Tag: Social Issues

‘This Regime Needs to Go’: Enes Kanter Freedom Blasts Communist China

NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom is speaking out against the tyranny of China’s communist regime and the myriad U.S. business interests that give it cover. “I say ‘this regime needs to go’ because they’re violating so many human rights,” Freedom said during a wide-ranging interview with Jan Jekielek on “American Thought Leaders.” “There is no…


‘Drag Queen Christmas’ in Tennessee Concerns Parents as Lawmakers Consider Enacting Age Restrictions

A sold out “Drag Queen Christmas” performance scheduled at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Dec. 22 sparked concern from some community members over the event’s lack of an age limit. Similar events, if featuring adult-themed content, could be banned or required to have age restrictions if proposed legislation in the Tennessee General Assembly…


Abbott Withdrawing Infant Formula From China Amid Declining Birth Rates

News Analysis After 24 years in China, Abbott, the largest U.S. supplier of infant formula, has decided to pull out a significant part of its operations from China. In recent years, the number of newborns in China has dropped significantly while more and more foreign companies are moving their supply chains out of the country….


Federal Agency Investigates School District For Removing LGBT Books From Library

The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a North Texas school district after its superintendent was secretly recorded giving instructions to librarians to remove books containing LGBT themes from the library. The Office notified officials from Granbury school about the investigation on Dec. 6. The investigation stems from a letter of complaint filed…


Sweden Breaks With Trans-Health Group Following Alterations in Child Sex Change Guidelines

Health authorities in Sweden are moving away from the recommendations of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) regarding child sex change surgeries. In a Dec. 14 article published in the Swedish medical journal Läkartidningen, pediatrician Mats Reimer points out that WPATH Standards of Care 8 (SOC8) guidelines that were released earlier this year…


Planned Parenthood Affiliate Offering Telemedicine Abortions in Kansas

Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains (CHPPGP), an affiliate of Planned Parenthood, has announced that it is offering telemedicine abortion services in the state of Kansas after a court gave green light to the practice. A 2011 law had previously required doctors in Kansas to be in the same room as patients while prescribing…


Actor Tim Robbins Decries COVID-19 Sanctimony, Demonization of Vaccine Skeptics

Renowned actor Tim Robbins told comedian Russell Brand during a podcast interview aired over the weekend that his views about COVID-19 restrictions completely changed when Robbins visited parts of the world where people publicly asserted their right to be free from masking, and that lockdown enforcers’ coercion, sanctimony, and demonization of those with different views…


Black and Latino Public Charter School Students Twice as Likely to Be at Grade Level: NJ Test Scores

Recently released test scores show that black and Latino students in New Jersey public charter schools are twice as likely to be at grade level compared to their peers. According to a Dec. 19 press release (pdf), an assessment of 2022 test scores compiled by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) shows that black and…


15 States Pushing Apple and Google to Increase Age Recommendation for TikTok 

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced he has joined counterparts from 14 other states to send letters to Apple and Google asking them to increase the age rating for the TikTok app, currently marketed to children 12 years old and up. The attorneys general detailed the misleading nature of the TikTok age ratings—which incorrectly portray…


15 States Push Apple and Google to Increase Age Recommendation for TikTok 

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced he has joined counterparts from 14 other states to send letters to Apple and Google asking them to increase the age rating for the TikTok app, currently marketed to children 12 years old and up. The attorneys general detailed the misleading nature of the TikTok age ratings—which incorrectly portray…