Tag: Social Issues

Child Advocate Warns of Dangerous Push to Normalize Drag Shows for Children

As drag shows for children appear to become increasingly widespread, one child advocate warns of the consequences of the dangerous push to normalize inappropriate behavior for youngsters. There was once a time when parents warned children about accepting candy from strangers. But as Child Protection League (CPL) Board Chair Julie Quist told The Epoch Times, “now…


Alex Jones Warns of AI and Genetic Engineering in Best-Selling Book ‘The Great Reset’

Alex Jones’s new book “The Great Reset” has made it to several top-selling lists, despite a steady stream of recent news about lawsuits targeting him that put the beleaguered radio and TV host in a negative light. The book was published on Aug. 30. During its first week, it hit #2 in The Wall Street Journal,…


US Supreme Court Rejects Case on What Rights Unborn Children Have

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 11 turned away a case that sought to clarify what rights unborn children, or fetuses, have. Justices rejected an appeal by Catholics for Life and two mothers who challenged a 2019 Rhode Island law, the Reproductive Privacy Act (RPA), that enabled abortions up until birth. Justices did not say why they…


A Tough Ask: Are Panhandlers After a Hand Out, Or a Hand Up?

COTTONWOOD, Ariz.—Catherine Schwab of Michigan sat in a folding chair holding a cardboard sign in the dry heat of the afternoon sun. “Please Help,” the sign in magic marker said. Wearing a wide-brim summer hat and shorts, Schwab watched the cars enter and leave the Walmart parking lot in Cottonwood, Arizona, her face without expression….


Delaying Injunctions and Prosecutor Vetoes Are Among Abortion War’s Latest Strategies

The Supreme Court ended Roe v. Wade. But ending abortion will likely prove a far harder battle, pro-life leaders say. Pro-choice groups have a wide range of tactics that could keep abortion accessible even in states that voted it illegal. Some of these maneuvers are last-ditch options that will likely only slow pro-life victories. But…


Pro-Life Group Wins as NC City Admits 1st Amendment Protects Public Prayer at Abortion Clinic

Officials in Greensboro, North Carolina, agreed that a group of pro-life citizens praying outside a local abortion clinic had been illegally arrested for their “exercise of constitutionally protected First Amendment rights,” according to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Eight members of the Love Life Christian ministry were arrested outside a Greensboro abortion clinic on March 28,…


Trump Says Republicans Should Clarify Their Support for Exceptions to Abortion Bans

Former President Donald Trump said Republicans need to do a better job of explaining their positions on abortion—with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother—and to contrast that with the pro-abortion Democrat Party platform. In an interview with talk show host Wayne Allyn Root, Trump said abortion bans must provide exemptions for…


Kanye West’s Twitter Account Locked After Rapper’s Post About Jewish People

Rapper Kanye West has been locked out of his Twitter account for violating the company’s policies after posting an allegedly anti-Semitic tweet on Sunday. West returned to Twitter for the first time since November 2020 after his Instagram account was restricted just one day prior for violating its policies following a string of other allegedly anti-Semitic posts. The rapper’s return to…


Looking at the Positive Side of Hardship: Hundreds Gather in Sydney to Create Unique Spectacle

Over 600 Falun Gong practitioners from Australia, New Zealand, and Vietnam gathered together to create a unique spectacle representing peace, hope, and faith. Dressed in yellow, practitioners were arranged to make up four giant Chinese characters “法正人間” (the Buddha Fa rectifying the human world) at Jubilee Park, Sydney, on Oct. 8 The four characters glowed…


Students Nationwide Face Pressure to Become LGBT

In a small, conservative town in North Dakota, 12-year-old Rebecca has faced unrelenting pressure from friends to announce an LGBT identity. It’s a pressure she doesn’t want or need, according to her mother, Sarah. The two asked to have their full names withheld to prevent them from being identified, which, they fear, would exacerbate the…