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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

The Race for Results report series tracks how children across racial and ethnic groups are faring at the state and national levels on key education, health, and economic milestones. The national child poverty rate fell from 9.7% Six indicators have improved for every racial and ethnic group during the past decade—but unevenly.

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How digital health startups are navigating the post-Roe legal landscape

TechCrunch

Nationally, the situation is proving tricky to navigate as each state can begin implementing individualized abortion laws. In wake of the decision, there has been a national surge in demand for emergency contraception like Plan B, also known as the “morning after pill.”. What do demand and restrictions look like?

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday. 1946: The United Nations Charter is signed, without any mention of indigenous peoples. 1972: The United Nations finally recognizes the rights of indigenous people with the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.

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Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters

The Verge

The bill is co-sponsored by Republican John Thune of South Dakota, and some Republican lawmakers probed the nuances of internet law. But today’s overall questioning was more muted and policy-oriented, focusing on details like whether companies should have to remove content that a court has decreed illegal. “I

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Meet the lieutenant governor pushing Democrats to get serious about weed

The Verge

When he ran in the Senate primary in 2016, Fetterman says he was the only candidate nationally calling for legalization, a cause he has pushed in some form or other ever since. “I Some of that enthusiasm has trickled up to the national level. the unambiguous winner in November of 2020 was weed.”.

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Senator Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026

Fast Company Tech

Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota gave him a warm handshake, and a dozen others senators soon did so as well. The senator made it clear Thursday that national defense remains at the forefront of his agenda. confirmation as the nations top health official. Susan Collins of Maine, who hugged him, and Sen.

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This pipeline company tried to take South Dakota farmers’ land—but they fought back

Fast Company Tech

Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriffs vehicle parked at the corner of his property. All 156 of the eminent domain actions were brought in South Dakota. He had a hunch it wasnt a social visit. He was right.