The University of Southern California’s (USC) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will no longer use the word “field” in its curriculum, as it may have racist “connotations” related to slavery. The word “may have connotations for descendants of slavery and immigrant workers that are not benign,” according to a letter from the department on Jan. 9….
USC Removes the Word ‘Field’ in Class Because of Implied Connotations to Racism and Slavery
California YMCA Rebukes Teen Girl Who Reported Naked Man in Women’s Locker Room
Teenager Rebecca Phillips stepped out from her post-workout shower in the YMCA locker room and gasped. A naked man was standing in the women’s dressing area of the Cameron Family YMCA in Santee, California. “I immediately went back into the shower, terrified, and hid behind their flimsy excuse for a curtain until he was gone,”…
California Teen Begs City Council to ‘Protect Women’ After Encountering Naked Man in YMCA Locker Room
Teenager Rebecca Phillips stepped out from her post-workout shower in the YMCA locker room and gasped. A naked man was standing in the women’s dressing area of the Cameron Family YMCA in Santee, California. “I immediately went back into the shower, terrified, and hid behind their flimsy excuse for a curtain until he was gone,”…
Texas Sees Nearly 100 Percent Drop in Abortions Following Roe Reversal
Abortions in Texas fell significantly during the initial months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, with the red state implementing resolute anti-abortion laws while Republican lawmakers are pushing forward more pro-life policies nationwide. Only three abortions took place in Texas in August 2022, down from 2,596 in June, when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled…
Educator Sexual Misconduct Is On The Rise In US Public Schools: Report
From sexting to rape, there is a disturbing uptick in sexual misconduct by public school teachers and other staff against students across the United States. The growing problem was recently highlighted by an audit of Chicago public schools where dozens of staff members ranging from teachers, administrators, and counselors, to security officers—even a sign language…
China Registers First Annual Population Fall in Decades, Economic Crisis Accompanied by COVID-19
The population of China fell last year for the first time since the 1960s, with births dropping and deaths rising, strengthening fears about a long-term economic decline. The Chinese population declined by roughly 850,000 people to a total of 1.41175 billion in 2022, per the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is the first…
DeSantis Nominee Set to Oversee Florida Highway Patrol Despite Vocal Opposition
Two weeks ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave his second inaugural address in front of banners emblazoned with “Free State of Florida.” “Over the past few years, as so many states in our country grinded [sic] their citizens down, we in Florida lifted our people up,” DeSantis, a Republican, told the cheering ground. A few…
Pastor Story Hours Not Getting Same Welcome From Public Libraries As Drag Queen Readings
The first pastor story hour to take place in one of the most liberal regions of the United States drew the expected group of protesters, but it also drew an equally large crowd of supporters. The Chelmsford Public Library, which has in the past fully embraced and promoted drag queen story hours, played the unwanted…
22 Attorneys General Call FDA’s New Abortion Pill Rules ‘Illegal and Dangerous’
Attorneys general from 22 states are calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse a rule change allowing for remote prescriptions of abortion-inducing pills through the mail. In the Jan. 13 letter (pdf), the attorneys general slammed the FDA, saying the agency’s decision to “abandon commonsense restrictions on remotely prescribing and administering abortion-inducing…
Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Would Be Appalled’ by Modern US Race Relations: Carol Swain
As Americans observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, retired Vanderbilt University professor and author Carol Swain expressed concern over the current state of U.S. race relations and civil rights. In an interview with NTD News, Swain said that King’s approach and message on civil rights was “diametrically opposed” to the views and behaviors…
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