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September 13, 2023 4:59 pm | By 52560Bogus ‘Edutainment’ May Be Coming To a Classroom Near You
If you’re a parent or student in America this fall, watch out: “edutainment” could be coming to your school. What’s “edutainment”? It’s what PragerU, a business that is not a university at all but a media shop run by right-wing…
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September 11, 2023 5:44 pm | By 52560Republicans have made it clear: No state is safe from abortion bans
Previously published in The Hill. Most Americans believe abortion should be legal in most cases. In every state where voters have voted on the issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters have sided with reproductive freedom and against abortion bans. But the…
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September 5, 2023 6:38 pm | By 52560Even if Trump Skips the Debates, His Indictments Will Take Center Stage
First published in The Hill. The first Republican presidential primary debate is two days away, and for the first time ever it comes on the heels of multiple indictments of a leading candidate. That candidate, former President Trump, may skip the debate in lieu of an online…
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August 25, 2023 12:24 pm | By 52560How Small Cities Can Become the Biggest Leaders in the Climate Fight
First published in The Hill This could be the coldest summer of the rest of our lives. So say researchers around the world, even while we are living through a broiling season and setting new heat records almost every day. Across the…
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May 3, 2023 4:36 pm | By 109376How to Spot the Truth in a Sea of Disinformation
At People For, standing up for truth is our mission, and that mission has gotten increasingly difficult lately. With seemingly constant attacks on the truth from the Far Right, whether it’s teaching truth in schools or expecting our political leaders…
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April 28, 2023 3:54 pm | By 52560Keep Fighting Back Against Censorship
This op-ed distributed by Trice Edney Newswire Every year, the American Library Association unveils its list of the top ten most-challenged books for the previous year. And this year, Number One is the same as last year’s Number One: the…
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April 21, 2023 2:07 pm | By 109376Confirm Better Judges — We Can’t Afford Another Judge Kacsmaryk
A U.S. district court judge in Texas made a ruling, and half the nation shuddered. This time the ruling is from Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk and concerns the abortion drug Mifepristone, but it’s just one example of the core problem:…
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April 20, 2023 1:37 pm | By 52560Our Media Diet – Why We Need to Watch What We Consume
My grandfather thought that PBS Newshour was so boring he nicknamed it PBS “SnoozeHour,” but he also thought it was so important, he never missed it. Every evening he would sit down in his recliner, look at his watch, and declare…
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April 20, 2023 1:09 pm | By 52560Clarence Thomas Does Not Belong on the Supreme Court
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. It’s been over 30 years since Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court seat once held by the great Thurgood Marshall, and it’s safe to say that his reputation for…
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April 11, 2023 6:05 pm | By 109376Qualified Immunity Is a Threat to Us All – Let’s End It
If you’ve followed any of the recent cases of police brutality and misconduct, or any of the thousands of cases over the last five decades, you’ve probably heard the term “qualified immunity.” And you might have wondered what it means.…
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April 6, 2023 12:13 pm | By 52560Authoritarians Want to Write Their Own Rules. We Can’t Let Them.
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire So here we go again. Once more, the country is in the grip of a Donald Trump drama, when there are so many other important issues we need to address. As the…
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March 23, 2023 1:14 pm | By 52560Conservative Groups Don’t Speak for All Moms
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. As Women’s History Month comes to a close, I’ve been thinking about moms and honoring motherhood. I’ve written before about how my mom instilled values in me, including respect for everyone’s rights…
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March 22, 2023 2:01 pm | By 52560Why we must combat Florida’s war on education
By Sen. Shevrin Jones and Svante Myrick This piece was originally posted in the Your Turn section of the Tallahassee Democrat. As revelations pile up about the botched rollout of the AP African American Studies course, there’s plenty of blame…
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March 21, 2023 2:01 pm | By 52560What They Call “Wokeness” We Call Respect
Ah wokeness, the latest outrage from the Far Right. Joining the ranks of “political correctness,” wokeness has become the go-to hot-button buzzword the Far Right throws around whenever something ruffles its feathers. I won’t get into the long, confusing, and…
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March 17, 2023 2:03 pm | By 52560How the Far Right Has Coopted Women’s Issues
March is Women’s History Month, and, unfortunately, it’s not free of assaults on women’s liberties. The Far Right is going after women every way it can, and it’s justifying all the attacks with specious claims about protecting women from imaginary…
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March 17, 2023 11:38 am | By 52560Threats to Marriage Rights Are Threats to All Rights
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. If you’ve been watching what’s going on in state legislatures lately, you know that red-state lawmakers are all-in on attacking three things: abortion, voting rights and LGBTQ rights. And in Tennessee, a real…
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March 8, 2023 1:22 pm | By 52560Don’t Let the Far Right Martha Mitchell You
Recently, I caught the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary “The Martha Mitchell Effect.” If you’re not familiar, it’s a compelling look at a woman named Martha Mitchell, how she fits into the Watergate scandal, and how she was abused and ignored when…
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March 7, 2023 4:15 pm | By 52560Then and Now, Young People are Leading the Fight to Vote
Today marks the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday when 600 brave people stood up to oppression and were met with brutal violence at the hands of police. The event led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,…
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March 2, 2023 12:20 pm | By 52560State Takeover Schemes Threaten Public Safety
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Blue cities in red states, beware: conservatives in state government may be coming for your police department. It’s happening in Jackson, Mississippi, where state officials have a plan to stand up a new…
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February 23, 2023 10:52 am | By 52560Black History Isn’t “Controversial,” It’s Real Life
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Black history is the undeniable history of this country, its people, actions, triumphs, and atrocities. Yet, Black history is deemed “controversial” by people like Governor Ron DeSantis, institutions like the College Board that…