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Teens for Literacy
Vicious political operatives like Moms for Liberty have supplied angry, intolerant parents with a simple playbook that has helped ban thousands of books. But fighting back is possible. And "a small group of high school students in a quaint South Carolina coastal town" are proving it.
Utah Bans The Bible
In Davis school district, elementary and middle schoolers will no longer have access to "pornography" like Ezekiel 23:20.
The Hills We Make Kids Climb
Amanda Gorman has a proven ability to inspire children—especially Black girls and boys—to read more and dream bigger. Why are DeSantis and Moms for Liberty attacking her?
Whitewashing Texas History
Houston billionaire J.P. Bryan has staged a "palace coup" at the Texas State Historical Association with a plan to remove from the influential Handbook of Texas details of the state's history of racial violence. I interview Texas historian Benjamin H. Johnson to find out what's going on.
Nikki Palin
Assuming sex predator Trump feels compelled to pick a woman as his running mate in 2024, Nikki Haley is the likely choice. The only problem: She's as psycho as the rest of them.
Taibbi Up, Taibbi Down
Elon Musk's favorite Substacker was treated with kid gloves by Jim Jordan. But against Mehdi Hasan, the alt-left grifter imploded.
Talking to White People About Racism...
... when even the Disney version of what happened to Ruby Bridges in 1960 is too "controversial" for white kids in 2023
Moms 4 Lies
Dark-money funded parents' groups are waging a war for children's minds—with help from the far right's most prominent social media grifters
Noise vs. News
The media are failing us, making it more important than ever for Americans to work together to defeat fascism