States and leagues must face up to the damage from app-based gambling for the next generation of bettors, most of them young men.
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Posted inPolitics
A Young Pennsylvanian Shows Up and Wins
Last year, one Gen Zer threw his hat into his town’s mayoral race. He’s now in charge of Carnegie’s comeback.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Transphobic Mask Is Off
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew up a bill making it a federal felony to provide pediatric transition care of any kind. The ultimate goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people.
Posted inLaw and Justice
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended detention of hundreds of children.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s Health Care Cuts Are a War on Children
GOP funding cuts mean that more children will grow up with the lifelong implications of untreated illnesses.
Posted inPolitics
Can Trump Turn TikTok MAGA?
After making the case that TikTok was a national-security threat, Trump did a 180 in the weeks leading up to his re-election. The president has since admitted that he would like to see the platform become “100 percent MAGA.”
Posted inEducation in America
AI Is an Artificial Fix for American Education
State education officials have long lagged behind tech developments, and now they’re playing catchup on establishing guidelines for AI use in K-12 classrooms. At the same time, polls find declining support for AI in the classroom.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Fast Fashion Keeps People Poor
Companies like Shein are using influencers to get Zoomers hooked on truckloads of shoddy clothing.
Posted inPolitics
Kat Abughazaleh Wants Dems to Fight Back
The 26-year-old congressional candidate was pigeonholed into being a younger voice. She’s really running against a culture of complacency and apathy in the Democratic Party.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Battling Gamification in Virginia
As access to gambling expands, concerns about addiction among young people have increased.