It’s tempting to shield kids from the world’s hard truths − but they can handle more than we think

Kids and teens are more than capable of handling complicated, difficult topics. It’s about how you broach them ...
LGBTQ Nation on MSN

University punishes trans educator for “discrimination” after student calls her “demonic”

The student's transphobic paper received a zero, and now right-wingers are calling for the trans educator to be fired.
LGBTQ Nation on MSNOpinion

Dad of trans daughter expertly shuts down transphobes with one simple question

Jesse Thorn, a prolific content creator and dad to a trans daughter, recently posted a heart-melting defense of trans kids ...

Oklahoma students bring Macy's parade to life with coding robots

Students at Rollingwood Elementary School in Oklahoma created their own version of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade using coding robots.
The Root

The Young Black Voices Behind John Lennon’s Famous ‘Happy Xmas’ Song

How the Harlem Community Choir helped John Lennon and Yoko Ono turn “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” into a global message of peace.

A most inconvenient Indian

At 82, I feel as though I’ve been ripped in half, a one-legged man in a two-legged story. Not the Indian I had in mind. Not ...
The Hechinger Report on MSN

A Republican homeschooling mom came to love her public schools. Now she’s fighting other conservatives she thinks will destroy them

In North Idaho, a local mom’s efforts to wrest school board control from MAGA conservatives ended in disappointment on ...