Documents the FBI recently released show that a lawyer for the agency expressed her reservations about a draft version of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Oct. 4, 2021 memo that initiated a controversial federal effort to investigate alleged harassment at school board meetings around the country. The documents, which the America First Legal Foundation (AFL)…

Jewish organizations have condemned Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff for comparing anger at school board meetings to hatred surrounding the Holocaust. Recalling his recent visit to Europe, Emhoff told MSNBC host Symone Sanders that his experience meeting a Holocaust survivor—now a Ukrainian refugee in Germany following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—made him think of a parallel between the…

Commentary When it comes to surveying the big political trends of the year that was, the focus tends to be on what happened federally at Parliament Hill, or at provincial legislatures or our municipal city halls. It’s only natural. After all, those are our three levels of government and they’re where the decisions that most…

First, a Sunday school teacher and now a licensed electrician have been arrested for refusing to wear masks at school board meetings in New Hampshire. Nolan Pelletier, who is also the chairman of the NH Libertarian Party, was charged with criminal trespass for refusing to wear a mask at the Timberlane Regional School District Board…

First, a Sunday school teacher and now a licensed electrician have been arrested for refusing to wear masks at school board meetings in New Hampshire. New information, obtained by The Epoch Times, shows that Homeland Security was involved in one of the arrests. Nolan Pelletier, who is also the chairman of the New Hampshire Libertarian…

FBI documents apparently leaked by a bureau whistleblower suggest that federal law enforcement is treating threats against school board members as potential acts of domestic terrorism. Retired FBI agent Marc Ruskin spoke with The Epoch Times about what the documents mean and why they matter. Though the FBI whistleblower’s revelations have sparked outrage by parents,…

An Ontario district school board is rooting out books from its school library collections that are considered “harmful,” but some trustees are raising concerns about censorship and fear the move resembles a book banning. The policy is part of the Waterloo Region District School Board’s (WRDSB) operational plans for 2021-2022, which aims to achieve “an…

The Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) board of trustees has voted to cut ties with the National School Board Association (NSBA) over the latter’s attempt to have federal agents police school board meetings across the country. “The Board of Trustees’ decision was prompted by NSBA’s recent letter to President Joe Biden requesting federal intervention at…

Commentary A few weeks ago I was on Facebook and I saw a right-leaning friend post a list of six or seven policies that our current administration was enacting, so he could point out that every policy served no purpose other than to keep the plebs in their place. A left-leaning mutual friend of ours…