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Parents concerned over poor health impact on children caused by climate change

Parents concerned over poor health impact on children caused by climate change

by Ruby Grisin | Mar 18, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – When Dr. Lisa Patel was working on a project for the Environmental Protection Agency in 2005, she visited a children’s hospital for asthma in Mumbai, India. After seeing the main parts of the center, she was surprised when the coordinators took her to a...
Parents’ choice, not educators: GOP fights against sexual content in schools

Parents’ choice, not educators: GOP fights against sexual content in schools

by Elleiana Green | Oct 25, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Saying they want to protect students from explicit content in school, Republican lawmakers on October 18, 2023, pushed for parents to have more power over educators in deciding the materials used in schools. As books containing LGBTQ+ and Black stories...
AHEAD OF MIDTERMS, TEXAS REPUBLICANS SET OMINOUS AGENDA FOR TRANS PEOPLE

AHEAD OF MIDTERMS, TEXAS REPUBLICANS SET OMINOUS AGENDA FOR TRANS PEOPLE

by Jenny Huh | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – Six-year-old Isa says she doesn’t mind being a girl with a penis. “Yep, very happy,” said Isa, formerly Isaac, who, according to her mother Violet A., has identified herself as a girl since she started speaking at two. Though she’s too young to know that...
Census report on child support payments doesn’t account for income disparity

Census report on child support payments doesn’t account for income disparity

by Ellisya Lindsey | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — A semi-annual U.S. Census Bureau report on child support payments for the year 2017 fails to take into account the circumstances of parents with different levels of income, a practitioner said this week.  “We want to help people to have an appreciation...

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