SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — As Pete Hall kicked off a four-day unit on gambling prevention in April, he asked his high school health class what comes to mind when…
Read more Schools doubling down on education to protect boys from gambling problemsTOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver’s licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many birth certificates under a new law that goes…
Read more New law puts Kansas at vanguard of denying trans identities on drivers licenses, birth certificatesTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver’s licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many birth certificates under a new law that…
Read more New Law Puts Kansas at Vanguard of Denying Trans Identities on Drivers Licenses, Birth CertificatesSAN FRANCISCO — The California state lawmaker favored to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House has already been thrust into the national spotlight as the force behind…
Read more A policy wonk who wants Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is unafraid of a fightNow Scott Wiener is expected to win the California Democratic Party’s endorsement on Sunday, giving his candidacy an extra boost in a competitive primary. Once in Washington, he…
Read more A Policy Wonk Who Wants Nancy Pelosi’s House Seat Is Unafraid of a FightNEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wanted to rebuild trust in federal health agencies, and vowed to employ…
Read more RFK Jr. Pledged More Transparency. Here’s What the Public Doesn’t Know AnymoreOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun publicly apologized for directing a gender-based insult at official Jenna Reneau during a loss Wednesday night to the Boston…
Read more Rockets’ Alperen Sengun Apologizes Publicly for Directing Gender-Based Insult at Female OfficialNEW YORK (AP) — Channing Tatum is bringing the stage spin-off of his wildly successful “Magic Mike” film franchise to New York City, promising to “turn up the…
Read more Channing Tatum to Bring His Dancing, Ab-Heavy ‘Magic Mike Live’ to New York CityThe West Shore school board policy committee meeting came to a halt almost as soon as it began. As a board member started going over the agenda on…
Read more How a legal group’s anti-LGBTQ policies took root in school districts across a stateBOSTON — Foreshadowing a legal challenge, Massachusetts Attorney General Campbell is joining a chorus of criticism over the Trump administration’s move to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors…
Read more Democrats vow to challenge ban on gender-affirming careLast year, Project 2025 was a conservative wish list: a grab bag of proposals large and small that would transform the federal government, including in education. Months later,…
Read more Trump administration checks off many Project 2025 education goalsThe 10-year-old was dragged down a school hallway by two school staffers. A camera captured him being forced into a small, empty room with a single paper-covered window. …
Read more As Justice Department priorities shift, concerns about protection of students’ civil rights escalateMEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of women marched through Mexico City’s streets Tuesday to protest violence against women in a country where gender violence remains pervasive. Among the…
Read more Women March in Mexico City to Protest Gender ViolenceSALEM — In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance & Resilience, elected officials and community members gathered at City Hall on Thursday to remember the lives of the…
Read more Salem honors Transgender Day of Remembrance & ResilienceThe teaching profession is one of the most female-dominated in the United States. Among elementary school teachers, 89 percent are women, and in kindergarten, that number is almost…
Read more Do male teachers make a difference? Not as much as some thinkMEXICO CITY (AP) — When a male driver from a popular rideshare app asked Ninfa Fuentes for her phone number during a ride through Mexico City, she froze.…
Read more Sexual harassment in Mexico drives women to look for rides with other womenRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As the polls closed on Tuesday across Virginia, it quickly became clear it was a night of firsts: Voters overwhelmingly elected a slate of…
Read more Virginia election winners break race and gender barriers amid national scrutiny on diversityKISSIMMEE, Fla. — It’s not a rebrand. But the Moms for Liberty group that introduced itself three years ago as a band of female “joyful warriors” shedding domestic…
Read more At Moms for Liberty summit, parents urged to turn their grievances into lawsuitsTOKYO — TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister, after her governing party secured a crucial coalition partner. Takaichi, 64,…
Read more Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi on track to become Japan’s first female prime ministerMEAD, Wash. — A few weeks after President Donald Trump took office, the conservative school board leaders in this town near the Idaho border made a bet. They…
Read more Red school boards in a blue state asked for Trump’s help — and got it
