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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.
LGBTQ+
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.
LGBTQ+, Racism
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.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans
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?
LGBTQ+, Racism
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.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General
“She’s a hero:” Indiana man gets 70 years after Laurel teen reports abuse
Friday, September 15th, 2023
via The Billings Gazette (Montana)The girl who reported the abuse, Yellowstone County District Judge Ashley Harada said, needs to know that Morrissey will be held to justice.
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Indiana attorney general defending validity of new police bystander law
Thursday, September 14th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Records show contracted attorney James Bopp Jr., a prominent conservative lawyer from Terre Haute, is representing Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita in the case.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Comedy about a family in crisis takes the stage in Tucson
Thursday, September 14th, 2023
via Tucson Newspapers (Arizona)Live Theatre Workshop's production of "Hir" puts the internal chaos of wonderful characters on full display in Tucson.
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Critics question cost of Florida school vouchers
Thursday, September 14th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
LGBTQ+, School Board – General
Reader asks where to find the TV Guide and if Bufferin is still on the market
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023
via Sun Journal (Maine)DEAR SUN SPOTS: I want to know if the TV Guides are still being published. I have not seen any in the stores. I have been collecting the Fall Previews for years. Also, I can't find Bufferin anywhere. Is that still being made? I take it for headaches. — No name, Lewiston ANSWER: Sun Spots […]
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Ga. school district to review books for sexually explicit content
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)ATLANTA -- The Marietta school board Tuesday evening approved a staff directive to review the books in its school libraries and remove works with sexually explicit material that they believe are inappropriate for students.
LGBTQ+, School Board – General