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Fight or Flight: Transgender Care Bans Leave Families and Doctors Scrambling

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via The Seattle Times (Washington)

In 20 states, bans or restrictions on transition-related medical care for transgender youths are upending the lives of families and medical providers.

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Who are the Moms for Liberty and what are their goals?

Friday, July 7th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

Tiffany Justice says media coverage of her group hasn't been fair or accurate — nor is its designation as an ‘extremist group'

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Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Thursday, July 6th, 2023

via The New York Times (Iowa)

Laws in 20 states have left the fate of clinics in doubt and families with transgender children searching for medical care across state lines.

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Appeals court upholds 155-year prison term in Porter County child molest case

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed the 155-year prison term issued to a Griffith man convicted of 9 felonies for his repeated sexual abuse of two teenage girls.

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McCallie, GPS drama over school plays is nationwide phenomenon

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

via Times Free Press (Tennessee)

Stevie Ray Dallimore, an actor and teacher, had been running the theater program for Chattanooga's McCallie School for a decade, but he never faced a school year like this one.

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New name for Indiana veterinarian oversight board

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

The new name is the Indiana Board of Veterinary Medicine, or VetBoard. It previously was known as the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

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LGBTQ+ authors hit back as US school book bans

Tuesday, July 4th, 2023

via Union Leader Corporation (New Hampshire)

SEATTLE -- When Maia Kobabe proudly put the finishing touches to the graphic novel "Gender Queer" in 2019, the American author had no idea of the storm that lay ahead.

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It’s Getting Hard to Stage a School Play Without Political Drama

Tuesday, July 4th, 2023

via The New York Times (Pennsylvania)

At a time when lawmakers and parents are seeking to restrict what can and cannot be taught in classrooms, many teachers are seeing efforts to limit what can be staged in their auditoriums.

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Orange schools target classics, popular novels to keep sex out of class

Monday, July 3rd, 2023

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

'A Room With a View,' 'Madame Bovary' and 'Paradise Lost' have been at least temporarily rejected by Orange schools for sexual content as the district seeks to comply with a new state law.…

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The fascist roots of book bans

Sunday, July 2nd, 2023

via The Day (Connecticut)

Anyone following the Republican Party's sudden obsession with banning books across the nation knows very well that the entire thing is a farce. Consider that when the Washington Post analyzed 1,000…

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‘We’re here for moms’: Parents’ rights activists bristle at SPLC branding them a ‘hate’ group

Sunday, July 2nd, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Parent activists at the Moms for Liberty annual summit roared at the leftwing Southern Poverty Law Center for putting them on the 'hate map' and calling them an 'extremist group.'

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The Readers’ Forum: Some books do need to be banned

Sunday, July 2nd, 2023

via Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)

Headlines, sound bites and memes are not the whole picture, but these days there are enough to start a riot (verbal or kinetic) without context or background.

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From soccer moms to parent activists: Moms for Liberty harness a powerful political movement

Saturday, July 1st, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Moms for Liberty flexed its newfound political muscle when a series of top Republican presidential contenders made the pilgrimage to woo support at the national summit of the seedling activist group focused on parental rights.

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Another winning Powerball ticket, worth $150,000, goes unclaimed in Region

Saturday, July 1st, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

A winning Powerball lottery ticket purchased on or before New Year's Eve in Northwest Indiana expired Thursday with no one claiming the $150,000 prize.

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Indiana abortion tally grew 13% last year, spurred by restrictions elsewhere

Saturday, July 1st, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

A new report shows 9,529 women had an abortion in Indiana last year, up from 8,414 in 2021, a total of 1,115 more abortions, or an 13.25% increase.

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Abe Lincoln and Kevin McCarthy

Friday, October 6th, 2023

via The New York Times (New York)

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Book bans are on the rise in the Gulf South. Here’s what’s being …

Friday, October 6th, 2023

via WWNO (Louisiana)

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Adults have a lot to say about book bans — but what about kids?

Saturday, December 27th, 2025

via Delaware First Media (Delaware)

We've heard from parents, authors, activists and other adults about banned books. But we haven't heard much from kids. We asked four young readers to share their thoughts about book bans.

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Town Crier: Grownup Stuff

Saturday, December 27th, 2025

via Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming)

Wyoming Counseling Association 2023 awards

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