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Trump’s promises to conservatives raise fears of more book bans in U.S.
1 month ago

Trump’s promises to conservatives raise fears of more book bans in U.S.

LA Times  

• Book bans are on the rise as conservative parental rights groups fight what they believe is ‘wokeness’ in classrooms. We’re just getting back to commonsense America.” Trump’s threat to deny federal funding to schools that acknowledge transgender identities could affect curricula and the kinds of books school libraries stock. During his rally at Madison Square Garden in October, Trump …

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Moms For Liberty Goes All In On Transphobia
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Moms For Liberty Goes All In On Transphobia

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Hundreds of mostly white women gathered at a swanky downtown hotel to hear prominent conservative speakers and strategize with other moms about how to spread their message across the country. “I think the federal government pushing child abuse really concerns American parents,” Justice said when asked why there was so much focus on trans issues …

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Conservatives are pushing a ‘parental rights’ agenda in Florida school board races. Will it work?
4 months, 1 week ago

Conservatives are pushing a ‘parental rights’ agenda in Florida school board races. Will it work?

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Like at school board meetings across Florida, conservative activists there have been reading aloud explicit passages from books, equating certain teaching materials to pornography and labeling educators as “groomers.” “It’s disgusting,” Blaxberg said. “He knows who the true conservative is in my race,” said Pinellas County school board candidate Danielle Marolf, after winning DeSantis’ endorsement. “Get …

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Moms for Liberty reeling and on the ropes after election losses and scandals: report
1 year ago

Moms for Liberty reeling and on the ropes after election losses and scandals: report

Raw Story  

Reeling from a string of school board election losses and a nationally publicized sex scandal, the "conservative powerhouse'' that is Moms for Liberty is suddenly finding itself looking at irrelevancy not long after it was founded. According to a report from New York Times, the revelation that Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler and her husband, Florida GOP head Christian …

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Philadelphia Moms For Liberty Leader Revealed As Convicted Sex Offender
1 year, 1 month ago

Philadelphia Moms For Liberty Leader Revealed As Convicted Sex Offender

Huff Post  

Moms for Liberty, a "parental rights" group, has led efforts to ban books to stop discussions about race and gender in schools. Octavio Jones via Getty Images A pastor and leader in Philadelphia’s Moms for Liberty chapter has been exposed as a registered sex offender. Phillip Fisher Jr., a pastor and faith-based outreach leader for the group’s local chapter, was …

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This Extremist Group Calls Itself A 'Parental Rights' Org. Now It's Targeting School Boards In 1 Key State.
1 year, 1 month ago

This Extremist Group Calls Itself A 'Parental Rights' Org. Now It's Targeting School Boards In 1 Key State.

Huff Post  

Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich, left, and Tiffany Justice speak at the organization's June summit in Philadelphia. In the Owen J. Roberts School District in Chester County — approximately an hour’s drive from Philadelphia — the full slate of GOP candidates has been endorsed by Moms for Liberty. “We can’t have four more like her.” On the GOP slate’s …

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Moms for Liberty unexpectedly finds itself at the center of a heated suburban Indiana mayoral race
1 year, 1 month ago

Moms for Liberty unexpectedly finds itself at the center of a heated suburban Indiana mayoral race

Associated Press  

— An Indiana Moms for Liberty chapter has followed the conservative group’s national playbook, challenging diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in school districts as part of its “parental rights” mission. The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty told The Associated Press it can only endorse candidates for school board, but also accused Nelson of campaigning on “silencing parents.” Florida-based …

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Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back
1 year, 2 months ago

Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back

Salon  

"Monster Liberty": That's how the otherwise excellent closed-captioning service in the auditorium at Pennridge High School interpreted "Moms for Liberty," while one of several dozen citizens who had waited in line to lambast the group spoke at the podium. Yes, the Pennridge school board was dominated by far-right members, one of whom had been present in Washington for Donald Trump's …

