BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images Secretary of Education Linda McMahon informed states last Friday that money many had been counting on for the coming year was — after a whiplash back and forth — no longer on the table. Shortly after wide scale shutdowns in mid-March of 2020, Congress established the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief...
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images | Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MomsRising In February, Brittany Petterson, a United States Congresswoman representing Colorado and new mom, flew from her home in Colorado to Washington D.C. with her 4-week-old son in tow to vote on a major budget bill while on maternity leave. She was just the thirteenth congressperson to...
The Trevor Project Too often, faith and queerness are seen as diametrically opposed identities that cannot coexist. You’re either Christian or gay, Muslim or trans. But the intersection of faith and sexuality is not only a place where a person can thrive, but an opportunity to come together with those in both communities. A new...
Kawee Srital-on/Moment/Getty Images Naming a whole human life is pressure. A person’s name is pretty permanent (unless they choose to change it later on), and there is just something about a person’s name that shapes who they are somehow. So, yeah, expectant parents tend to mull over this decision with care and consideration. But does...