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The controversial Oklahoma state superintendent of schools suggested, without evidence, that the state teachers union and educators were creating a culture that allowed for rampant sexual misconduct against students. “What we have seen is radical leftists and the teachers unions turning our schools into Epstein Island,” Ryan Walters said at an emergency Oklahoma State Department of Education meeting last week, referring to where Jeffrey Epstein, the late billionaire and sexual predator, would abuse children. “They have opened up our schools and allowed sexual predators to target our kids unchecked, unwatched, and without accountability,” he added. The meeting had been called…

Five human rights groups issued a letter to the United Nations on Monday, arguing that Texas legislation has violated the rights of queer and trans people in the state.The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Equality Texas, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign and the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law signed a joint letter urging the United Nations’ human rights experts to call on the federal and Texas state governments to protect LGBTQ+ people.In the letter, the advocacy groups argue that Texas has violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights treaty,…

Former president Donald Trump’s latest public misstatement — mixing up his GOP primary opponent Nikki Haley with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — may revive age as an issue on the 2024 campaign trail, this time aimed at Trump himself.Speaking about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol during a rally Friday in Concord, New Hampshire, Trump seemed to attempt to blame the insurrection on Pelosi — but confused her name with that of his opponent, Haley.“By the way, they never report the crowd on Jan. 6. You know Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley. You know they…

The California Faculty Association (CFA), a union representing nearly 30,000 of the state’s public university staff, has launched a weeklong strike over demands for better salaries and other improvements to working conditions.Instructional faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches walked off from all 23 California State University (CSU) campuses ― the nation’s biggest public university system with around 460,000 students ― on Monday after negotiations with CSU management fell apart last month. Members picketed outside campuses despite heavy rain throughout the state.Members of the faculty union at Cal State Los Angeles picket on Monday.Jay L. Clendenin via Getty Images“They seem reassured that…

At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone.Our News, Politics and Culture teams invest time and care working on hard-hitting investigations and researched analyses, along with quick but robust daily takes. Our Life, Health and Shopping desks provide you with well-researched, expert-vetted information you need to live your best life, while HuffPost Personal, Voices and Opinion center real stories from real people.Help keep news free for…

There were certain products that everyone was eyeing during Amazon’s summer Prime Day event, and Fullstar’s extraordinarily handy vegetable chopper was one of the most highly anticipated sales. The brand provided customers with a tantalizingly brief lightning deal that only lasted a few short hours, and we’d bet that plenty of shoppers were left empty-handed (or with their hands full of pesky whole vegetables). If you count yourself among that crew, you’re in luck: The tool is back on sale, but we’re not sure how long the deal will last.The box-shaped chopper comes with four interchangeable blades. Two grid-shaped stainless…

President Joe Biden is dropping his pick to fill the open seat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after a handful of Democrats joined Senate Republicans to block the nomination last year, HuffPost has learned. Jeff Baran had held a seat on the five-person federal panel overseeing atomic energy and radiation safety since former President Barack Obama first named to the position in 2014. The Democratic commissioner easily won Senate approval when former President Donald Trump renominated him in 2018. But pro-nuclear advocates angry over what they saw as Baran’s unwillingness to overhaul the regulatory process in favor of building new…

Wendy Osefo … excuse me, Dr. Wendy Osefo, Ph.D. … is smart.Not just because of her famed four degrees. Or because of her careers in political punditry, academia and now hosting with her new YouTube show. But because she’s done the work. She’s a dutiful daughter of Nigerian heritage, and literally wrote the book on it. It’s why her choice to not just enter but stick it out in Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Potomac” — engaging in what I call “high-stakes femininity” (more on that later) — is so interesting. The popular show, now in its eighth season, follows the…

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Richard Glossip, a man on death row in Oklahoma who has maintained his innocence throughout several attempts by the state to execute him. Glossip, whose case will be heard in the fall, has survived nine execution dates. Each time, his scheduled death has been delayed due to either questions about the legality of the state’s method of killing or because of the overwhelming evidence that he is not guilty of the crime for which he was sentenced to death.In the years since Glossip’s first execution date in 2014, there have been a…