1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (454+ words) The Watertown school board banned students from performing "A Mother of a Revolution" just days before the concert. On Wednesday evening, high school students from Watertown, Wisconsin, performed a song that had been banned by the city's conservative school board…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (779+ words) The effort could serve as a model for activists in other states seeking to challenge laws banning boycotts of Israel. This article was originally published in Mondoweiss. Since 2014, U. S. lawmakers have introduced over 200 bills targeting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1205+ words) As anti-trans laws spread, Black trans women continue building networks of community and support. Jeynce Poindexter was 14 when home stopped feeling like home. Her mother could not accept that she was transgender, Poindexter said, and staying would have meant negotiating…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (572+ words) The finding is consistent with a growing body of research linking anti-trans policies to worse mental health outcomes....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (564+ words) "This is a solution in search of a problem," the lone Democratic member of the FCC said. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a request for public comment on Wednesday, asking parents to weigh in on changes to the current…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1774+ words) Truthout Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Over the past year, we have seen the Trump administration repeatedly…...

1+ mon, 58+ min ago  (198+ words) The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration, which has forced 40 hospitals to drop gender affirming care for minors. Unfortunately, donations are down for Truthout at a time when media is under immense pressure. Trump is arresting journalists, Big Tech is censoring…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (565+ words) The Pride flag belongs at Stonewall," a lawyer for LGBTQ groups suing the administration said. The Trump administration has agreed to restore a Pride flag that was previously removed from Stonewall National Monument in New York City, following a lawsuit…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (952+ words) The vitriol of Trump's anti-trans attacks has stoked anti-trans violence by prison staff and other incarcerated people. Visibility can be fraught. In prisons, where staff may forcibly " and legally " strip people as a routine security precaution, visibility can be even…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (576+ words) The court's "reckless decision means more American kids will suffer," said the president of Human Rights Campaign. The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday that a Colorado ban on conversion therapy for youth violates the free speech rights of a Christian counselor,…...