February 15, 2023 6:33 am
Lawmakers Use Kid Safety as Excuse To Violate Adults’ Rights
Plus: New York “hate speech” law is likely unconstitutional, FTC Commissioner quits because of chair Lina Khan’s antics, and more…
Tags: children, free speech, Internet, Nanny State, REASON, Senate
February 15, 2023 12:05 am
8 Places To Start For The ‘Children First’ Agenda We Desperately Need
We cannot make America great again without first making the kids all right again.
Tags: Abortion, children, education, FEDERALIST, marriage, schools
February 13, 2023 1:52 pm
Under No Circumstances Did Joe Biden Save Social Security
Plus: a listener question on prohibition and a lightning round on the editors’ favorite Super Bowl moments
Tags: budget, children, education, entitlements, Government spending, homeschooling, REASON, School Choice, Social Security, state of the union
February 10, 2023 4:39 am
Connecticut Lawmakers Move To Block Parents From Seeing Teacher-Student Communications
Connecticut lawmakers introduced a bill to hide teacher-student communication on ‘sensitive subjects’ like gender identity from parents.
Tags: children, education, FEDERALIST, schools
February 9, 2023 12:42 pm
Top 10 Questions A Covid Commission Should Probe About The United States’ Pandemic Response
Here’s what Congress should be asking health officials about the handling of the Covid pandemic.
Tags: children, FEDERALIST
February 9, 2023 12:05 am
France Is Protecting Kids From Pornography’s Mind, Body, And Soul Decay. America Should Act Next
No leaders or politicians should have to bother explaining why porn is bad. The real challenge is how to effectively eliminate it.
February 8, 2023 9:01 pm
The Fight Over the Debt Ceiling Is Just Beginning
Legislators will increasingly argue over how to spend a diminishing discretionary budget while overall spending simultaneously explodes.
Tags: budget, children, debt, Democratic Party, Department of Homeland Security, education, entitlements, Free Markets, Government, Government spending, military, Politics, REASON, Republican Party, Social Security, Student loans, Subsidies, taxes
February 8, 2023 1:13 pm
Biden’s Claims About Universal Pre-K Are Malarkey
During the State of the Union, Biden claimed that “children who go to preschool are nearly 50 percent more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree,” but evidence in favor of universal pre-k programs is lacking.
Tags: children, education, REASON, School Choice, state of the union
February 7, 2023 8:22 pm
7 People Biden Didn’t Bother To Mention During His State Of The Union Address
While Biden’s speech contained shoutouts to notable State of the Union attendees, it predictably left out several individuals whose circumstances put the administration’s governance to shame.
Tags: Abortion, children, education, FEDERALIST, Government, marriage, Politics, state of the union
February 7, 2023 11:30 am
Police Officer Who Kneeled on a 12-Year-Old Girl’s Neck Faces a Federal Lawsuit
According to the suit, the officer “acted with malice or in reckless disregard of Jane Doe’s federally protected rights.”
Tags: children, Fourth Amendment, REASON
February 3, 2023 1:24 pm
Cop Orders Reporter To Leave a Park for Daring To Interview a Child
Normal human interaction should not automatically be considered creepy or criminal.
Tags: children, First Amendment, free speech, REASON
February 3, 2023 11:09 am
Children Lost One-Third of a Year of Learning During the Pandemic, Analysis Finds
“The COVID-19 learning deficit is likely to affect children’s life chances through their education and labour market prospects,” the analysis’ authors argue.
February 3, 2023 12:10 am
No, You Can’t Check Out Of Hands-On Parenting Just Because You’re ‘Tired’
Is your attempt not to be a helicopter parent turning your kid into an overconfident underachiever?
Tags: children, education, FEDERALIST, school
February 2, 2023 2:15 pm
Child Welfare Algorithm May Unfairly Target Disabled Parents, Complaints to DOJ Allege
“When you have technology designed by humans, the bias is going to show up in the algorithms,” said one former child welfare worker.
Tags: children, Pennsylvania, REASON