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Family
Congress should extend Trump Accounts to Americans under 40
The Senate is due back Nov. 9, and lawmakers should use the return to extend the child-investment framework to adults confronting housing costs and student debt.
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Culture
Florida’s Safe Screens proposal puts parents at the app-store gate
The proposal would require parental consent before a minor downloads or buys an app, while setting teen social-media defaults and chatbot limits.
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A girl’s girl keeps girls’ teams for girls. Troy Jackson backed the bill’s defeat.
As Troy Jackson campaigns with Ocasio-Cortez, Maine families face a Senate choice over whether girls’ teams and private spaces keep sex-based boundaries.
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Delete children’s Character.AI chats before any sale
The Disney bid excludes user data, but Character.AI’s bankruptcy sale covers nearly all its assets as states demand deletion and stronger protections for children.
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Virginia's Marriage Amendment Writes 'Gender' Into the Constitution. Girls' Locker Rooms Are Next.
Virginia voters face a Nov. 3 decision on an amendment that names both sex and gender in its marriage protections, while the existing ban remains in the constitution.
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News
Lyman Stone reports 50% fertility rise as marriage rates diverge
Stone’s post says the rise came among women 30–39 after 15–19 years of marriage; federal marriage-rate measures differ, putting family formation in focus.
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Gaines asks whether Slotkin’s ‘offense’ targets young conservatives
Slotkin said she wanted graduates to question jobs in the Trump administration and wanted a deterrence message sent, putting young conservatives’ public service at issue.
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Schmitz links evangelical strength to Wesleyan and Pentecostal traditions
His Oct. 22 post answered The Free Press’s promotion of Ross Douthat’s case that evangelicalism is best placed to thrive in contemporary America.
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Washington must protect girls’ sports after Elise Bierer walked away
On Nov. 3, Washington voters decide whether Initiative 638 will require K-12 athletes to compete according to sex at birth.
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Virginia parents should vote no on the amendment that puts parental consent at risk
Early voting is under way, and Guttmacher says constitutional protections do not automatically repeal restrictions—but litigation is often needed to overturn them.
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Girls’ teams need sex-based rules. SJSU coach says school hid a failed test
The allegation is now in a federal lawsuit, while SJSU cites pending litigation and gives families no answer about what the team was told.
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