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What Locker Rooms Should Boys Who Identify as Girls Be Allowed to Use? South Dakota’s Answer Respects All
Controversy has flared up in South Dakota this week over whether biological males who identify as female should have access to girls’ bathrooms, lockers, and showers in schools. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage, the left has shifted its attention to the issue of gender identity, but it is meeting compassionate…Roger Severino -
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I Used to Be Transgender. Here’s My Take on Kids Who Think They Are Transgender.
When a 9-year-old boy who identifies as Stormi, a transgender girl, started selling Girl Scout cookies, one neighbor was not amused, according to Buzzfeed. The neighbor rebuffed him, reportedly saying, “Nobody wants to buy Girl Scout cookies from a boy in a dress.” The neighbor is being called transphobic—but perhaps the neighbor thought he was…Walt Heyer -
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What Message Iran Was Sending by Awarding Medals to Those Who Captured US Sailors
As the U.S. and Iran aim to position their nuclear deal to the public, a new provocation by Iran’s supreme leader, experts say, was meant to show there remain limits to the countries’ relationship. On Sunday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei awarded medals to the navy commanders who captured U.S. sailors last month. According to Iran’s state…Josh Siegel -
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See What Happened When a Man Who Appeared Homeless Walked Into a Chick-fil-A
A Tennessee father is crediting Chick-fil-A with helping teach his daughter “life lessons” in his viral Facebook post about a store manager’s kindness toward a man in need. “I love teaching my daughter life lessons, and I also love being there to watch other Christians teach her life lessons. Thank you, Chick-fil-A, for taking care of…Mariana Barillas -
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Senate Confirms Obama Court Nominee Who Called Reagan a Bigot
Minnesota jurist Wilhelmina Marie Wright’s written accusation that President Reagan tolerated racism did not hinder her ascent to the federal bench. The Senate voted 58-36 on Tuesday evening to confirm President Barack Obama’s nominee to U.S. District Court in Minnesota. While a student at Harvard Law School in 1989, Wright wrote an article published in the prestigious…Philip Wegmann -
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Here Are the 95 Republicans Who Opposed the Omnibus Spending Bill
The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill sailed through the House on Friday by a vote of 316-113. Ninety-five Republicans split with House GOP leadership to vote against the spending bill. Another 150 Republicans supported it, while just 18 Democrats opposed it. Here is the full list of the Republicans who voted against the spending bill…Philip Wegmann -
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The Real People Who Will Be Affected by Last Minute Changes to the Visa Waiver Program
Tuesday, the House passed an amendment that would suspend those who have been to Syria, Iraq, Iran, and the Sudan in the past 5 years from being eligible for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). This ban will affect the missionaries, humanitarian aid and rights workers, and journalists from France, United Kingdom, Japan, and 35 other…Riley Walters -
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Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Filed by Those Who Found a WWI Memorial Cross Offensive
In a decision on Monday that preserves the thanks of a nation for the sacrifice of Americans who died in World War I, Maryland federal judge Deborah Chasanow (a Clinton appointee) threw out a lawsuit filed by the American Humanist Association over a forty-foot-tall war memorial that is almost 100 years old. The monument, built…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Students Across US Demand Free College, Stumble Over Who Will Foot the Bill
Students swarmed college campuses across the nation Thursday to rally against the rising costs of higher education, demanding free college tuition, the zeroing out of student debt, and a $15 minimum wage hike for campus employees. The protests, which spawned from a social media movement called the Million Student March, hit 110 colleges throughout the U.S. and…Natalie Johnson -
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Meet the Nun Who Took Her Soup Kitchen Cooking Skills to TV and Won First Place
Last week, Chicago-based Sister Alicia Torres, a soft-spoken member of the Franciscans of the Eucharist, took first place on the Food Network cooking competition “Chopped.” Torres, competing on a special Thanksgiving-themed episode of the popular show, won $10,000 for her take on a traditional Thanksgiving feast. In one challenge, she made turkey quesadillas and, in…Madaline Donnelly -
