censorship Missouri GOP lawmakers use flamethrowers in symbolic book burning (video) Mark Frauenfelder

Science Boba beware! Researchers in Beijing warn of an "emerging hazardous addiction problem of milk tea among youths" Jennifer Sandlin

Republicans Ron DeSantis tumbles to 5th place in latest New Hampshire poll Carla Sinclair

censorship Florida bans AP Psychology courses across the state Carla Sinclair

education Wisconsin governor cleverly approves education budget increases for the next 400 years Thom Dunn

education North Dakota universities upset that Minnesota's free college tuition plan will end flow of students and their money Rob Beschizza

History What is American Exceptionalism, anyway? Elías Villoro

uk The politics of prison abolition in the UK and Ireland Elías Villoro

books Republicans no longer seeking to ban individual books go after the whole library Jason Weisberger

russia Indigenous peoples caught in the Russia-Ukraine war Elías Villoro

books Pulitzer prize winner Matthew Desmond's "Poverty, By America" is about consumption, exploitation and how money trickles up Elías Villoro

rainbowphobia Wisconsin school district bans kids from singing a Dolly Parton-Miley Cyrus song about unity Carla Sinclair

prison Superpredator panics, Three Strikes Laws, and other failed reforms Elías Villoro

Rep. Stan McClain Florida lawmaker wants to ban kids from talking to a teacher when they get their period Carla Sinclair

movies On this day in 1943, the Office of War Information won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Elías Villoro

#TennesseeSantos George Santos isn't the only phony in Congress — meet Rep. Andy Ogles (TN), whoever he is Carla Sinclair

pride The New York Times called out for editorial bias about transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people by its own writers Jason Weisberger

junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

politics Texas bill outlaws diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in Texas Higher ed. Elías Villoro