Tag: Social Issues

Pro-Life Activist Suspects Intimidation Tactic After FBI Agents Visit Her Parents’ Home

A pair of FBI agents visited the home of the parents of pro-life activist Elise Ketch last month in an incident that was caught on her mother’s Ring doorbell camera. The FBI visit took place on April 18 and the video from the encounter was first published by the Daily Signal on Wednesday. Ketch, who…


Texas Poised to Enact Ban on Puberty Blockers, Hormone Therapies, Surgeries for Minors

Texas is set to join the ranks of at least 17 other states by prohibiting hormone therapies, puberty blockers, and sex change surgeries for minors. On Wednesday, the state Legislature passed Senate Bill 14 (pdf), sending it to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for signing. The bill, which sailed through the GOP-controlled House (87–56) on…


$1.7 Trillion Dollar Federal Agency Still Handing Foster Children Garbage Bags for Their Belongings

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a $1.7 trillion operation budget for the next fiscal year, a 12 percent increase over its already enormous annual budget. The agency seeks billions more in taxpayer dollars to fund newly-proposed expenditures, including a sexual gender minority research office and grants to abortion providers. However,…


Agency With $1.7 Trillion Budget Giving Foster Kids Garbage Bags for Their Belongings

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a $1.7 trillion operation budget for the next fiscal year, a 12 percent increase over its already enormous annual budget. The agency seeks billions more in taxpayer dollars to fund newly-proposed expenditures, including a sexual gender minority research office and grants to abortion providers. However,…


House Passes Bill to Deport Illegal Immigrants Who Assault Police

The U.S. House of Representatives approved two bills in observance of National Police Week during its session May 17. HR 2494 makes illegal immigrants who assault police automatically deportable, and HR 3091 allows retired federal law enforcement officers to purchase surplus federal weapons. Democrats opposed the bills largely over Republican refusals to amend HR 3091…


Appeals Court Seems Skeptical of Biden Admin Arguments in Favor of Abortion Pill

A federal appeals court appears skeptical of Biden administration arguments given on May 17 that a lower court ruling overturning a decades-old U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of abortion pill mifepristone was wrongly decided. The case is one of many that have followed in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in June…


Work-From-Home is Unfair to Employees Who Can’t Afford It: Elon Musk

Industrialist Elon Musk has criticized work-from-home arrangements, claiming it was unfair to employees who cannot access such options while at the same time being less productive compared to working from an office. “The laptop class is living in la la land,” Musk said in an interview with CNBC on May 16. The billionaire insisted that…


Cornell Professor Tracks CRT in Higher Education, Elite K-12, and Medical Schools

A website developed by a Cornell University law professor to track critical race theory (CRT) in America’s colleges and universities is expanding to expose CRT’s presence in the curriculum at elite K-12 and medical schools. Criticalrace.org is a website created by Cornell Professor William Jacobson, featuring a state-by-state compilation of America’s educational institutions and a report…


Florida’s DeSantis Pushes New Laws to Protect Children and Signs Five Bills to ‘Let Kids Be Kids’

Five bills designed to “let kids be kids” were signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 17. One outlaws transgender surgery and puberty blockers for minors. Another halts what DeSantis called “the pronoun Olympics” in Florida schools. Another bans the presence of minors at sexually explicit entertainment such as drag shows. Young…


DeSantis Signs Bills Banning Transgender Procedures, Males From Women’s Bathrooms, Forced Pronouns in Schools

Five bills designed to “let kids be kids” were signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 17. One outlaws transgender surgery and puberty blockers for minors. Another halts what DeSantis called “the pronoun Olympics” in Florida schools. Another bans the presence of minors at sexually explicit entertainment such as drag shows. Young…