Tag: Social Issues

Supreme Court Reverses Itself, Rules Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBT Club

Yeshiva University in New York will have to recognize an LGBT student club on campus—at least while litigation proceeds in lower courts—after the U.S. Supreme Court abruptly reversed itself on Sept. 14, lifting a stay it granted five days before. Four conservative justices dissented but two conservative court members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice…


Average Social Security Payments Could Hit $1,800 Owing to Inflation

Inflation could drive up Social Security payments by a record-high level next year due to inflation, with average payments reaching $1,800, according to an analysis by the Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan group that focuses on issues related to older U.S. citizens. Based on the inflation data through August, the Senior Citizens League estimates the…


New Totalitarianism Led by ‘Dull Bureaucrats and Technocrats’: Psychologist Mattias Desmet

Professor of clinical psychology at Ghent University Mattias Desmet is the world’s leading expert in the phenomenon known as “mass formation,” which is a type of hypnotic state that occurs when people are isolated from one another and free-floating anxiety is prevalent, as in during the COVID-19 pandemic. Desmet believes the world is now seeing…


LIVE NOW: Pray Vote Stand Summit (Sep. 15)

The Epoch Times will livestream the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, starting at 8:30 a.m. ET on Sept. 15. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. Video credit: FRC Action Schedule * Events are subject to change, and all times are Central Daylight Time (CDT). Location: First Baptist Atlanta / 4400 N Peachtree…


DeSantis Sends Illegal Immigrants on Flights to Martha’s Vineyard

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has sent two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, following through on his plan to send illegal aliens to Democrat-controlled areas. Taryn Fenske, the governor’s communications director, told media outlets in a statement on Sept. 14 that the fights were part of Florida’s “relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to…


FDA to Review Perrigo’s Birth Control Pill for Over-the-Counter Use

Perrigo Co. Plc. said on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has scheduled a meeting of external experts on Nov. 18 to review the application of its daily birth control pill for over-the-counter (OTC) use. Contraception access has taken the spotlight since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn the…


Pro-2A Groups Challenge New York’s New Concealed Carry Law: ‘As Unconstitutional As Old One’

Two pro-Second Amendment groups are challenging New York’s newly-enacted restrictions on carrying concealed firearms, a measure they say is worse than the one invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), along with the Firearms Policy Coalition and two private citizens, on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit targeting Senate…


Pastor Takes CRT to Church | Church & State

Reports exist from across the country of formerly biblically-minded pastors abruptly introducing tenets of critical race theory (CRT) into their Sunday messages. Should Christians view CRT as orthodox Christian teaching or dangerous heresy? In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles holds CRT up to scriptural truths to see if it holds water biblically or not. –…


LIVE NOW: Pray Vote Stand Summit (Sep. 14)

The Epoch Times will livestream the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, starting at 7 p.m. ET on Sept. 14. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. Video credit: FRC Action 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Worship by First Baptist Atlanta Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council (FRC) and FRC Action* Abortion: Answering the Hard…


Pray Vote Stand Summit (Sep. 14)

The Epoch Times will livestream the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, starting at 7 p.m. ET on Sept. 14. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. Video credit: FRC Action 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Worship by First Baptist Atlanta Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council (FRC) and FRC Action* Abortion: Answering the Hard…