Tag: Social Issues

Western Hypocrisy: We Are Failing Our Children

January 16, 2023
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Commentary Adults can do what they wish when it comes to surgically altering their bodies, but Western society has long considered the genital mutilation of children—particularly young girls—to be a heinous crime. Cutting and destroying the sexual reproductive organs of young girls to satisfy the religious and ideological marital demands of controlling men caused a…

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China’s Solar Energy Tycoon Detained by Authorities: Reports

January 16, 2023
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Li Hejun, the founder of China’s solar energy giant Hanergy Thin Film Power Group, was taken away by police in China’s northeastern Liaoning Province on Dec. 17, according to Caixin, a major Chinese financial news portal.  Li was detained by police to “assist investigators” and hadn’t been seen as of the time of reporting, Caixin…

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Uproar Ensues as Florida’s DeSantis Engineers Conservative Overhaul of Progressive College

January 16, 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement that he intends to turn a flailing liberal public university into the Sunshine State’s answer to Hillsdale College has drawn fierce criticism from progressives. A plethora of headlines shows that the Republican governor has struck a nerve. “Ron DeSantis’s New College Coup is Doomed to Fail,” wrote the Chronicle of…

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11th Circuit Asks Florida Supreme Court to Define Terms of Anti-Riot Law

January 16, 2023
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Before it can decide whether a 2021 anti-riot law in Florida violates the U.S. Constitution, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is asking the Florida Supreme Court to define “public disturbance.” The “Combatting Violence, Disorder, and Looting, and Law Enforcement Protection Act” (pdf), also known as HB 1, was signed into law by Florida Gov….

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A One Tribe Policy: Aboriginal Elder Locks Horns With Advocacy Group Over Tourist Site

January 16, 2023
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Aboriginal groups have blamed an Indigenous advocacy organisation for promoting a “one tribe policy” after it managed to convince the New South Wales government to declare a popular tourist destination a “men’s site” and consider a ban on visitors. The New South Wales government has worked closely with a “Wollumbin Consultative Group” since 2000—according to…

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A ‘One Tribe’ Policy: Indigenous Groups Lock Horns Over Popular Tourist Site

January 16, 2023
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Aboriginal groups have blamed an Indigenous advocacy organisation for promoting a “one tribe policy” after it managed to convince the New South Wales government to declare a popular tourist destination a “men’s site” and consider a ban on visitors. The New South Wales government has worked closely with a “Wollumbin Consultative Group” since 2000—according to…

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At Least 5 Killed, 8 Missing in North China Chemical Plant Explosion

January 16, 2023
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BEIJING—A massive explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China killed at least five people and left eight missing, state broadcaster CCTV said Monday. More than 30 other people were injured in the explosion Sunday on the outskirts of the city of Panjin in Liaoning province east of the capital, Beijing. The actual number of…

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Watchdog Group: DEI Training Is ‘Insulting’ to Health Care Workers

January 16, 2023
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A watchdog organization that monitors radical and divisive ideologies in medical institutions has obtained an internal document (pdf) from a Texas hospital showing a sizeable commitment to enforcing concepts which, the group says, stray from basic health care training. Laura Morgan, program manager with Do No Harm (DNH), told The Epoch Times that the documents…

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5 Places That Used Slur for Native American Women Are Renamed

January 16, 2023
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Five unincorporated populated areas in the United States that used the word “squaw,” which is considered a derogatory term toward Native American women, have had their names changed. Renaming the sites—located in California, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas—completes a years-long process to remove the word from geographic sites across the country. The U.S. Department of the…

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VA to Offer Free Treatment to US Military Veterans in ‘Acute Suicidal Crisis’

January 16, 2023
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Starting Jan. 17, U.S. military veterans in “acute suicidal crisis” can get free emergency health care at any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) non-VA health care facility, the agency reported. According to a press release, the new policy allows veterans to access inpatient or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and outpatient treatment…

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