Carly Nairn is a freelance journalist based in San Francisco. Her work has been published with Guernica, National Geographic, and Sierra magazine, among others.
Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.
A Republican-backed budget proposal would slash healthcare access for millions by imposing new Medicaid fees on low-income Americans while paving the way for massive tax cuts for the wealthy.