The Only Research Center For Disabled Parents Is Losing Federal Funding – Mother Jones

In May, the White House Office of Management and Budget, led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, released a proposal that, if finalized, would have the federal government arbitrarily terminate grants and involve political appointees more deeply in the grantmaking process…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/brandeis-hhs-omb-research-grant-parents-disabilities-funding/

 

Revealed: The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months, ICE records show

The Guardian analyzed government data from January-August 2025, as advocates say the family-separation crisis will lead to generational trauma…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/08/trump-administration-parents-arrested

 

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B7ytMLo91hg

 

 

Opinion | JD Vance assumes having lots of kids makes you a Republican. Why? - The Washington Post

There's an assumption among conservatives that growing up nudges you to the right, as you start paying taxes or get mugged by reality. I found that having a bunch of kids pushed me to the left. Some stages of life, such as having young children or encountering old age, are inherently difficult. My wife and I need a lot of help right now, and it's when you need help that you understand how important it is to share the responsibility of stable, consistent and simple support programs...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/18/jd-vance-parents-extra-votes-children/

J.D. Vance’s weirdest idea: giving extra votes to parents - Vox

"In short, Vance wants to turn the law into a vehicle for legislating hard-right morality. 

This isn't being unfair to Vance: he explicitly identifies as a "postliberal," a school of thought that believes it's the government's job to push people toward living morally upright lives, defined in conservative religious terms. In particular, he has cited Patrick Deneen — a Notre Dame professor and chief postliberal theorist — as a major influence. Speaking at a release event for Deneen's book, Regime Change, Vance described himself as an "anti-regime" politician — meaning that he aimed to act on Deneen's call for fundamentally transforming American politics along postliberal lines..."

https://www.vox.com/politics/363473/jd-vance-weird-voting-parents-demeny-postliberalism

Florida abortion rights supporters fear new proposal would target doctors - POLITICO

"This bill … is a thinly veiled attempt to allow men to sue women and doctors in cases of wanted and needed abortion care," said Lauren Book...

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/19/florida-abortion-new-proposal-wrongful-death-lawsuits-00136651

CA school board leader condemned over calls for "Christ centered" parents on committees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBNL9MXw1ag

Lack of child care is keeping record number of parents out of work

The data underscores how important child care is to a functioning economy, especially at a time — like this "tripledemic" fall — when more people are getting sick…

https://www.axios.com/2022/11/16/lack-of-child-care-is-keeping-record-number-of-parents-out-of-work

Who are the right blaming for the Texas shooting? Trans people, immigrants and victims’ parents | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian

If guns made people safer, then the United States would be the safest place in the world...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/25/right-wing-blame-uvalde-shooting-transsexuals-immigrants-parents

American parents are generally fine with what’s being taught in school - The Washington Post

…For politicians like DeSantis, there's value in responding to the loud minority: national attention and clout with his base as he seeks reelection if not more. But it's also useful to remember that shouting from one part of one party in one state is not necessarily reflective of what the country overall wants to say...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/29/american-parents-are-generally-fine-with-whats-being-taught-school/

Arizona Senate passes HB 2161, a bill to empower parents to sue teachers

…If enacted, HB 2161 could potentially open the floodgates to lawsuits against any educator who teaches a subject a parent doesn't like: whether it's a lesson about the civil rights movement, or the labor movement, or the movement for women's suffrage…

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/arizona-hb-2161-rcna25179

Caring for aging parents, sick spouses is keeping millions out of work - The Washington Post

"She can't do anything unassisted, not even eat," said Day, who receives about $280 a day from Medicaid to care for her mother. "… Until my mother leaves this Earth, I will be out of the workforce."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/04/04/caregiving-economy-adults-work/

Parents against mask mandates use bogus 'surety bond' claims to flood schools with paperwork

…The parents' strategy is simple: Try to use obscure and often inapplicable legal claims to force a school district to make a policy change. And while the claims have no legal standing, they have been effective at spreading confusion and wasting school districts' resources, even though the paperwork doesn't require a formal legal response...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-mask-schools-surety-bonds-rcna16872

Mike Pompeo Proposes New Way Of Teaching And Gets Schooled Big Time | HuffPost

The former secretary of state's suggestion for public education got flipped back on him...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pompeo-teach-school-idea_n_615d910ae4b045b6faafb9f9

Parents urge maskless children to enter Michigan school in violation of health order

… "You guys, they can't touch you. Just go ahead and go in," the man says. As the children make their way inside, the parents cheer and clap...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-urge-maskless-children-enter-michigan-school-violation-health-order-n1278803

PHOTOS: Teen Moms In The Philippines — A "National Emergency" : Goats and Soda : NPR

At 12 years old, Joan Garcia liked leaping into the sea and racing the boys to the nearest pylon. She liked playing tag. When she started having sex at 13, she thought it was just another game. Joan was skipping across the pavement, playing a game with friends, when an older neighbor noticed her rounding belly.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/21/787921856/photos-the-hidden-lives-of-teen-moms

Kamala Harris Is Eligible to Serve as President - FactCheck.org

Kamala Harris, former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, is eligible to serve as U.S. president, contrary to the false claims of viral posts on Facebook. Her mother is from India and her father from Jamaica — but Harris was born in Oakland, California.
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/kamala-harris-is-eligible-to-serve-as-president/

When 'regular school' parents must homeschool their kids - CNN

School closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak mean millions of parents and guardians who have grown accustomed to sending their children to traditional schools are now faced with the task of educating them at home. The coronavirus has turned caregivers around the world into homeschoolers. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/health/homeschooling-during-coronavirus-wellness/index.html

Why Teenagers Reject Parents’ Solutions to Their Problems - NYTimes

It’s usually because we’re not giving them what they’re really looking for. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/well/family/why-teenagers-reject-parents-solutions-to-their-problems.html

Children were left without either parent for 8 days after ICE raid: report - The Hill

Immigration authorities did not realize for eight days earlier this month that they had detained both parents of two children in Mississippi after a massive workplace raid, family members told ABC News....
https://thehill.com/latino/458621-children-were-left-without-either-parent-for-8-days-after-ice-raid-report