Tag: Social Issues

Looming Nationwide Railroad Strike Threatens Food Supply Chain as Union and Carriers Negotiations Stall

September 13, 2022
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The American Bakers Association (ABA) is warning of potentially severe consequences for the nation’s supply chain should thousands of union rail workers go on strike next week following stalled labor negotiations. “Even a temporary interruption would create a devastating ripple effect,” Lee Sanders, the ABA’s senior vice president of government relations and public affairs, said…

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Maine’s Transgender Curriculum As Seen Through the Eyes of a Child and Her Family

September 13, 2022
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Even from middle school, Lucy found that society didn’t accept her gender. Lucy is a heterosexual girl. Her peers and teachers at Maine’s Regional School Unit (RSU) 22 pressured her to be transgender or lesbian, she said. “Straight people like me, I think they get a lot of anxiety, and they can’t find a voice…

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Bill Gates Touts ‘Magic Seeds’ to Fight Food Shortages, Warns ‘Progress Has Stalled Amid Numerous Crises’

September 13, 2022
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Billionaire Bill Gates is pushing for the use of “magic seeds” as a way to combat food shortages, citing examples of crops that are genetically modified organisms (GMO) used in Kenya and India. “Magic seeds” is a term Gates gave to a new type of maize that was developed by a group of African crop…

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Toddler Dies Amid Strict COVID Lockdown in China’s Xinjiang, Netizens Blast Authorities

September 13, 2022
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The tragic death of a 17-month-old boy in Yining city last month has caused outrage on Chinese social media. The boy’s father accused the local hospitals of negligence, and netizens criticized authorities for their strict COVID-19 lockdowns. Yining—a city in China’s western Xinjiang region—had been under complete lockdown since July 30, when authorities reported 10 asymptomatic…

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17 GOP State Attorneys General Say Biden’s Title IX Rewrite Jeopardizes Women’s Progress, Safety

September 13, 2022
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A Biden administration proposed rewrite of the landmark Title IX ban on discrimination in public school classrooms and athletic fields will repeal five decades of women’s progress in education and subject female athletes to physical injury and sexual assault, according to a coalition of 17 Republican state attorneys general. In a withering 37-page critique of…

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States to Ban Gas-Powered Cars Despite Human and Environmental Cost of Electric Vehicles

September 12, 2022
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In Chile’s Salar de Atacama, locals watch helplessly as their ancestral lands wither and die, their precious water resources evaporating in salar brines. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, hope for a better life dissolves as well-funded Ugandan-led extremist groups force children as young as six into cobalt mines. Closer to home, Nevada’s Fort McDermitt…

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Miami-Dade Parents Are Waking Up, But Are Not Woke: Watchdog Group

September 12, 2022
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Parents of students in Miami-Dade County made one thing clear to school officials this week—they are waking up and not woke, said the leader of a citizen watchdog group. And it’s just more evidence that “parents and guardians across America are actively taking steps toward regaining their rights in education,” Alex Cerrado, president…

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Millions Continue Flocking to Mount Rushmore In Spite of Cancel Culture

September 11, 2022
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KEYSTONE, South Dakota—A soft wind blew across the Grand View Terrace of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and a shiver ran up my spine. For millions of Americans visiting for the first time, like me, this is hallowed ground—liberty and sacrifice carved into the timeless mountain. “It gives you a tingle,” said Doug Alford of Texas,…

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Texas Congressman Presents Released Jan. 6 Prisoner With Flag That Flew Over US Capitol

September 11, 2022
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) presented Dr. Simone Gold a flag that was once flown over the U.S. Capitol on Friday, following her 45 days in jail for being involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach and stepping inside restricted premises. “Dr. Simone Gold is a patriot and an American hero,” Gohmert said in a Sept….

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Many Left Starving Under CCP’s COVID Lockdowns During Mid-Autumn Festival

September 10, 2022
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On Sept. 10, the day of the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese communist regime reported new COVID-19 cases and plunged more cities and districts into lockdown. Many Chinese are now starving due to disruptions in food supply under the regime’s constant shutdown of cities and transportation. Authorities in Beijing announced nine new COVID-19 infections in…

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