Gender
New York court strikes down order banning transgender athletes(The Center Square) — A judge has struck down a New York county’s ban on transgender athletes from participating in female sports, saying the county executive exceeded his authority… Read More
Federal Spending
U.S. spending on interest tops national defense, Medicare(The Center Square) – Congress has spent more money on interest so far this year than it has spent on both national defense and Medicare. Spending on net… Read More
Education, Kansas
Some Kansas schools support open enrollment law, others seem hostile(The Sentinel) – The bipartisan Open Enrollment legislation signed into law in 2022 offered hope for students who are trapped by their zip code in underperforming school… Read More
Public Education
New report outlines three steps to create public school choice in all 50 statesThirteen years ago, Kelley Williams-Bolar went to jail for sending her daughters to a public school outside their residentially zoned district. Now, education reformers are trying to break… Read More
Public Education
Jerry Seinfeld delivers heartfelt humor at Duke commencement amid anti-Israel disruption(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Audience members booed anti-Israel graduates protesting comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement address Sunday at Duke University. Dozens of student demonstrators stood up from their… Read More
Public Education
Oregon sex ed workshop: Teachers should ‘center fat bodies’(The Center Square) – A taxpayer-funded workshop for Oregon sex education teachers instructed teachers to embrace fat positivity, explained the “racist origins of fatphobia” and what it means to have… Read More
Culture
Is that God calling, with all these heavenly marvels in the sky? If so, are we really going to put Him on hold?First it was the Great North American Eclipse on April 8. Then it was the solar-caused geomagnetic storms Friday, making the northern lights visible all the way to the… Read More
Culture
‘Day one’: Trump vows to uphold protections for girls by ending Biden’s Title IX rewrite if elected(The Daily Signal) – Former President Donald Trump vowed Friday to end President Joe Biden’s rewrite of Title IX “on Day One” if he should win the presidential election in November. Read More
Culture
Stories of young people whose bodies were sacrificed on altar of ‘gender ideology cult’(The Daily Signal) – The cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries being prescribed to young people struggling with their gender identity are “experimental,” according to Mary Margaret Olohan. … Read More
Christian Schools
Study suggests school choice could help mend America’s partisan divideSchool choice may help students overcome the growing divisiveness observed by cultural commentators today – and do more good for the public than public education itself, a new study… Read More
Courts
Appeals court upholds Catholic school’s right to dismiss teacher over same-sex engagementA North Carolina Catholic high school did not unlawfully discriminate when it terminated a substitute teacher who announced his same-sex engagement, The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled when… Read More
Opinion
On Mother’s Day, let’s celebrate the true strength and empowerment motherhood brings(The Daily Signal) – At just 11 years old, I watched as a midwife cared for my mother and delivered my baby sister. A spark burst into a flame… Read More
Courts
Texas school district responds after teacher arrested on charges related to prostitution ringFollowing the arrest of a Texas high school teacher accused of involvement in a prostitution ring targeting students, the Klein Independent School District (ISD) is trying to rebuild public… Read More
Congress
Senate proposal strips Hamas-sympathizing students of federal aid(The Center Square) – Legislation to “cut off federal aid for grown adults who are breaking our laws, spewing antisemitism, and openly embracing terrorists” has been proposed by a… Read More
Education
U.S. Education Secretary earns all Fs, as well as renewed call to resign(The Center Square) – Grades of F overall, and in each of five specific areas with active hot-button issues, were given by a North Carolina congresswoman chairing a committee… Read More
Illegal Immigration
House bill requires only citizens be counted for congressional seat allotments, Electoral College(The Center Square) – Requiring that the count for apportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Electoral College, include only U.S. citizens has passed the House and… Read More
Illinois
Freedom Caucus on Pritzker urging $800 million in budget cuts: ‘We told you so’(The Center Square) – For weeks, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has boasted about his proposed 2025 budget as being balanced, but it appears that the numbers aren’t adding up. Republicans… Read More
Border
Northern border apprehensions highest in US history first 6 months of fiscal ’24(The Center Square) – Despite being stretched thin and understaffed, Border Patrol agents at the northern border continue to apprehend a record number of illegal border crossers. In… Read More
Kansas City
Kansas City suburb may remove ‘Thin Blue Line’ flags honoring police to avoid ‘ambiguous messaging’The Merriam City Council will decide Monday night whether to remove flags honoring fallen police officers from the city’s Fourth of July display because they might offend someone. Read More
Culture
Permissive abortion laws highlight need for federal protections, study finds(The Daily Signal) – A recent study is declaring U.S. abortion law to be “far more permissive than the vast majority of the world.” In its 2024 report on… Read More