“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”: Ron DeSantis’s Florida Prepares Its Next Attack on Black and LGBTQ+ Students

Ron DeSantis and his Republican allies in the Florida legislature have their eyes on a new slate of bills that targets teachers and marginalizes already vulnerable students in the state. The proposals, which the GOP-led body will take up Tuesday when they return for a new session, include measures that would prohibit educators from using students’ preferred gender pronouns, eliminate gender studies and diversity programs in higher education, and cede more power over curriculum to parents. The half-dozen bills, which also include plans to weaken tenure for university professors, ban discussion of gender and sexuality in third through eighth grade… Read Full Article