Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared before the House education committee on Tuesday to discuss the policies and priorities of the department she leads, but there were some things she just wouldn’t — or couldn’t — say. DeVos has been running the department for a little more than a year, and the controversy that marked the …
President Donald Trump delivered a keynote speech Tuesday evening at a pro-life gala, where he spoke about his Friday’s decision to impose new restrictions on federally-funded family clinics like Planned Parenthood. The Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List is an anti-abortion organization, whose “mission is to end abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws …
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A federal court ruled against a Virginia school district on Tuesday, holding that federal law protects a transgender student who sought to use the boys’ bathroom at his school. The ruling is a victory for Gavin Grimm — a transgender male — who began his legal fight four years ago and has since graduated from the school. …
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Prominent Senate Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday that would amend the 25-year-old Religious Freedom Restoration Act to prevent the law from being used to justify discrimination against people, including gay, lesbian and transgender citizens. Though it is unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled Congress, the Democrats’ bill, called the Do No Harm Act, shows the …
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Vickers “Vic” Cunningham is hoping to become the Republican nominee for Dallas County commissioner in Texas, but his candidacy just hit a snag because he’s been exposed as a racist. According to the Dallas Morning News, Cunningham’s brother Bill came to them with evidence of his racism. The most notorious example? Vic Cunningham’s living trust rewards his children …
Republican Running for Office in TX Rewards Kids for Marrying White Christians Read More »
Attorneys filed a lawsuit in state court arguing an Iowa bill that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected violates the state constitution. Reproductive rights advocates on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in state court challenging an Iowa law they allege amounts to a total abortion ban, arguing the law violates the Iowa Constitution. Iowa’s …
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North Bend High School principal Bill Lucero and school resource officer Jason Griggs are being removed from their jobs in the district’s settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon. The firings come after complaints from former and current students, including Liv Funk and Hailey Smith, about suffering anti-LGBTQ harassment and discrimination from classmates …
The state’s top school official is trying to downplay – and in some cases remove entirely – references to evolution in the standards of what students are supposed to be taught in Arizona high schools. Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas is proposing to eliminate requirementsthat students be able to evaluate how inherited traits in a …
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Brittany Maynard garnered national attention when she and her husband packed their belongings into a U-Haul and drove 600 miles north from California to Oregon so she could take advantage of the state’s right-to-die law and die peacefully. Since Maynard’s death on Nov. 1, 2014 at age 29, her husband Dan Diaz has helped push …
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos toured two New York City schools on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the city’s public schools, with their 1.1 million students, were not among them. Instead, Ms. DeVos visited two Orthodox Jewish schools, and offered her strongest comments to date in support of public funding for religious schools in a meeting with …
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