Tag: Education & Family News

Tim Scott Challenges Left’s Racial Rhetoric: ‘You Can Even Call Me Uncle Tim’

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) spoke of race, faith, and America on Feb. 22 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, as rumors of his potential 2024 bid percolate through political Washington. “God has already blessed America,” he told the audience. Scott invoked his experience as a successful black American to reject some of the criticism…


Trustees at North Carolina’s Flagship University Want School Based on Intellectual Freedom

When North Carolina’s flagship university board of trustees voted to start a new school based on intellectual freedom to counter “woke” ideology, the backlash was swift. On Jan. 26, it was widely reported the board of trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted unanimously for the administration to accelerate its development…


California Teacher Fired for Saying She Would Tell Parents About Gender Transition of Their Child

California gym teacher Jessica Taipas said she would tell parents if their children started secret gender transitions. Taipas said she never notified a parent of a child’s transgenderism or prevented a boy from entering the girls’ locker room because these situations never came up. But saying she would not obey school rules in these hypothetical…


Biden Admin Proposes Changes to Trump-Era Rules on Religious Liberty Protection at Colleges

The Biden administration has proposed changing a Trump-era rule that would suspend federal funding to colleges that impede the activities of religious organizations on campus. In an announcement on Tuesday, a U.S. Department of Education (DOE) official called the regulation “unduly burdensome” and issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The DOE formulated the rule in 2019…


Where Have All the Good Men Gone? The Attack on the Alpha Male and the Rise of the Beta Male

With gender ideology frontline in the cultural war, many have asked the question, “What is a woman?” But we also must ask, “What is a man?” With the rise of feminism and the LGBTQ agenda, men in our society have been neglected. Women complain they want a real man, yet they stifle the very qualities…


Library Refuses to Remove All-Ages Sexting and Solo Sex Guides

A public library in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, has sided with activists to block efforts of local residents asking to remove from shelves sexually graphic books and instructional sex guides aimed at children. After receiving requests to remove six books from shelves, the director of the Glen Ridge Public Library has refused, according to local…


28 Groups Ask Biden Admin to Reinforce Women’s Rights in Sports

More than 20 legal and advocacy groups, and former education officials have sent a letter (pdf) to the Biden administration’s Department of Education (DOE) requesting that the Department quash its plan to allow males to compete in women’s sports and use women’s locker rooms. The DOE proposed regulations in 2022 to amend Title IX of the…


Indiana Bill Would Fund Firearms Training for Teachers, School Staff

The lower chamber of the Indiana General Assembly has approved a bill allowing for state-funded handgun training for teachers and school staff. Indiana House Republicans were able to pass House Bill 1177 on Feb. 21, which would fund handgun training for teachers to protect their classrooms and students. The bill passed the House with a 71–24…


Most Baby Formula Health Claims Not Based on Evidence, Undermines Breastfeeding: Researchers

The majority of health claims on baby formula products are backed by little to no scientific evidence, an international survey found, with researchers calling for more rigorous marketing regulations. Scientists from the Imperial College London said regulations need to provide better protections against harms linked with the aggressive marketing of baby formula. They argue that…


20,000 Visitors Turn Up in Small Kentucky Town for Unexpected Religious Revival Event

On the morning of Feb. 8, an ordinary chapel service at Asbury University, a Christian college in Wilmore, Kentucky, turned extraordinary. When the 45-minute service was supposed to conclude nobody left. So, what was the draw that kept so many in the Hughes Auditorium? The hundreds of students who remained there around the clock for…