Grant Braaten

Staff writers for The Lion cover a wide range of issues facing American families and culture, especially related to the education of children and youth.

Culture, Public Education
Mother to Texas state Reps: ‘If my daughter is taught CRT at all, I will sue you’

A fed-up mother gave Texas lawmakers a tongue-lashing over Critical Race Theory (CRT), social and emotional learning, and gender ideologies she says her kids have been indoctrinated with. … Read More

August 15, 2022
Culture
80-year-old woman booted from YMCA for asking male to leave women’s locker room

How did a Washington state YMCA handle an 80-year-old woman’s complaint about a man in a women’s swimsuit watching nearly naked little girls in the women’s locker room? … Read More

August 10, 2022
Public Education
This state’s Department of Education says it’s a ‘faulty concept’ to believe in two genders

The notion that there are only two genders is a “faulty concept,” according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education.  The department website’s “Creating Gender-Inclusive… Read More

August 9, 2022
Public Education
Crisis: More than 180 educators, one a day, arrested for child sex crimes in first half of 2022

A “serious child sex abuse problem” in the nation’s schools confirms the problem is real – and the numbers of victims are rising.  Through May 13 of… Read More

August 3, 2022
Culture, Public Education
Missouri attorney general wants more information on invasive student surveys by Merrick Garland-connected firm

After vowing back in May to investigate invasive student surveys used in at least one school district, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has officially sent a civil… Read More

July 29, 2022