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The Supreme Court on Friday backed a group of religious parents who want to opt their elementary school children out of engaging with LGBTQ books in the classroom, another major legal win for ...

2. Emma by Jane Austen (1815) Before the term “YA books” had even been coined, Jane Austen’s Emma was setting the standard for coming of age novels.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of parents seeking to opt their children out of public school instruction that conflicts with sincerely held religious beliefs.

But the best books column is also a showcase of fresh talent, with no fewer than five debut releases. Among them are a glimmering short story collection and a queer literary thriller set in Melbourne.

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Charlotte Leon Weakland remembers the summers of her youth with relish. Her family lived in an apartment on West Cushing Street, in the old downtown barrio now covered by the Tucson Convention Center.

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Summers in northwest India (NWI), traditionally marked by scorching dry spells, are undergoing a climate shift. New data show that the region, historically the driest of the four meteorological zones ...

Soundarya Balasubramani was just twenty-five years old when she quit a coveted technology job at Salesforce to pursue her entrepreneurial dream. She launched The Curious Maverick LLC, an educational ...