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Brigham Young University got rid of an LGBTQIA+ pamphlet that was originally included in welcome bags for freshmen students arriving for the school year. NBC New reports that the RaYnbow Collective created the booklets so that incoming queer freshmen would have resources—like events, therapy, safe housing, and mentorship—available to them. The nonprofit was started by […]
In the 24 hours since President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for those earning less than $125,000 a year, a number of conservative legislators have spoken out against the initiative. In an appearance on Newsmax TV, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said it was “completely unfair” for the government to say that a […]
22-year-old Adam Simjee from Apopka, Florida was fatally shot by a woman who he stopped to help after she posed as a stranded driver in Alabama. As reported by WBRC, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the student and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Mikayla Paulus, pulled over to help a woman who claimed that her […]
California officials have lifted a huge weight off parents’ shoulder. According ABC 10, the Golden State has officially implemented its Universal Meals Program—an ambitious initiative that’ll offer free breakfast and lunch for every public school student, regardless of their family’s income. Education leaders say the statewide program comes at a crucial time, as many families endure financial […]
Pharrell just changed five lives. The multi-hyphenate and his Something In the Water Festival have canceled the student debt of five young Black leaders. The generous move was announced Friday at the St. Regis hotel in Washington, D.C., where the NAACP was hosting a panel on the Black student debt crisis. The event was organized by Wisdom Cole, the organization’s […]
Nearly 50 members of a fraternity at the University of New Hampshire have been charged for an alleged hazing incident. WMUR-TV reports arrest warrants were issued earlier this week for 46 members of the university’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) chapter. The alleged hazing incident took place at the fraternity house on April 13, authorities said. A warrant also charges the […]
A teacher at a private Christian school was arrested this week after she allegedly sent sexually explicit text messages to one of her students. According to WCTV, 38-year-old Julie Hoover—an educator at Point of Grace Christian School in Perry, Florida—was taken into custody Wednesday and hit with one count of an authority figure soliciting or engaging in […]
A 9-year-old survivor of the Uvalde school shooting has been released from the hospital. The University Health System in San Antonio announced the discharge Saturday, less than two weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two students at Robb Elementary school—marking the deadliest U.S. school shooting in about a decade. According to ABC News, 17 people […]
The last Salem “witch” has been exonerated, thanks to a middle school civics class. The Associated Press reports that Elizabeth Johnson Jr.’s conviction was overturned on Thursday, 329 years after she was charged with witchcraft and sentenced to death in 1693. The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692, and dozens of women were hanged and […]
Two 11-year-olds were hospitalized this week after eating THC-infused gummies at their Michigan elementary school. According to FOX 2 Detroit, the incident took place Monday at Grand River Academy in Livonia—the same school where a kindergartner recently shared margaritas with their classmates. Krystle Hall, the mother of one of the fifth-grade students, addressed the issue in a […]
