US Soccer Partners With You Can Play Project And Volkswagen To Support LGBTQ+ Pride Month

The You Can Play Project is an organization dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, coaches and fans no matter their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

source https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2022/06/us-soccer-partners-with-you-can-play-project-and-volkswagen-to-support-lgbtq-plus-pride-month

Secretary Fudge Launches “Our Way Home” Initiative to Increase Affordable Housing Supply in Local Communities

On Wednesday afternoon, Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman will travel to Wilmington, Delaware for a roundtable with U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Tom Carper. As part of the Day of Action, HUD Regional Administrators will hold ...

source https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_22_105

Abortion bans with no exceptions may be politically risky

Abortion opponents and those supporting abortion rights expect the Supreme Court to soon overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, and both groups have reacted strongly. Abortion rights supporters unsuccessfully pushed Congress to pass the Women's Health ...

source https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/01/1102364461/abortion-bans-with-no-exceptions-may-be-politically-risky

Biden celebrates 'pioneer' Coast Guard commandant

President Joe Biden on Wednesday applauded Adm. Linda Fagan's ascension to commandant of the Coast Guard, making her the first woman to lead a military service branch. Biden, speaking at a change of command ceremony that saw outgoing commandant Adm.

source https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/01/biden-coast-guard-commandant-00036329

Investigators say the Uvalde school district police chief isn't talking to them

The Texas Department of Public Safety says it's having trouble setting up a follow-up conversation with Pete Arredondo, the chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police department, about the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary ...

source https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1102393824/uvalde-investigation-arredondo-cooperate

US Supreme Court blocks Texas law limiting content moderation by social media companies

The justices, in a 5-4 vote, granted NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association's request to reinstate a block imposed by a federal district judge as the lawsuit makes its way through the courts.

source https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/31/texas-social-media-law-blocked/

Should Robb Elementary be rebuilt? Here's what other school shooting sites did

As funerals begin in Uvalde, Texas, a familiar debate has begun: What should be done with Robb Elementary School, the site of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history? Calls to demolish and rebuild the school began soon after last week's ...

source https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1102248213/uvalde-robb-elementary-rebuild-parkland-sandy-hook-columbine