In an interview with Salon, the president of American Atheists reviewed the decision of the American Conservative Union (ACU) to rescind his organization’s invitation to CPAC. David Silverman charges that the ACU is both “pretending” that “atheists aren’t relevant” and
A South Dakota state House committee has rejected a measure that would have banned the procedure of dismembering and decapitating babies during abortions. As Christian News reports, H.B. 1241 was struck down by a vote of eleven to one. Even
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE), which received more than $2.75 million in government funding in 2012, produced a video that promotes sado-masochism and bondage (BDSM) and proposes “rules” to follow to make BDSM “fun” and “safe” for teens.
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools states it is outraged at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to limit school choice by “kicking out” four charter schools from their school buildings, leaving at least 700 children without
Christian leaders in Raqqa, Syria who had been captured by a former al-Qaeda affiliate, have signed a treaty this week that bans them from practicing Christianity in public in return for protection by Islamist rulers. According to Elhanan Miller writing
Immediately following a press conference by the Connecticut Education Association (CEA), during which the state’s largest teachers’ union said “implementation” of the Common Core standards had been “botched,” Connecticut state House Republicans announced they were able to force a public
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that 71.67 percent of babies aborted in Mississippi are black, while 26.6 percent are white–an outcome that stands in sharp contrast to the fact that whites outnumber blacks in
As the Girl Scout “cookiecott” continues, Media Matters accused Fox News of leading other “right-wing media figures” in a campaign against the Girl Scouts that is “propped up by misleading claims, ludicrous oversimplifications, and frequently repeated myths about the organization.”
The rising ire of a national coalition of black pastors reached a climax Tuesday as the organization announced a campaign to call for the impeachment of Attorney General Eric Holder on the basis that he has violated his oath of
The executive director of the Alabama Association of School Boards criticized recent proposed legislation to repeal the Common Core standards in her state, stating that repeal would be like going back to a “bag phone from an iPhone.” Sally Howell
Singer Miley Cyrus may have thumbed her nose at critics of her risqué Bangerz tour, but parents and concerned citizen groups are still weighing in on what many see as a performer who is evolving into a symbol of cultural
Common Core expert Dr. Sandra Stotsky told Connecticut grassroots activists against the Common Core standards that the latest “tactic” of their state legislature was to suppress debate about the standards by refusing to hear any bills whatsoever on Common Core.
In a Politico Magazine op-ed on Thursday, Republican strategist Rich Galen attempts to educate “the right” about why it should “love the Common Core.” From the get-go, Galen misses the boat on who doesn’t love the Common Core standards. Opponents
A 13-year old Girl Scout who set up her cookie stand Monday in front of a marijuana clinic in San Francisco sold 117 boxes of cookies in just two hours. According to the Washington Free Beacon, Danielle Lei set up
Despite the fact that a New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene report found that more black babies were killed by abortion in the city than were born there in 2012, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to
The nation’s largest teachers union still loves the untested, unproven Common Core standards, and will continue the narrative of Common Core supporters that it’s only the “rollout” or the “implementation” of the initiative that has been “botched.” In a letter
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will be the featured speaker at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators’ (NICHE) seventh annual “Homeschool Iowa Day at the Capitol” on Tuesday, March 18. A press release from NICHE presents Cruz as “a strong
The Students for Life of America (SFLA) affiliate at Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington claims it was refused permission to hang its pro-life message posters in the school. They claim the administration gave as its reason for refusal the
Apparently, taking former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s advice to “rebrand” the Common Core standards without repealing them, Louisiana lawmakers are considering how their state may keep Common Core in its schools while convincing parents and taxpayers that their math and
What would a stay-at-home mom earn today if she received a salary for all she does during the day? Salary.com recently calculated that, in 2013, a stay-at-home mom in the United States was worth about $114,000 per year. While that
A European legal analyst has said that proposed new legislation in Spain to return to limits on abortion and assert the state’s right to protect the lives of unborn children reflects a growing trend toward a broader pro-life movement that
Real Clear Politics (RCP) has referred to New York State as “Ground Zero” in the national debate about Common Core, and it is an apt title given the vociferous battles among all the key players–the governor, the State Board of
On Monday, the University of Alabama apologized to Bama Students for Life (SFL), reversing its decision to remove the pro-life group’s display on campus because an administrator deemed it “offensive.” According to a press release, the university stated that Bama
A ninth grade student at Romeo High School in Michigan and her father were shocked to discover a question on the teen’s biology homework that asked her to determine who, from a list of potential candidates, fathered a fictitious baby.
The archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans has announced that his archdiocese will use its resources to boycott businesses involved in the “acquisition, preparation, and construction” of a new Planned Parenthood abortion facility in the city. In
