A sign outside of Freeburg Community High School with the subtext “home of the mighty midgets.” The school’s mascot has been a source of controversy and media attention for years. You can tell ...

MCLAUGHLIN, S.D. — A South Dakota school district on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is abandoning its nickname and mascot because it is offensive to little people. The midget has been the mascot ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House passed a bill Tuesday that would ban public schools from using mascots that discriminate against people with disabilities. The bill, if signed into law, ...

Anyone can be a Tiger, or a Bulldog, or an Eagle. It takes a special someone to be a proud Cog. Or a mighty Pretzel. When I was in high school, about this time of year, whenever my school was in the ...

A proposed state bill could make Freeburg High School change its controversial mascot, the “Midgets,” a term many people with dwarfism consider a slur. State Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, filed a ...

FREEBURG, Ill. – An Illinois House Bill, which seeks to prohibit disability mascots, has moved its way to the Senate, following a 71-38 vote. For its third reading, the Illinois General Assembly met ...

MCLAUGHLIN, S.D. | A South Dakota school district on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is abandoning its nickname and mascot because it is offensive to little people.

A sign outside of Freeburg Community High School with the subtext “home of the Mighty Midgets.” The school’s mascot has been a source of controversy and media attention for years. Joshua Carter ...

DICKINSON — Dickinson High School is one step closer to selecting its new identity. On Monday, April 14, Dickinson Public Schools named the two finalists to replace the "Midgets" mascot — a name that ...

(The Center Square) – An Illinois legislator from Rockford has filed legislation that would force a Metro East high school to change the nickname it has used for the past 90 years. State Rep. Maurice ...

MCLAUGHLIN | A South Dakota school district on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is changing its mascot following a request from a national group representing ...