Tag: US Features

Pennsylvania Trauma Survivor, Unable to Wear Mask, Is Denied Medical Treatment

Rayne Barton vividly remembers a day when she was 5 years old, playing with other little girls near the train tracks in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Her own house was nearby, and her aunt lived around the corner. On this day, a large group of teenage boys came upon the girls, separated them, and…


Narrative and Ideological Warfare:  The Ongoing Battle between Liberty and Authoritarianism

“It’s a war over narrative,” says Maajid Nawaz,” “and whoever gets to define the narratives around world events gets to define how those events are perceived and how we respond to them.” In this episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek and Maajid Nawaz, author of “Radical: My Journey out of  Islamist Extremism,” discuss,…


Outrage Follows Ohio Restaurant Group’s Endorsement of Gov. DeWine

Thousands of restaurants and bars have closed amid Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions. Many restaurant and bar owners across the state are expressing outrage after the Ohio Restaurant Association announced it is endorsing DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted for re-election. “They have betrayed the very businesses they claim to represent,” said…


Ohio Restaurant Group’s Endorsement of Gov. DeWine Sparks Outrage

Many restaurant and bar owners across the state are expressing outrage after the Ohio Restaurant Association (ORA) announced that it’s endorsing Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted for reelection. Thousands of restaurants and bars have closed amid DeWine’s COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions. “They have betrayed the very businesses they claim to represent,”…


Ohio’s Poorest County Continues to Vote Democrat, Remaining Blue in Sea of World Changes

In the heart of southeast Ohio’s Appalachian region is Athens County, the state’s poorest area with a 31 percent poverty rate. Most of the people living in Athens county at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains near the border of West Virginia—from farmers, professionals at Ohio University, or the working poor—all seem to know their…


The New Religion: How Marxists Substituted Race for Economic Class

“They’re effective at what they do,” James Lindsay says, “which is dividing everyday people while the people at the top can conquer.” In this first episode of a two-part series on “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discusses such ideas as “woke” ideology, Herbert Marcuse’s “repressive tolerance,” and the theological foundations of Marxism with James…


How Wokeism and CRT Became Socialist Religion: Pastor

Wokeism has taken the form of religion that has adopted various beliefs mixed with Marxism and critical race theory (CRT), said pastor Lucas Miles. Critical race theory, an offshoot of a neo-Marxist branch of thought, was influenced by liberation theology and black liberation theology, he explained. Marx’s works were inspired by Georg Wilhelm Hegel, a…


Parents’ Group, Children’s Publisher Join Forces Against CRT, Sexualization and Transgender Ideology

In an effort to protect children from critical race theory, early sexualization, and transgender ideology, a parent-advocacy group has joined forces with a like-minded children’s publisher to inform other parents of how “children are being brainwashed by woke books in our own homes.” No Left Turn in Education (NLT) was started by Elana Fishbein, a Philadelphia mother…


‘Chaos in the Sky’: Commercial Airline Pilots File Their First Lawsuit Over Transportation Mask Mandate

Hours after the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the federal transportation mask mandate—which the White House quickly threatened to veto—a group of commercial pilots filed the first legal challenge by airline workers to overturn the requirement to wear masks on all public transport. On March 15, 10 commercial airline pilots from six states filed a…


Dave Rubin Dispels Lies About Parental Rights Bill Dubbed ‘Don’t Say Gay’

A bill dealing with parental rights in education, which limits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools in Florida, has been met with relentless criticism by the left and has been dubbed by mainstream media the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, said Dave Rubin. The measure, officially known as House Bill 1557…