Tag: Social Issues

Black Communities Succeed When They Have a Purpose in Life, Not Welfare: Gun Rights Activist

To truly help people in black communities to succeed in life is to teach them how to find purpose in life and to defend that purpose, said Maj Toure, founder of the 2nd Amendment organization Black Guns Matter. Toure teaches people at the Solutionary Center in Philadelphia how they can defend themselves, but he argues…


Health Care-Sharing Ministries as an Alternative

Death and taxes have always been givens. But another given is high insurance premiums. Health insurance premiums have risen 20 percent since 2017. This results in the average American family paying thousands in health insurance premiums per year. The Affordable Care Act is an alternative to some. But there are many families who earn above…


Police Clamp Down on Angry Parents Protesting About Teen Bullying

When hundreds of angry parents protested for the second time about a local 13-year old girl being bullied and physically abused by her peers, the police swooped in to suppress the activity. Three people were arrested and others were injured during the police crackdown. A Zizhou Middle School student was harassed and abused by schoolmates…


Tech Layoffs Send H-1B Visa Holders Scrambling for New Jobs

Recent layoffs in the American tech sector have sent hundreds of H-1B visa holders scrambling for new jobs, with thousands fearing the same chase. Major tech firms have left many foreign tech workers with temporary work visas in the United States with only two months to find a job, or they will will be forced…


New Zealand Court Rules Voting Age of 18 ‘Discriminatory’

New Zealand’s peak judicial body, the Supreme Court, has declared the current minimum voting age of 18 to be discriminatory, paving the way for the voting age to be lowered to 16. Activist group, Make It 16, has been advocating for three years to drop the minimum voting age so that it is in line…


California Water District Workers Win $125,000 After Vaccine Discrimination Lawsuit

Five months after filing a lawsuit against the Goleta Water District in Santa Barbara, attorneys have secured a six-figure award in favor of five plaintiffs resulting from the utility’s restrictive COVID-19 employee vaccine mandate. “This was fairly early on that they offered this judgment that the plaintiffs were the prevailing parties, which means they did…


California Workers Win $125,000 After Vaccine Discrimination Lawsuit

Five months after filing a lawsuit against the Goleta Water District in Santa Barbara, attorneys have secured a six-figure award in favor of five plaintiffs resulting from the utility’s restrictive COVID-19 employee vaccine mandate. “This was fairly early on that they offered this judgment that the plaintiffs were the prevailing parties, which means they did…


Gun Rights Advocates Sue to Block Oregon’s New Gun Controls

With Oregon’s new gun law set to take effect in less than three weeks, the first legal challenge has been filed in federal court. Passed with just 50.7 percent of the vote, Ballot Measure 114 requires Oregonians to undergo a background check and take a class, which does not yet exist, to obtain a permit…


Ohio Law School Purges Chief Justice John Marshall From Its Name Because He Owned Slaves

Cleveland State University is purging the name of the legendary late Chief Justice John Marshall from its 125-year-old law school because he was a slaveowner. Critics say tearing down statues of America’s founders and early leaders, and removing their names from institutions is part of the woke movement aimed at canceling historic figures and lessons,…


The ‘Voice’ No One Asked For

Commentary In November, I was a conference panellist on the topic of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. Chris Kenny, a host on Sky News Australia, was moderating a panel of Anthony Dillon, Hannah Hollis, Dean Parkin, and myself. The whole conference was a great event, and we also had a great…