The Seattle City Council has voted unanimously to celebrate “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” on the same day as Columbus Day, the federally recognized holiday, reports the Associated Press (AP). According to the AP report, the resolution that passed on Monday declares
When asked about his position on abortion, West Virginia Democrat congressional candidate Nick Casey said on a public broadcast that his Republican opponent’s claim that he supports late-term abortion is false and then added that it is akin to saying,
While President Obama said in a video message released Thursday that Ebola cannot be contracted through casual contact “like sitting next to someone on a bus,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised Americans with symptoms of the
Evidence is mounting that protesting students in Jefferson County, Colorado – who claim to be concerned about “censorship” in a school board committee’s plan to review the new Advanced Placement U.S. History framework – were urged on by teachers and teachers’
The police chief in Warwick, Rhode Island said Wednesday that on Tuesday police received an anonymous threat to elementary school children in three communities that mentioned beheading. As local Connecticut CBS affiliate WTIC 1080 and Ben Shapiro’s Truth Revolt reported,
In its new ad attacking North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Thom Tillis, abortion lobby group NARAL depicts pro-life Susan B. Anthony List and its supporters as “anti-woman” woman molesters. In response to Susan B. Anthony List‘s (SBA List) new pro-life
In a debate last week between incumbent Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) and Republican challenger Tom Foley, Malloy blamed his state’s adoption of the Common Core standards on his Republican predecessor, even though the governor has embraced the standards, dismissed
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy legalized same-sex marriage in Nevada, and clarified that an earlier order that temporarily blocked same-sex unions applies only to Idaho. As the Associated Press (AP) reports, Kennedy had earlier ordered same-sex marriages to be
The Sisters of Mercy of Silver Spring, Maryland, have released a 2014 midterm election guide that urges voters to favor candidates who support amnesty, climate change, gun control, and Pentagon budget cuts. The election guide states: As sisters, associates, companions,
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R), considered to be a 2016 presidential hopeful, is headed to New Hampshire this month to do some campaigning. Though fond of presenting himself as a conservative, Pence’s “rebrand” of the Common Core standards, his decision
On Sunday evening after an event during which pro-life student groups across the nation drew chalk displays of their messages at their colleges, universities, and high schools, students at Eastern Michigan University found that vandals had covered their drawings with
On his blog on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), director Dr. Tom Frieden wrote that sealing borders, restricting travel to and from countries with widespread cases of Ebola, and otherwise isolating communities infected with
More than 800 parents, teachers, and citizens turned out for a filled-to-capacity town hall meeting this past week in Moss Bluff, Louisiana, organized by state Rep. Brett Geymann (R), a vocal opponent of the Common Core standards. The grassroots effort
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is funneling $4 million over the next two years to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide legal representation for 2,600 unaccompanied illegal minors. “I think
The executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons states that restricted entry to the United States will be necessary to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. “The potential for devastating loss of life is real,”
The College Board, which administers the Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH) course and exam, has not only come out in support of student protesters in Jefferson County, Colorado, but has threatened to drop the school district’s AP designation if the
On October 2, students protesting what they believe to be an attempt to censor their curriculum in Jefferson County, Colorado, brought a petition to the Jefferson County Board of Education meeting, courtesy of MoveOn.org. Students delivered over 3,700 pages of more than 41,000
Parents, teachers, and a social worker are interviewed in a new documentary titled The Parent Interviews, in which they describe their experiences and those of their children and students with the Common Core standards. Published by the Home School Legal
Emails obtained from an elected union representative of Colorado’s Jefferson County Education Association (JCEA) show that the union representative was urging teachers to participate in “sickouts” to protest the decision of a new conservative-led school board to move to a
In a recent debate in North Carolina, Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis slammed incumbent U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D) on her smoke-and-mirrors talking points when the topic turned to a “war on women” favorite: contraception. Hagan started by accusing Tillis
The College Board, under President David Coleman, the “architect” of the Common Core standards, said in a statement last week that it “supports the actions taken by students in Jefferson County, Colo., to protest a school board member’s request to
A Rhode Island Catholic preparatory school that Democrat gubernatorial candidate Gina Raimondo attended has removed her portrait in the wake of comments she made in support of Planned Parenthood and “reproductive freedom.” According to WPRI.com, Raimondo, who claims to be
While some schools in Jefferson County, Colorado, have had to close because of organized teacher “sickouts,” thousands of students in the district continue to protest, reportedly because they have been told that a member of the new reform-minded school board
University of New Mexico (UNM) is facing sharp criticism for its plan to prevent sexual assault on campus with a week of titillating sex seminars. Rather than focus on teaching students how to avoid sexual assaults, UNM has taken the
The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) states that it will “vigorously oppose” any efforts to involve homeschoolers in Connecticut in involuntary mental health screenings as a result of a recommendation by the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, a task force
