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Yolo County Pilot Tackles Job Barriers for Young Mothers, BIPOC Youth
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (536+ words) WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. " The Yolo County Children's Alliance is inviting community members to learn about and help shape a workforce development initiative aimed at creating career pathways for young mothers and Black, Indigenous and other youth of color across Yolo…...
Societal Norms Punish Mothers, Contradicting 'Miracle' Of Birth
1+ week, 4+ day ago (680+ words) Let me say that again, because the whole goddamn country seems to have forgotten. You don't punish miracles. You don't sentence people to blessings. You don't inflict sacredness on someone, and then charge them interest on the privilege. But we…...
Study Links Hormone Therapy to Reduced Runaway Risk for Transgender Adolescents
2+ week, 2+ day ago (331+ words) A new study by researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University found that transgender adolescents who received hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, were less likely to run away from home, adding to a growing body of research linking gender-affirming…...
Child Care Advocates Demand Public Funding, Living Wages Amid Industry Crisis
3+ week, 2+ day ago (639+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. " Child care providers, parents, labor organizers and advocates across the Bay Area rallied this week as part of the nationwide "Day Without Child Care" campaign, calling for universal child care, higher wages for providers and stronger protections against…...
DJUSD Schools to Implement 'Away for the Day' Mobile Device Policy
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (533+ words) DJUSD Board of Education voted Thursday to move toward stricter campus-wide restrictions on student cell phone use, approving an "Away for the Day" mobile device policy for elementary and junior high schools beginning in the 2026-27 school year and signaling plans…...
UC Davis Graduation Season Kicks Off with Justice Shama Mesiwala as Speaker
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (456+ words) The University of California, Davis, will begin its graduation season this week with commencement addresses from a California appellate justice and a physician-educator known for using social media to support and empower medical learners. Justice Shama Mesiwala, an associate justice…...
Women Have Never Had Their Own Name
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1144+ words) The moment a woman marries, she is expected to surrender her identity to a man. Her name is not hers anymore. It is his. Even if she keeps her "maiden name," that name was given to her by her father....
The Child Fantasy
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1909+ words) The beauty industry is not selling you youth. It is selling you a lie, and that lie has a name. It is called the eroticization of childhood. We do not like to say the words. We do not like to…...
They Are Not Protecting Children, They Are Killing Them
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (498+ words) They call it mutilation. They call it poisoning. They stand in state capitols, church pulpits, schools, and city council meetings, to shout about protecting children from doctors and teachers who want to cut them, drug them, and destroy them. But…...
Tensions Escalate at Winters High School Protest when Counter-Protester Confronts Students
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (806+ words) WINTERS, Calif. " A student walkout at Winters High School and Winters Middle School protesting federal immigration enforcement escalated Tuesday after anti-trans activist Beth Bourne inserted herself into the demonstration, prompting an altercation that is now under investigation by local police....