Educators Are Mad as Hell And They’re Teaching Republicans a Lesson
Elementary school principal Sherrie Conley talks with a voter at a bagel shop in Norman, Okla. Conley ousted a three-term incumbent in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff election. Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The results of last night’s elections are proof that education is a powerful issue in states…
The New York Times Just Revealed Betsy DeVos’ Plan to Let Colleges off the Hook for Sexual Assault
Olivier Douliery/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering new rules on campus sexual misconduct that would change the definition of sexual harassment on college and university campuses and raise legal standards for proving that schools mishandled complaints about sexual assault and harassment, according to a report published Wednesday by…
California is One Step Closer to Requiring Colleges to Offer Medication Abortions
Pile of white pills on blue backgroundGetty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A bill that would require California’s public universities to provide students with medication-based abortions is one step away from becoming law after passing the state Assembly today. It will head back to the Senate for a final concurrence…
Representation on the Small Screen: What Does It Mean to Feel Seen?
A scene from On My Block.Netflix Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As a young woman of color growing up in Stockton, California, I never really felt seen on TV shows. If I’m honest, I wasn’t looking for representation either: I had grown to accept mainstream media as predominantly white. Friends…
Republican Super PAC Tries to Tie Dem Candidate to “Terror High”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Well, now, here’s an odd story. A Super PAC associated with Paul Ryan seems to have gotten hold of the entire federal security clearance application for a Democratic candidate challenging Dave Brat’s seat in Virginia. This is a sensitive and highly classified document, of course,…
Don McGahn Is Leaving the White House
Tom Williams/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. White House counsel Don McGahn will leave his position following the likely confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this fall. President Donald Trump announced the news in a tweet Wednesday morning, shortly after Axios first reported that McGahn was planning to leave and…