How algorithms, alpha males and tradwives are winning the war for kids’ minds
Toxic masculinity and idealized motherhood content are flooding social media feeds — forcing educators, students and parents to navigate the manosphere.
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‘It’s proof of our existence’: This lesbian archive is recording history as it’s erased
As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.
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Supreme Court clears the way for increased age verification for porn sites
The decision ultimately means that laws can restrict the free speech of adults in service of protecting children.
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Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ books gives religious parents more say over what students learn
The ruling affirmed parents’ rights to opt their children out of reading materials that conflict with their religious beliefs.
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Supreme Court leaves some immigrant parents in limbo as advocates rush to seek protection
The justices on Friday limited lower courts’ ability to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide.
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Miquelle West grew up with a mother in prison. Then she helped set her free.
Decades of advocacy paid off when her mother, Michelle West, walked out after nearly 32 years behind bars.
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What Trump’s politics and your ex-classmate selling skincare have in common
There are MLMs everywhere — including in American politics, Bridget Read writes in her new book.
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Most Planned Parenthood patients are insured through Medicaid. The Supreme Court just undercut that.
The court ruled 6-3 to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood from South Carolina’s Medicaid program, threatening basic health care access for thousands in the state.
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Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans were supposed to get pardons. A year later, only four have succeeded.
President Biden pledged to use his clemency powers to right ‘an historic wrong.’ Why did it fall so short of its promise?
As lawsuits against the administration grow, here is where some of the orders that affect LGBTQ+ people and women stand.
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Nowhere in the world to run: The international law ripping children from their mothers
The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it’s often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart.
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