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Kids Aren’t Learning to Read. This Mom Has a Surprising Solution.

Naomi Peña doesn’t think parents should have to sue so their kids can learn to read.

He Sold a Message of Climate Doom. He Has Regrets.

For Justin Trudeau’s climate minister, changing tactics has come at a price.

A Newly Elected Black Republican Has a Message for His Party’s Leaders

Representative-elect Wesley Hunt on the G.O.P.’s push to diversify.

‘Like Sitting Ducks’: A Teacher Considers Carrying a Gun in the Classroom

She wants to keep her students safe. Does that mean bringing a gun to school?

Teachers Are Arming Themselves. This Sheriff Wants Them to Get Trained.

In response to school shootings, teachers are choosing to concealed carry in school. In Utah, Sheriff Mike Smith decided to train them how.

A Pastor Ripped Apart By Our Divided Country

For Dan White Jr., a trauma diagnosis pushed him toward a new calling: helping other exhausted faith leaders find peace.

To Fight for Ukraine’s Freedom, He Went Back Into the Closet

When Putin invaded, Oleksandr Zhuhan chose to defend a country that hasn’t always defended him.

A Lesbian Republican’s Fight for a Future in the G.O.P.

With the recent Republican rollbacks on L.G.B.T.Q. rights, Jerri Ann Henry wonders whether she has a future in the party.

Sharone Mitchell Jr. and the Progressive Case Against Gun Permits

This public defender was “never a gun guy.” So why is he siding with the N.R.A. in the Supreme Court’s latest case on gun rights?
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