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Federal investigation into Smith College probes whether transgender students can attend women’s schools – challenging the evolving mission of women’s education

Within the past decade, most women’s colleges in the United States – including Smith College, a liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts – have expanded their admissions policies, allowing transgender students to also attend. Many of these policies allow transgender women to apply, while policies for transgender men and nonbinary…

The Conversation

Historic women’s college faces government investigation for admitting trans students

The Department of Education will determine whether Smith College violated Title IX by allowing trans women to enroll

The Independent UK

Trump Administration Opens Federal Probe Into Smith College Over Trans Student Admissions

Smith College, one of the nation's best-known women's colleges, is facing a federal civil rights investigation over its policy allowing transgender women to enroll, opening a new front in the Trump administration's broader effort to redefine Title IX protections around biological sex.

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Trump administration investigates Smith College for admitting transgender women

Civil rights inquiry claims policy may breach Title IX as administration escalates attacks on trans rights

The Guardian - US

Trump administration investigates women’s college for admitting trans students

The probe will look at whether Smith College violated Title IX, a 1972 law forbidding discrimination based on sex in education

The Independent UK

What Happened to Vickie on Stranger Things?

Girl, where did you go?

The Mary Sue

The potential ‘Son of Sam’ killings that still haunt the NYPD

NEW YORK CITY HALLOWEEN COLD CASE: Decades after a photographer and his girlfriend were executed in their Manhattan apartment, the case remains open – haunted by cult rumors, a missing gun and theories tied to the ‘Son of Sam’ serial slays. A former NYPD sergeant tells Andrea Cavallier what he…

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Protecting darkness in Atacama desert

Light pollution is threatening the future of astronomy. Can a new nationwide lighting standard make a difference?

Salon

Pioneering NASA 'Hidden Figure' Evelyn Boyd Granville dies at age 99

Evelyn Boyd Granville, one of the first Black women to earn a mathematics Ph.D. from a U.S. university, did key work for NASA during early space missions and the moon landing.

Space

Quiet, historic impact of Jan. 6 probe

There’s still a lot the committee doesn’t know – or hasn’t revealed – about Trump’s direct involvement in the riot

Salon

50 Years of Title IX: How One Law Changed Women’s Sports Forever

In 1972, no one dreamed a dry, 37-word clause tucked inside a new education legislation would have such a profound impact. A half century later, it’s time to reflect on how far the quest for equality has come—and where it still has to go.

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