children, a priority for many social conservatives.
Sex Education
Supreme Court to hear religious freedom case involving LGBTQ+ storybooks
Sunday, April 20th, 2025
via The Washington PostThe Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether public schools can refuse to give parents the right to pull kids from lessons involving LGBTQ-themed books.
Parents
A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene
Saturday, April 19th, 2025
via The Associated PressSome parents in a suburban Maryland county want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters.
School Board – General, Book Bans, Sex Education
University protests blast Trump’s attacks on funding, speech and international students
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
via The Associated PressUniversity professors and students have led protests on campuses against what they say are broad attacks against American higher education.
Racism
School Vouchers Won in Texas. Next Up, the Nation.
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
via The New York TimesChoice laws have now passed in every major Republican state. Congress and President Trump are now aiming at blue states that have resisted vouchers for decades.
Parents
Meet MAGA’s Favorite Communist
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
via The Wall Street JournalConservative activists like Christopher Rufo are taking inspiration from Antonio Gramsci, the 20th-century Marxist thinker who drew up a battle plan for winning culture wars.
Racism
In historic first, Texas House approves private school voucher program
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Texas House gave initial approval early Thursday to a bill that would create a $1 billion private school voucher program, crossing a historic milestone and bringing Gov.
School Safety
A Legal Battle Over Trump’s Threats to Public School Funding Has Begun
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
via The New York TimesCan President Trump withhold federal money for low-income students? A brewing fight over diversity, equity and inclusion programs may force the courts to decide.
Racism
Here’s what finance reports reveal about Virginia’s busy election year
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
via The Washington PostBig money is already funneling into races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and all 100 seats in the House of Delegates, with Democrats taking an early lead.
School Board – General
North Carolina advances bill on book bans in public schools
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
via The Associated PressNorth Carolina House Republicans have advanced a bill that would create advisory committees to approve and remove books from libraries in public and charter schools.
School Board – General, Book Bans
A.C.L.U. Sues Defense Department Schools Over Book Bans
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via The New York TimesSchools run by the Defense Department removed books and made other changes in response to orders from President Trump and his secretary of defense.
Book Bans
Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via The Associated PressArmy and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Racism
A look at the universities with federal funding targeted by the Trump administration
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via The Associated PressHarvard University has joined the growing list of institutions targeted by the Trump administration for federal funding cuts.
Racism
Fairfax County School Board member misspent company money, firm alleges
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The Washington PostKyle McDaniel, a former official of Blue Label Aviation, is accused in a lawsuit of using about $160,000 in business funds on personal and campaign expenses
School Board – General
An Absurd Dystopia Asks, What Happens to Families When Sex Is Taboo?
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The New York TimesSayaka Murata's novel 'Vanishing World' envisions an alternate universe where artificial insemination is the global norm, and sex takes a back seat.
Sex Education