Community and Family

A mother holds her baby on her chest after giving birth.

AI anxiety is undermining families: It’s time for a baby bonus

Adrienne Schweer · April 20, 2026 6:00 am

Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website.

A better alternative to high-deductible health insurance

Robert Pattinson, left, and Zendaya attend the special screening of "The Drama" at Regal Union Square on Thursday, April 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

The Drama skewers a culture of manufactured outrage

Students raising hands while a teacher asks them questions in a classroom.

School choice isn’t radical. The alternative is

A Demonstration to "Defund Planned Parenthood."

Pro-life movement still faces uphill battle years after Dobbs decision

Nationwide drop in public school enrollment both a challenge and an opportunity

Adam Carrington April 24, 2024 6:00 am

No wonder America’s children are fleeing public schools

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora April 24, 2024 6:00 am

Fairfax County supervisors want to raise our taxes — and their own salaries

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora April 20, 2024 6:00 am

FILE - A supporter for the transgender community holds up a flag in front of counter-protesters at the city's Gay Pride Festival, Oct. 12, 2019, in Atlanta. Courts nationwide are delivering a mixed verdict on the future of state laws restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, as legal battles ramp up over the historic wave of bans enacted in 2023. (AP Photo/Robin Rayne, File)

Gender activists have no intention of following the science on child transitions

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora April 17, 2024 6:00 am

A notebook and pencil on a desk in a school classroom

Virginia’s public schools need to stay in their lane regarding student absences

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora April 10, 2024 6:00 am

Opposition to school choice is a luxury belief

Carrie Sheffield March 22, 2024 6:00 am

Signs are seen on a bench during a rally against "critical race theory" being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg, Virginia, on June 12, 2021.

Loudoun County School Board members are fighting against transparency

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora March 20, 2024 6:00 am

Fairfax County plans to move bus stops away from the homes of convicted sex offenders to relocate them to another safe traffic area. (Examiner file)

Fairfax County Public Schools deceives taxpayers with per-pupil spending and legal expenses

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora March 14, 2024 6:00 am

Senate Republicans should back tax relief before it’s too late

Jon Schweppe March 12, 2024 10:25 am

Hey, Hollywood: Remake ‘You Can’t Take It With You’

Mark Judge March 5, 2024 6:00 am

A mother and her two children walk across the Suchiate river bridge as Central American migrants cross the border between Guatemala and Mexico, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas State, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Hundreds of Central American migrants are walking and hitchhiking through the region as part of a new caravan of migrants hoping to reach the United States.

Combating human trafficking should be bipartisan

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora February 28, 2024 6:00 am

Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Misoprostol is used for a number of purposes, including as the second step in a medication abortion. The abortion pill mifepristone is the primary drug used for medication abortion, by blocking a hormone needed for pregnancy to continue. Misoprostol is then used to cause cramping that empties the womb.

Women deserve to know abortion is not the only option

Deyana Tilley February 22, 2024 6:00 am