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Members of the dance group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa perform at the first Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Ceremonial Celebration in Newton, Mass., on Oct. 11, 2021. The day was officially recognized as Indigenous Peoples’ Day following a proclamation by President Joe Biden. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images)

BY CRYSTAL ECHO HAWK and PEGGY FLANAGAN | This Indigenous Peoples Day, as we honor the rich tapestry of Native culture and celebrate the diversity and enduring spirit of Native communities, let us also acknowledge the legacy of Native American boarding schools and remember the Native children who were taken from us far too soon.

At least 523 institutions were part of the Native American boarding school system—408 of which received federal funding. These schools were in at least 35 states, yet most Americans know nothing about this history.

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An Afghan woman hangs clothes to dry in front of a cave in Bamyan, Afghanistan, on May 8, 2023. Many Afghan people live in caves due to the political and economic crises and subsequent drought, hunger, disease and malnutrition. About 28.3 million Afghan are in need of urgent humanitarian aid. (Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

BY MARY GIOVAGNOLI | Thousands of Afghan women entered the United States as part of Operation Allies Welcome. Still, they continue to be hampered by the lack of a simple, straightforward and reliable way to obtain permanent legal status and to become citizens.

Congress can change that by passing the Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA), which was reintroduced this summer by a bipartisan group of senators and representatives. AAA would allow Afghans paroled into the United States to apply for their green cards, provided they met basic background checks and other eligibility requirements.

After this past weekend's deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan, the need to provide a path to permanent status for Afghans seeking asylum grows more urgent.

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The South Texas Pregnancy Care Center in Seguin uses a sex education curriculum in public schools that tells high schoolers that having multiple sexual partners could “interfere” with their brain development. (Sarah Butrymowicz / The Hechinger Report)

BY SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ and CAROLINE PRESTON | Crisis pregnancy centers—which counsel women against getting abortions—began to pop up in the late ’60s, as states passed laws legalizing abortion. Today, Texas has the most crisis pregnancy centers of any state.

These groups’ sex ed efforts are widespread: More than 35 of these centers are involved in dozens of school districts across Texas. Within these programs—offered for free to school districts—students are taught if they have sex before marriage, emotional risks include depression, guilt and anxiety. They’re taught that condoms do not keep them safe from pregnancy or STDs. These approaches aren’t effective in preventing or changing behavior. Instead, they can cause students to stop absorbing information that might help them make informed decisions about sex in the future. 

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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing our series unpacking the litigation and criminal charges that have been levied at former president Donald Trump: The Trump Indictments. But these indictments don’t just include former president Donald Trump—they also include co-conspirators. Who are they—and what do their cases mean for the case against Trump as a whole?

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