Tag: Social Issues

Biden Says Its ‘Immoral,’ ‘Outrageous’ for States to Ban Transgender Treatment

President Joe Biden has denounced states that have, or are seeking, to outlaw sex change procedures on children, calling bills that recently passed, or are being considered, in multiple Republican-led legislatures “immoral.” “I don’t think any state or anybody should have the right to do that as a moral question. As a legal question, I just…


Embattled LA Councilman Kevin de León Will Not Be Excused from Meetings

LOS ANGELES—Embattled City Councilman Kevin de León will not be excused from council meetings as he continues to defy widespread calls to resign over his involvement in the City Hall racism scandal, Council President Paul Krekorian wrote in a letter to de León Oct. 24. Krekorian responded to a letter that de León sent last…


Scientists Enthusiastic About New Gender, Non-Binary Quotas for Research Funding

The Australian Academy of Sciences has thrown its support behind a new quota system dealing with “gender inequities” in the distribution of research grants—despite repeated concerns from commentators that gender quotas do not produce meaningful outcomes. In a “new intervention”, the country’s health and medical research funding body, the National Health and Medical Research Council…


While Texas TV Host Tracks Drag Queen Shows, Lawmakers Plan to Outlaw Minor Attendees

A conservative television host in Texas is so dedicated to tracking shows where drag queens twerk and disrobe around children that she’s willing to hide under a wig to expose them. Sara Gonzalez looks for events that either target children or simply allow them to attend. “Whenever I go to any of these events, I…


CRT Is Being Taught in US Schools, Despite Denials: Study

A new study has determined that critical race theory (CRT) concepts are being taught in American schools, despite denials from some individuals or groups. Zach Goldberg and Eric Kaufmann from the Manhattan Institute commissioned a study on a “nationally representative sample of 1,505 18- to 20-year-old Americans—a demographic that has yet to graduate from, or…


California Judge Refuses to Force Christian Baker to Make Wedding Cake Celebrating Same-Sex Marriage

A Christian baker in California has prevailed in a lawsuit that a lesbian couple filed against her for refusing to bake a wedding cake to celebrate their marriage on religious grounds. The left has been targeting Christian bakers for years for political purposes, asking religious bakers that are opposed to same-sex marriage to bake wedding…


16-Year-Old Daughter Dies in COVID-19 Quarantine in China

Reports of a 16-year-old girl dying in a COVID-19 quarantine center after her family’s pleas for help went ignored have been spreading on Chinese social media since Oct. 18 during CCP’s party congress and has sparked public outrage. The girl’s father is believed to have been silenced by authorities after he spoke publicly of her…


Family Pleads as 16-Year-Old Daughter Dies in COVID-19 Quarantine in China

Reports of a 16-year-old girl dying in a COVID-19 quarantine center after her family’s pleas for help went ignored have been spreading on Chinese social media since Oct. 18 during CCP’s party congress and has sparked public outrage. The girl’s father is believed to have been silenced by authorities after he spoke publicly of her…


Doubt-Free, America’s Schools Warm to Climate Activism

Public school districts are adopting curricula on climate change from well-funded progressive groups casting the issue as a threat to life on the planet that students should respond to through activism. As of fall 2020, 29 states and the District of Columbia have adopted standards that require science classes to teach human-caused climate change as…


Nearly 80 Percent of Americans—Including Most Democrats—Oppose Puberty Blockers for Minors

A new survey of voters who say they are likely to go to the polls on Nov. 8 finds the vast majority of them—including 53 percent of self-described Democrats—oppose administering puberty-blocking drugs to minors. The survey by the Atlanta-based Trafalgar Group of 1,079 likely voters found that 78.7 percent of the respondents answered positively when…