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The Human Cost of LGBTQ Book Bans

Banning kids from learning about themselves and each other isn’t just ineffective — it’s cruel.

Too many lawmakers are happy to dole out subsidies for the rich and corporations while resisting pay increases for educators.

In football families like mine, the game means pain — and all too often, addiction to painkillers. Lawmakers can help.

Lawmakers are filling schools with police and viciously targeting students and teachers. How are kids supposed to learn?

Legalization opponents have lost the hearts and minds of the public, so they’re trying to take the public out of the equation.

… and next leader of the free world?

The Saudis are buying the marquee names of a few golfers for a sports spectacle, hoping to distract attention from their depravity.

Conservatives value their constitutional rights — and young progressives are highly motivated by abortion. Are Democrats listening?

Real and lasting economic opportunities for Black families will come only through a serious national reckoning on race.

As conservative Kansas just showed, most voters simply don’t want politicians making personal medical decisions for them.