The EPA is rolling back PFAS regulations even as Minnesota, birthplace of the chemicals, enforces some of the strongest protections in the world under Amara’s Law. Contributing writer Anya Armentrout examines the growing gap between federal and state action.
Anya Armentrout
Posted inNational
National parks charge foreign visitors more, and history gets a harder look
A year after Trump announced a $100-per-person surcharge for foreign visitors at national parks, questions remain about enforcement, alongside removed MLK Day and Juneteenth fee-free days and a Trump portrait now replacing a photo contest winner on the America the Beautiful pass. Contributing writer Anya Armentrout breaks down what’s changed.
Posted inEducation
Black Teens Lead in AI Use for Schoolwork. But at What Cost?
Black teens use AI chatbots for schoolwork at three times the rate of white teens, according to new Pew data. Contributing writer Anya Armentrout reports on what that means for learning, cheating and emotional support.
Posted inLocal & State
Coalition calls on Twin Cities Pride to cut corporate tiesÂ
The Taking Back Pride Coalition held a press conference calling for Twin Cities Pride to drop corporate sponsors including Delta, United Health Group and 3M and remove police presence, marking the coalition’s tenth year organizing around anti-corporate, anti-police Pride demands.
Posted inPolitics
Federal bill could gut state protections for kids on social media
Contributing writer Anya Armentrout examines how social media harms Black youth disproportionately, why Minnesota’s new Stop the Harms Act matters and why advocates fear the federal KIDS Act would gut state-level protections that actually have teeth.