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The Attala County Courthouse in Kosciusko, Mississippi, a red brick building with tall white columns and a green domed clock tower

parental rightsJul 5, 20266 min read

A Mississippi School Strip-Searched Seven Boys and Found Nothing

A vape detector beeped in a boys' bathroom at a Mississippi school. Because of that alarm, seven boys were ordered to strip. Nothing was found. A school can borrow your authority to teach your child. It never receives dominion over his body.

By Tabby Parker

A satirical editorial cartoon of a factory labeled Safe Schools that runs cheerful children through an At Risk scanner and out as tagged Diagnosis cases, while a grinning consultant cranks a lever and money pours in

mental healthJun 23, 20265 min read

Once You Are Paid to Find Struggling Children, You Find Them Everywhere

A federal account named for school safety now routes most of its money to mental-health programs, and Congress made the spending legally binding, for programs no study shows make children safer or smarter. Follow the incentives and you see why the crisis never ends.

By Dyson Wu