The Tennessee state Senate passed a measure to let teachers discuss the “scientific weaknesses” of evolution.
Abby Rapoport
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Difference Between Contraception and Mainlining Heroin
Utah Governor Gary Herbert vetoed an abstinence-only sex ed bill, prompting the measure’s co-sponsor to go on the offensive.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Woody Guthrie at 100—at SXSW
Bruce Springsteen and others paid tribute to the legend.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abstinence-Only Education Making a Comeback?
Governors in Wisconsin and Utah will decide whether students will get information about contraception in their sex-ed classes.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Internet Killed the Political Party Star?
Politics was a surprisingly big topic at SXSW interactive.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A GOP Governor Is Pushing Tax Hikes?
Nevada’s Brian Sandoval, elected with an anti-tax platform, is pushing to keep temporary tax increases in an effort to balance the state budget without raiding education.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Texans Fight Back Against Cuts
Lawmakers want to cut Planned Parenthood funding, taking the Women’s Health Program down with it.
Posted inEducation in America
SXSWedu: How to Stop Worrying (about Education) and Love Technology
Last week’s education conference highlighted how easy it is ignore fundamental debates in education and embrace the happy rhetoric.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Voter-ID Laws Face Major Roadblocks
The Department of Justice has blocked Texas’s version of the bill—while a similar measure in Wisconsin is also hitting snags.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Dennis Kucinich Debacle
Just to be clear, I’m not celebrating the Ohio congressman’s defeat.