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Some experts believe the ultimate objective of any Texas school district takeover is to disenfranchise local communities.
“It all begins at the school board level to then completely disempower the community,” said NYU professor Domingo Morel.
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NEW: The Trump administration has said immigration officers don’t target children with tear gas or pepper spray, but we found many children — in their homes, cars or walking to school — harmed by these chemicals, which pose a particular threat to kids.
Since 2020, the state education agency has taken over eight school districts — four in just the past few months — and installed leaders linked to Houston’s controversial superintendent, Mike Miles. At...
Update: North Dakota Republican State Rep. Eric Murphy, the incumbent of District 43, lost his June 9 primary race, falling short by 130 votes.
That makes now five conservative abortion reformers in state legislatures who have been ousted.
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Dozens of kids — many of them far from protest sites — have been harmed by tear gas and pepper spray deployed by federal immigration officers. Here is what you need to know about why these chemicals p...
After an elementary school teacher was sentenced for sexually abusing students, @kqednews.kqed.org reporter Holly McDede started requesting public records about teacher misconduct.
It’s something anyone can do if you just know where to look, she writes.
Last year, Eric Murphy, a Republican state rep from North Dakota, tried to expand the window in which women could access abortion.
“I might lose an election over this,” he said, “but would I rather win an election by not doing the right thing?”
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At least four of them lost reelection bids after anti-abortion groups and key party allies backed their challengers instead. Two others — a state representative from North Dakota and a state senator f...
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TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny.
He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers.
(Published 2022)
A mother, a daughter, a granddaughter: For the Peldo family, three generations of women have been victims of sexual abuse.
Each woman was told by church leaders to forgive her abuser instead of reporting him to police.
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At least four of them lost reelection bids after anti-abortion groups and key party allies backed their challengers instead. Two others — a state representative from North Dakota and a state senator f...
Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de...
One family watched oily black liquid bubble up through their home’s foundation; another saw their well water contaminated.
This new documentary tracks their fight against a powerful industry and the state regulators that looked the other way.
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Watch how a legacy of oil drilling and regulatory failure destroyed one Oklahoma family’s dream home and contaminated another family’s drinking water.
In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to kno...