Courts
Christian employees can challenge mandated DEI trainings on religious freedom grounds, lawyer says(The Daily Signal) â Christian employees can raise religious freedom complaints against mandated diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings if those DEI trainings force an ideology on them or make them… Read More
Legislation
Illinois’ ‘equitable’ funding report seeks $1.4 billion more for higher education(The Center Square) â Democrats unveiled a report that ultimately calls for Illinois taxpayers to pay $1.4 billion more to fund public universities. A Republican legislator questioned if that will… Read More
Culture
University president pushes back on âfringe agendaâ behind male athletes competing in womenâs sports(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Houghton University President Dr. Wayne Lewis Jr. said during an interview Monday that he would not condone men competing in womenâs sports after a biological… Read More
Public Education
Collusion: Rhode Island school district sends 8,800 pages of emails to SPLC, docs show(The Daily Signal) â When concerned mom Nicole Solas requested all emails from her Rhode Island school district to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the request turned up more than 8,000… Read More
Culture
âLet the reckoning beginâ: Detransitioners vindicated by expose of WPATH experimentation on minors(The Daily Signal) â Detransitioners have been trying to warn the public that so-called gender-affirming careâtransgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockersâis both experimental and dangerous, especially for minors. Now, thanks to… Read More
Public Education
Illinois State Board of Education, diversity recruiters, ask for more tax dollars(The Center Square) â Teach Plus, a special interest group, contributed to a $2.3 million increase in the 2023 state budget for the Minority Teachers of Illinois Scholarship to attract… Read More
Culture
Biden admin hits Liberty University with record fine(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Department of Education (DOE) is imposing a fine on a Christian college in Virginia after they reportedly violated campus safety law. Read More
Culture
CTU president suggests new teacher contract could cost taxpayers $50B(The Center Square) â The Chicago Teachers Union is preparing for collective bargaining talks with the city, and the union’s president suggested the new terms would cost taxpayers $50 billion. Read More
Culture
Christian who survived assassination attempt in Communist Romania issues dire warning about erosion of parental rights in the US(The Daily Signal) â A Christian who faced persecution for her faith in Communist Romania in the 1980s and barely survived an assassination attempt orchestrated by dictator Nicolae Ceausescu warns… Read More
Culture
Feds shell out thousands on computer lessons for LGBT refugees, fostering âeconomic inclusionâ In Latin America(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The federal government has used taxpayer dollars to fund services for LGBT refugees in Latin America over the past couple of years, federal grants show. The… Read More
Culture
Liver cancer in teens, reduced sexual function, lack of consent: Internal docs reveal experimental nature of âgender-affirming careâ(The Daily Signal) â Doctors at the World Professional Association of Transgender Health repeatedly struggled with various side effects of what they call âgender-affirming care,â including cancer in teens, reduced sexual function,… Read More
Public Education
Report: Teachers unions quietly spend millions on GOP primaries in 32 states(The Daily Signal) â Though teachers unions are well known for donating huge sums to Democratic candidates, a closer look at donor data reveals that the unions have spent the last… Read More
Public Education
Report: New Hampshire leads the country in student enrollment decline(The Center Square) â New Hampshire is a leader in public education spending growth even as the state has lost more students over the past two decades than any other… Read More
Courts
Court rules Biden admin canât force Christian health care workers to perform trans surgeries(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A district court ruled Monday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) violated the First Amendment by attempting to force religious health care workers to… Read More
Public Education
Florida university eliminates all DEI positions(Daily Caller News Foundation) â University of Florida has fired all of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) staff effective immediately, a spokesperson for the university told the Daily Caller… Read More
Legislation
Minnesota House OKs school resource officer fix(The Center Square) â The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill to clarify use of force allowed for school resource officers with a 124-8 vote. The original law banned… Read More
Public Education
âA discouraging storyâ: Teachers continue to flee profession years after pandemic(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Teachers are still fleeing schools in higher numbers than before the pandemic as schools continue to reel from the COVID-19 pandemicâs fallout, according to The Wall… Read More
Culture
George Mason University offers scholarship for illegal immigrants(Daily Caller News Foundation) â George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, is offering scholarships to illegal immigrants, according to the institutionâs website. The Undocumented Scholars Award is designed to help first-generation… Read More
Opinion
Googleâs woke Gemini AI underscores threat of Big Tech information gatekeepers(The Daily Signal) â Google is having a Bud Light moment. If youâve spent any time onlineâespecially on social mediaâin the past week, youâve probably noticed the… Read More
Legislation
Parents’ bill of rights initiative moves ahead in Washington State Legislature(The Center Square) â A “parents’ bill of rights” initiative to the Legislature passed out of two legislative committees in Olympia on Friday morning. Initiative 2081 would require… Read More