Tag: Social Issues

Parents Rein in ‘Rogue’ Sex Education in Michigan Schools

Long-standing Michigan laws have become a new weapon for a group of aspiring education reformers seeking to guard school children in the state against what they call “illegal hyper-sexualization” and other “woke” teachings. Activists concerned about what they were seeing in the state’s public schools recently formed a non-profit, non-partisan organization they call the Great…


Cousin of Emmett Till Sues to Compel Sheriff to Arrest White Woman, 88, Whose 1955 Interaction With Boy Preceded His Lynching

A cousin of Emmett Till, the young black boy lynched in 1955 for approaching a white woman in Mississippi, filed suit in federal court demanding that a recently discovered arrest warrant from the era be served on the woman. Till, a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago, was visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955 when he…


Louisiana AG Audit of Sexually Explicit Books in Public Libraries Calls for Update to Policies to Restrict Children’s Access

The Louisiana Attorney General has issued an audit on sexually explicit reading material found in public libraries that calls for an update to policies restricting children’s access. “The Protecting Innocence report gives parents and officials the tools they requested to protect Louisiana’s children from sexually explicit material,” said Attorney General Jeff Landry said in a…


Louisiana AG Audit of Sexually Explicit Books in Public Libraries Calls for Policies That Restrict Children’s Access

The Louisiana attorney general’s office has released an audit on sexually explicit reading material found in public libraries that calls for an update to policies restricting children’s access. “The Protecting Innocence report gives parents and officials the tools they requested to protect Louisiana’s children from sexually explicit material,” Attorney General Jeff Landry said in a…


Missouri Transgender Clinic Told to Stop Hormone Use on Youths While State Probe Continues

As a whistleblower’s claims remain under investigation, a top law enforcement official is urging The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital not to start new patients on puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones. The university has acknowledged it is “alarmed” and was launching its own internal review of allegations made in ex-worker Jamie Reed’s  3,500-word expose’ in…


Missouri Debate Bill to Ban School Encouragement of Child Gender Transition

Teachers shouldn’t encourage young children to get sex changes, a new Missouri bill states. The Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act prohibits school personnel from affirming or encouraging sex orientation changes in children in middle school and under without parental permission. Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon (R) introduced the bill. It addresses a common situation…


Missouri Considers Bill to Ban School Encouragement of Child Gender Transition

Teachers shouldn’t encourage young children to get sex changes, a new Missouri bill states. The Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act prohibits school personnel from affirming or encouraging sex orientation changes in children in middle school and under without parental permission. Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon (R) introduced the bill. It addresses a common situation…


Military Investigates Mother for Facebook Post Objecting to LGBT Banners

New Jersey mom Angela Reading didn’t expect a single Facebook post would deem her a “security threat” in the opinion of U.S. military officials. But it has, military documents confirm. “They’ve created this image of me—that I’m some sort of domestic terrorist—because I don’t want sexual posters hanging on the wall in an elementary school,”…


Missouri House Shoots Down Ban on Minors Openly Carrying Firearms on Public Land

A proposal to prohibit minors from carrying firearms in public without adult supervision was defeated by a vote of 104-39 in the Missouri House of Representatives. The Republican-led state congress voted on Feb. 8 against banning minors from openly carrying firearms, with only one Republican voting in favor of the ban. Lawmakers repealed the concealed…


SNAP Beneficiaries Could See Monthly Food Benefits Shrink as Pandemic Ends

Americans in 32 states are expected to see their benefits under the SNAP food assistance program shrink by $95 per month, starting in March, as the federal government ends the temporary emergency allotments introduced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program that offers low-income people…