A flagship medical association that represents major medical schools nationwide has released a November 2022 report (pdf) promoting woke culture in medical schools. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a Washington-based nonprofit comprising 157 accredited U.S. medical schools; 14 accredited Canadian medical schools; approximately 400 teaching hospitals and health systems; and up to…
‘Diversity to the Exclusion of Merit’: Physician Criticizes Woke Initiatives in Medical Schools
November 18, 2022
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70 Percent of Abortion-Related Violence Targets Pro-Life Groups Since Supreme Court Ruling: FBI Director
November 18, 2022
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Pro-life groups have been the victims of about 70 percent of investigations into abortion-related violence since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. The FBI director made the revelation during a Nov. 17 hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, when he was questioned by Sen. Rick Scott…
Education Association’s Training Guidance Urges School Counselors To Encourage Child Sex-Change
School counselors should use their position to urge questioning children to adopt a transgender identity, start opposite-sex hormones, and pursue sex-change surgeries as early as 16, according to an association that provides counselors with continuing education. The guidance is part of “The School Counselor’s Role in Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Students,” a training video by…
University Reinstates Marks for Student Who Was Penalised for Not Acknowledging Indigenous Rights
November 18, 2022
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One of Australia’s top universities has overturned a decision to dock marks from a student after failing to acknowledge the traditional land rights of Indigenous people. The move came after the engineering student filed a formal complaint at Melbourne’s prestigious Monash University on Oct. 7. A Monash university spokesperson told the Herald Sun newspaper that the…
Federal Judge Halts Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ for Colleges
November 18, 2022
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A federal judge in Florida on Nov. 17 has temporarily blocked parts of the state’s “Stop WOKE Act,” also known as the state’s Individual Freedom Act, which is being championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The temporary injunction will stay in place as the court reviews the case. DeSantis, a Republican, signed the measure, called the “Stop Wrongs…
Colorado Raises Taxes on Wealthy to Expand Universal Free School Meals Program
On Nov. 8, Coloradans overwhelmingly voted “yes” on Proposition FF, which expands its universal free school meals program by limiting deductions on earners making over $300,000. As a result, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, Colorado will create the Healthy School Meals for All program, allowing all school children to receive a complimentary breakfast and lunch regardless…
New Location, Design of Robb Elementary School Approved 6 Months After Mass Shooting
November 17, 2022
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The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in Texas has approved the location and design of a new school to replace Robb Elementary, nearly six months after 19 students and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting. The site selection and conceptual design were approved during a school board meeting on Nov. 16, officials said in an emailed statement to…
Texas Bills Seek to Protect Children from Drag Performances, Sex Change Procedures
Texas Republicans this week pre-filed a slate of bills to pursue at the next state legislative session in January that seek to prevent children from seeing drag shows and would classify sex-change procedures for minors as child abuse. State Rep. Jared Patterson (R-Frisco) on Nov. 14 filed HB643, which seeks to reclassify businesses that permit drag performances…
New CDC Report: 1 in 9 Students in Middle and High School Use Tobacco
About one in nine students in middle and high school reported using tobacco products in 2022, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The just-released annual National Youth Tobacco Survey suggests 16.5 percent of high school students and 4.5 percent of middle school students use tobacco. It’s against…
‘Coercive Control’ Outlawed in New South Wales, Australia
November 16, 2022
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“Coercive control” has now been defined as an offence under a new law being passed in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). Dubbed the Coercive and Controlling Behaviour Bill 2020, the legislation creates an offence for “violent, menacing or intimidating” behaviour in a domestic relationship. It describes coercive control as isolating, controlling, frightening, humiliating,…
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