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Casey DeSantis launches national ‘Mamas for DeSantis’ group in Iowa
1 year, 5 months ago

Casey DeSantis launches national ‘Mamas for DeSantis’ group in Iowa

Raw Story  

Florida first lady Casey DeSantis is working to harness the “parental rights” movement that has played a powerful role in states like Iowa and Florida to support her husband Gov. The “Mamas for DeSantis” group launched with DeSantis’ 2022 gubernatorial reelection campaign, with Casey DeSantis heading the group. And that’s when the claws come out.” DeSantis complimented Reynolds for leading …

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Moms for Liberty has been infiltrated by hardcore right-wing groups: report
1 year, 6 months ago

Moms for Liberty has been infiltrated by hardcore right-wing groups: report

Raw Story  

The conservative group Moms for Liberty was founded as a "parental rights" group that focuses on protecting students from content that deals in race or gender and electing conservative candidates to school boards. "There's an ongoing campaign by these neo-Nazi groups to radicalize some of these more benign patriot MAGA groups—and it's working because I've seen more Nazi content creeping …

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Moms for Liberty among conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog
1 year, 6 months ago

Moms for Liberty among conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog

NPR  

Moms for Liberty among conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog Enlarge this image toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg via Getty Images More than two years into a conservative push against teaching about Black history, literature and gender identity in public schools, the Southern Poverty Law Center has concluded that a dozen so-called "parental rights" groups behind …

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This rare, underfunded program is a crucial lifeline for incarcerated moms and their kids
1 year, 6 months ago

This rare, underfunded program is a crucial lifeline for incarcerated moms and their kids

Associated Press  

LINCOLN, Ill. — Dressed in her Sunday best — pink ruffled sleeves and a rainbow tulle tutu — Crystal Martinez’s 4-year-old daughter proudly presents her with a multicolored bouquet of carefully crafted tissue paper flowers. “We are seeing more and more families separated,” said Alexis Mansfield, Reunification Ride coordinator for the Women’s Justice Institute. “There’s a real lack of consistent …

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An Oklahoma judge just transferred a lesbian mom’s parental rights to her son’s sperm donor
1 year, 10 months ago

An Oklahoma judge just transferred a lesbian mom’s parental rights to her son’s sperm donor

Raw Story  

Originally published by The 19th Your trusted source for contextualizing the news. On Monday, Oklahoma County District Judge Lynne McGuire ruled that Williams had failed to adopt her son and had forfeited her parenting rights to his sperm donor. According to Williams, she and her ex-partner Rebekah Wilson planned to have their son and found sperm donor Harlan Vaughn on …

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Millennial moms and dads are consciously striving to parent differently than Boomers, study finds
1 year, 10 months ago

Millennial moms and dads are consciously striving to parent differently than Boomers, study finds

Salon  

It is only human nature for the younger generation of parents to strive to parent differently than their own parents. "Both groups of parents talked about the importance of having family dinners, supporting their children in their extracurricular activities, and generally spending time with them on a regular basis." "Among those who say they're taking a different approach to parenting, …

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How American Moms Got “Touched Out”
2 years, 5 months ago

How American Moms Got “Touched Out”

Slate  

In a caption to a meme about being what parents online call “touched out,” Becca Maberly, who posts on Instagram as @amotherplace, describes the intense fleshiness of parenting: “ small hands clawing at me. Despite the complex set of social, cultural, and political stressors at play in early parenthood, posts on motherhood blogs and coverage of mothers’ touch aversion on …

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Not Just Moms, France Wants Fathers to Take Parental Leave at the Time of Child Birth Too
4 years, 3 months ago

Not Just Moms, France Wants Fathers to Take Parental Leave at the Time of Child Birth Too

News 18  

France’s President wants to expand paternity leave to one month and require fathers to take time off with their newborns. Macron’s government wants to expand that to 28 days, with daily allowances paid by the French state health insurance system and to make it obligatory for at least a week. New French mothers are entitled to at least 16 weeks …

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