Some books about Black history begin with what was done to Black people. Do You Know Them? Families Lost and Found After the Civil War begins with how [...]
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Young people are speaking up about their understanding of their rights. Sometimes they get it right and sometimes th [...]
Sometimes the clearest lessons for children come from watching what happened to grown-ups who were tricked.
The BackstoryNot long ago, a group [...]
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The June 30, 2026 Supreme Court ruling on Title IX in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox became more than a legal decision ab [...]