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Science.org reports: For many U.S. scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the agency they know and loved died on 10 September. That’s the date NSF issued a 10-page memo signaling ...

Join us for a reading and conversation with Elizabethe Payne, editor of the new book Queer Kids and Social Violence: The Limits of Bullying.

The Trump administration has awarded a $158 million contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children to a nonprofit group called Our Rescue, which was founded by Tim Ballard, a former immigration agent who left the group in 2023 before being accused of sex trafficking.The contract is with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which oversees the care of minors who cross the border without authorization and without a parent or guardian. The award could increase up to $244 million, the contract notice showed.Ballard is a former ICE agent who quit his job and embarked on efforts to rescue children from sex trafficking rings in countries including Colombia, Haiti, Mexico and Thailand. His work was loosely fictionalized in “Sound of Freedom,” a 2023 film that drew acclaim from conservatives.Others criticized the movie for catering to unfounded conspiracy theories. Ballard abruptly left Our Rescue in July 2023. Three months later, a group of five women filed a lawsuit in Utah state court alleging Ballard had coerced them into sexual acts as part of his trafficking rescue missions tied to the organization.A separate federal lawsuit in 2024 accused him of sex trafficking and forced labor. Both lawsuits remain active.The Office of Refugee Resettlement and Ballard’s attorney did not respond to requests for comment.Read more by tapping the link in our bio.

The administration has now made public a proposed rule to eliminate critical standards for services in the free preschool program.

Trump’s effort to dumb down history and shave off the rough spots is not what we, the people, want.

Not anymore.

171 likes, 1 comments - mrs.frazzled on July 19, 2026: "They fought for years and won! Who’s next? #Couragenow".

Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.

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Panel recommends federal guidance on parents' opt-out rights, Ten Commandments displays, and other features.

332 likes, 7 comments - jbouie on July 3, 2026: "On the Supreme Court’s anti-trans ruling in West Virginia v. BPJ and its overall pro-cruelty jurisprudence.".

Judge Pitts issued the preliminary injunction covering a subpoena directed at Stanford. Also: About the dismissed charges in the "judge shopping" case. And: The SCOTUS shadow docket is still going.

2,160 likes, 62 comments - utdnclips on July 1, 2026: "The GOP wants to inspect the genitalia of children they think are trans, and they will. They have continuously voted down legislation that would ...

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Moving special education services and civil rights enforcement to other federal agencies has left families wondering what's next.

New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.

Laura Brill understands statistics.

The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Allen v.