Many game sites evade school web filters

The Hechinger Report is creating a print edition, and wants young artists to contribute. Find out more here. This spring, I spoke to a mom in suburban Washington, D.C., who was growing increasingly worried about a lack of filters on her kids’ school devices. During class this year, her kids watched Kendrick Lamar videos on YouTube, she told me. One came home knowing the words to a semaglutide commercial. Parents at the school shared concerns that their fourth graders regularly played a game called BitLife, a text-based life simulation game created in 2018.

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U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists

A federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times said were an attempt to intimidate the free press.

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Journalist’s Devices Seized at U.S. Border Following Iran Reporting

On July 13, 2026, The Grayzone reported that their editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal was detained at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. upon return from  a reporting trip to Iran to cover…

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Suni Lee announces return to gymnastics about two years before the Los Angeles Olympics

Suni Lee is making a run at a third Olympics. The America gymnastics star announced she is returning to the sport on Tuesday, about two years out from the Los Angeles Games.

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Education Department scaled back special education monitoring visits under Trump: report

At the current pace, each state would see a federal auditor just once every 25 years. Recent monitoring reports have found a host of problems in how states support students with disabilities.

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Utah officials order Provo Canyon School's girls program to close by August

State regulators say the facility failed to protect clients from harm, allowed neglect and used unnecessary restraints. The program can appeal.

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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...

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An American Mosaic (Gift Article)

This map shows how people in the United States identify their ancestry or family origin. Explore the many ways we describe our heritage and ourselves.

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‘Still feeling it’: How the ICE surge took its toll on one Minnesota school district

The flood of federal immigration agents into the Twin Cities faded slowly over the spring. But in suburban Columbia Heights, educators, students and community members say the trauma lingers.

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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

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Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams

The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court’s conservative majority has re...

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Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls' sports

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.

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Here are the Minnesota laws that go into effect on July 1

Many new laws go into effect in Minnesota starting July 1 — the start of the state’s fiscal year. The list includes social media restrictions, money for infrastructure projects across the state and sa...

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Heat exhaustion in children and adults: Here are the warning signs

With temperature extremes reaching a peak Monday, two physicians explain how to avoid emergencies and how to care for children and older adults.

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Judge Tosses “Professional” Degree Definition

The ruling says the Education Department violated Congress’s instructions by adding criteria strictly limiting which degrees qualify for higher federal student loan borrowing caps.

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US judge blocks Trump administration's new student loan restrictions

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would impose lower federal student loan limits for people pursuing graduate degrees in nursing ​and other healthcare-related fields.

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Minnesota Star Tribune eliminates 24 union jobs, primarily in newsroom

About 175 employees remain in the newsroom, according to spokesperson Chris Iles. The company announced layoffs and buyouts for additional employees earlier in June.

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Indiana Professor Who Taught Anti-White Supremacy Lesson Loses Job

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Survey confirms the struggle of working parents: 'No way to be two things at once'

A new Pew survey finds many working parents feel they cannot give 100% at either work or home. Benefits like paid sick leave and more affordable childcare could help.

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The ‘Presumption of Regularity’ Is Evaporating

Judges have long defaulted to a posture of trust toward the federal government, but under Trump that is changing, and a new set of legal possibilities is emerging.

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ICE took Mom and Dad. Now the Perez kids are home alone.

Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they're not the only ones.

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Over 3,500 people were detained during Operation Metro Surge. Here's where they went. • Minnesota Reformer

Most immigrants arrested in Operation Metro Surge were sent to Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, after being detained at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota. Nearly half of them ...

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Social media firms hit back as Starmer announces ban for under-16s in UK

Meta, YouTube and Snapchat say ban, which would stop children using their platforms, will drive them to ‘less safe services’

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