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Ohio mayors urge more communities to ban anti-LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
by: David Rees Posted: May 16, 2025 / 07:00 AM EDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The mayors of Athens, Westerville and several other Ohio cities that have outlawed anti-LGBTQ+ practices known as “conversion therapy” are calling for more municipalities to do the same. In a joint letter, the mayors argue healthcare professionals should be banned from engaging…
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Ohio Republicans introduce ‘Natural Family Month’ bill, excluding LGBTQ families
State Rep. Josh Williams said the bill is intended to support families “most directly tied to the creation and raising of children.” May 16, 2025, 5:58 PM CDT By Jo Yurcaba More than two dozen Ohio lawmakers are supporting a bill that would designate the weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day “Natural Family Month.” Though the…
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NYC schools fail to protect students with disabilities from lengthy suspensions
By Alex Zimmerman | May 21, 2025, 3:05pm CDT After trading taunts with a classmate one morning in March 2023, Tristan threw a punch that busted the other student’s lip. A teacher who intervened wound up with a bloody nose and swollen lip in the ensuing scuffle. Then a ninth grader at Brooklyn’s Medgar Evers College Preparatory School,…
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Lingering cost worries cloud plans for veterans disability reform bill
By Leo Shane III Thursday, May 22, 2025 After years of hearing cost complaints from lawmakers, advocates believe they have finally reached a funding solution for their major disability reform plan, providing thousands of dollars a year to 54,000-plus wounded veterans nationwide. Actually, they think the White House found the answer for them. “In March, Veterans Affairs leaders announced contract terminations that…
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A double amputee who served in Iraq is pushing lawmakers to end the ‘wounded veterans tax’
Federal policy prevents around 50,000 injured veterans from receiving both their full retirement pay and disability compensation. May 26, 2025, 4:37 PM CDT / Updated May 27, 2025, 11:56 AM CDT By Melanie Zanona WASHINGTON — When Army veteran Dan Nevins was forced to medically retire from the military after losing both his legs in combat, he thought he’d…
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EEOC’s Biden-era rule on abortion protections for workers struck down by judge
By Daniel Wiessner May 22, 2025 11:19 AM CDT May 22 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cannot require employers to provide accommodations to employees who get abortions, striking down a rule adopted during the administration of Democratic former President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge David…
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Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Updated 3:59 PM CDT, March 6, 2025 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination remains deeply embedded in economies and societies. The report released Thursday by…
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Abortion-rights groups denounce censorship on Meta-owned apps in Latin America and beyond
By MARÍA VERZA Updated 7:08 PM CDT, May 15, 2025 MEXICO CITY (AP) — All of a sudden, women contacting one of the biggest sources of information about abortion in Mexico through the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp were met with silence. The nongovernmental organization’s business account had been blocked. Weeks later, a similar digital blackout struck a collective…
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Washington will offer special education to students longer under new law
Jerry Cornfield May 16, 2025 / 10:45 am A new law triggered by a lawsuit will ensure public school students in Washington are offered special education instruction until they are 22 years old. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed legislation this week to extend the length of a student’s eligibility to the end of the school year in which they turn…
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