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Frannie Block
Frannie Block is a reporter for The Free Press. She started her career as a breaking-news journalist for the Des Moines Register, where she covered topics ranging from crime and public safety to food insecurity and the Iowa caucus.
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A Mom Asked for Public School Board Records. They Charged Her $33 Million.
Parents are suing schools to find out what their kids are learning. Schools are suing parents to shut them up. How did we get here?
Josh Code
 and 
Frannie Block
Could a Trump Presidency Cost Columbia University $3.5 Billion?
A new report by professors and alumni warns that elite universities face ‘an existential crisis.’
Frannie Block
With Trump’s Victory, Schools Offer ‘Post-Election Wellness Spaces’
Canceled classes, erased grades, and individual counseling: Universities rush to console their ‘grieving’ students.
Frannie Block
Overheard at The Free Press’s Election Party
Predictions, hopes, and postmortems from Jesse Singal, Coleman Hughes, Peter Meijer, Dasha Nekrasova, Rikki Schlott, Sohrab Ahmari, Brianna Wu, and…
Suzy Weiss
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Madeleine Kearns
, and 
Frannie Block
School Choice Is Usually a Conservative Issue. Not in Kentucky.
Inner-city Democrats say state money for private education will ‘save their kids.’ Rural Republicans claim it will ‘devastate’ them. Meet the parents…
Frannie Block
Ad for Israel Book Canceled Because ‘Customers Might Complain’
Magazine rejects advertisement for Bernard-Henri Lévy’s work because it will give booksellers ‘trouble they haven’t asked for and don’t wish to have.’
Frannie Block
Black Nationalist Gets $20 Million to Promote ‘Segregation’ in Public Schools
Sharif El-Mekki envisions a world where ‘all black students are taught by same-race teachers.’ He is backed by the Gates Foundation, NBC Universal…
Frannie Block
Battleground Michigan: A Tale of Two Communities Divided by War
West Bloomfield and Dearborn are separated by less than 25 miles. But Jewish and Arab residents’ views on who should win the presidential race feel…
Frannie Block
College Students Plan to Skip Class for Palestine
After the encampment strategy ‘did not win,’ young socialists are plotting a national strike to protest the ‘Israeli-American genocide.’
Frannie Block
Elon Goes to War on Big Advertising
The X CEO sues advertisers for ‘conspiring’ to boycott his platform. He has a point. But does he have a case?
Frannie Block
Fight Club: Would You Have a Drink with Kamala?
Peter Savodnik wouldn’t waste a martini on Harris. Francesca Block eagerly would. They debate.
Peter Savodnik
 and 
Frannie Block
Is the Squad About to Shrink?
Cori Bush isn’t quite sure if Hamas is a terrorist group. Her primary challenger is zeroing in on the progressive congresswoman's anti-Israel views.
Frannie Block
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