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Obama Criticizes Those Who Want ‘Religious Tests’ for Refugees, Defends ISIS Strategy
President Barack Obama said during a press conference in Turkey on Monday that his administration has “the right strategy” on ISIS, and “we’re going to see it through.” “What I’m not interested in doing is posing or pursuing some notion of American leadership, or American winning or whatever other slogans they come up with, that…Kate Scanlon -
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Public University Joins LGBT Radicals in Targeting Professor Who Thinks Kids Should Have Mom, Dad
Kim Davis. Aaron and Melissa Klein. Barronelle Stutzman. Robert Oscar Lopez? For many conservatives, the first four names—Americans who have faced state-sanctioned discrimination for trying to live in accordance with their religious beliefs about marriage—bring strong opinions about America’s deteriorating state of religious liberty. However, it is Lopez who may be America’s most persecuted pro-family…Dustin Siggins -
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Many Who Are Trapped on Welfare Don’t Apply for Jobs
There are jobs are out there, according to data released Nov. 12 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The question is, who wants them? The rate of available job openings in the private sector—as a percent of all private-sector jobs—rose in September to its second highest level since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began reporting…Patrick Tyrrell -
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Meet the Priest Who Cares for Hundreds of Christian Refugees Fleeing ISIS
AMMAN, JORDAN—In the small town of Marka, Jordan, about 20 minutes from downtown Amman, hundreds of Christian refugees and their families live under the steadfast care of Father Khalil Jaar, a humble priest originally from Bethlehem. Here, at a small church complex called St. Mary’s, children receive an education. On this particular Sunday, French missionaries…Charlotte Florance -
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Challenger Unseats School Board Member Who Supported Transgender Policy
A school board member in Northern Virginia who supported a new policy on transgender students lost re-election Tuesday at the polls. The Fairfax County School Board voted earlier this year to include “gender identity” in its nondiscrimination policy. Jeannette Hough defeated incumbent board member Ted Velkoff, who backed the policy. Velkoff has been on the board…Kate Scanlon -
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Lawmakers Probe Taxpayer-Funded Academic Who Wants Obama to Prosecute Climate Change Skeptics
Taxpayer-funded college professors and researchers who cite climate change to advocate regulations that would raise energy costs for consumers have some explaining to do, congressional investigators say. A House committee wants to know more about the relationship between taxpayer money received by the academics and their urging of President Obama to use federal racketeering law…Kevin Mooney -
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Meet the Lawmakers Who Will Serve on the House’s Select Panel Investigating Planned Parenthood
Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Friday the Republican appointments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., will serve as the panel’s chair. “No issue is more deserving of our undivided attention than protecting the dignity of human life,” Blackburn said in a statement provided…Kate Scanlon -
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Meet the Yale Law Grad Who Abandoned Her Career to Help Save 200 Chinese Babies
The past month marked two important milestones for human rights activist and lawyer Reggie Littlejohn. As of Sept. 25, China’s so-called “one-child policy” has officially been in effect for 35 years. On Oct. 11, Littlejohn observed the third anniversary of a campaign her organization, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, launched to protect women and female children…Madaline Donnelly -
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As Obama’s Time in Office Lengthens, Number of Democrats Who Think Government Has Too Much Power Has Grown
A Gallup poll released Friday shows that 60 percent of Americans believe that the federal government has too much power. Where once distrust of government power was a distinctly conservative trait during President Barack Obama’s presidency, now the concern about increasing federal power has crept across party lines and brought the level of distrust for the government…Joshua Gill -
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Meet the Single Mom Who Took On the IRS
Sabina Loving always knew she wanted to work for herself. So much so that, when an abandoned storefront was renovated and became available for rent across the street from her house on the South Side of Chicago in 2010, she decided that one day she would operate her budding tax-preparation business out of it. “When…Madaline Donnelly