Articles

  • 1 month ago | vadogwood.com | Lucas Henkel

    NEED TO KNOW:Early this year, President Trump issued an executive order to cut federal funding for public schools with diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives. Gov. Glenn Youngkin supported Trump’s plan, despite its potential impact on Virginia schools. After a great deal of community pushback, the Virginia Beach School Board voted to comply with Trump’s order. After that vote, a federal judge blocked Trump’s executive order.

  • 1 month ago | gandernewsroom.com | Lucas Henkel

    As every aspect of reproductive health care comes under attack from President Trump and his administration, Michiganders are fighting back. During a virtual town hall on May 1 hosted by Equality Michigan, a statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, Dr. Sarah Wallett, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood of Michigan (PPMI), said that while the Trump administration’s attacks on transgender and nonbinary communities have been relentless, they have not been unexpected.

  • 2 months ago | vadogwood.com | Lucas Henkel

    Lisa Lee, elementary school counselor at Trantwood Elementary in Virginia Beach, explains how emotional burnout and the state’s teacher shortage are just some of the reasons why she’s joining the increasing number of Virginia educators retiring early. As Virginia public schools struggle with a statewide teacher shortage, educators like Lisa Lee of Virginia Beach are being asked to pile more onto their plates.

  • 2 months ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Lucas Henkel

    Community organizations across the US are coming together this Tax Day to tell Congress to prioritize people over profits—here’s how you can get involved. This Tax Day, while teachers, EMTs, and nurses continue to pay their fair share, corporations and the wealthiest people in the US are being handed tax breaks.

  • 2 months ago | gandernewsroom.com | Lucas Henkel

    As cuts to federal funding run rampant, Planned Parenthood of Michigan announces reducing brick-and-mortar locations in Jackson, Petoskey, and Marquette, with more to come.

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