SocietyNews
Why These Senators Want to Ban Microbeads in Cosmetics
A bill has been introduced in the Senate that would ban the use of microbeads in household products such as soap. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and… Read More
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Labor Pains: Why the Birth Rate Is Down and What That Means
When Maria Harrill was growing up in suburban Maryland in the early 1990s, she kept a journal outlining all the things she’d do when she… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What Republicans Should Learn From the Transgender Moment
In less than two years, transgender rights have gone from a non-issue to non-negotiable in the Democratic Party. Rather than dismiss this change as a… Read More
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Federal Appeals Court Keeps Hold on Obama’s Immigration Actions
A federal appeals court has decided to keep a hold on President Obama’s immigration executive actions, preventing the program from at least temporarily going into… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I Had a Transgender Parent. Unlike Obama, I Don’t Think Transgender Parents Should Be Able to Adopt.
Should transgender parents be able to adopt? In April, President Obama made it clear he thinks they should. In a presidential proclamation for National Foster… Read More
SocietyFeature
How One Former Barbie Executive Turned a $30,000 Investment Into a Booming Candy Business
Talking with Rosie O’Neill about the past five years of her life feels slightly like a trip down Alice’s rabbit-hole: There’s champagne gummy bears and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Did Obama Administration Really Accidentally Disobey Judge’s Order on Immigration?
The Justice Department’s latest filings in the immigration lawsuit brought by 26 states in the Southern District of Texas are a little hard to believe—and… Read More
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Fewer Christians in America? Famed Pastor John MacArthur on What It Means
The percentage of Americans who identify themselves as Christians is falling. According to a recent survey, the Pew Research Center reported a decline from 78.4 percent… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Obamacare Abortion Drug Accommodation: A Bit of Paperwork or Complicity in Sin?
The Obamacare mandate requiring non-profit religious employers to facilitate health care coverage of abortion-inducing drugs and devices for employees may be heading to the Supreme… Read More
SocietyNews
Gay Marriage Study Retracted After Allegations One of Its Authors Falsified Data
A widely circulated study about how having conversations with people who are gay can change an individual’s views on same-sex marriage has been retracted by… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Will of the People Makes a Comeback on Abortion Issue in Tennessee
Two bills have been signed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, a Republican, that could not have passed before voters approved an amendment to the state constitution… Read More
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Bobby Jindal on Religious Liberty Order: ‘Don’t Waste Your Time Trying to Bully Me in Louisiana’
Defying state legislators who rejected a measure that sought to protect “the right of conscience as it relates to marriage,” Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal acted… Read More
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‘Gosnell’ Movie Producer Confronts the Convicted Killer in ‘Chilling’ Prison Interview
Ann McElhinney, co-producer of “Gosnell,” a film about abortionist Kermit Gosnell, came face to face with the convicted killer in an exclusive prison interview. In… Read More
SocietyCommentary
DC Gets Slapped Again By a Federal Court Over Its Restrictive Gun Laws
The District of Columbia has lost the latest round in the seemingly never-ending litigation over the rules it keeps implementing to restrict Second Amendment rights…. Read More
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Texas Bill Would Change Process for Minors to Obtain a Court-Ordered Abortion
Legislation that would tighten regulations on how minors go about receiving court-ordered abortions cleared the Texas House of Representatives last week. House Bill 3994, introduced… Read More
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Wisconsin Bill Would Limit Types of Food That Could Be Purchased With Food Stamps
Wisconsin’s State Assembly approved legislation last week that puts in place new rules about what recipients of food stamps may purchase with the benefits. Assembly Bill 177… Read More
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Former Baltimore Mayor Led a $130 Million Investment in Freddie Gray’s Neighborhood. Why He Defends That Move.
Sandtown-Winchester, a place of boarded-up and broken homes made famous as the neighborhood where Freddie Gray lived, is among the bleakest places in Baltimore. But… Read More
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Interactive Map Contains Clues About Marriage in Your Hometown
The county you grew up in may affect the likelihood you will marry, new data reveals. The New York Times utilized data from Harvard’s Equality… Read More
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Kirsten Powers: ‘If George Bush Had Done This, He Would Have Been Hitler’
Kirsten Powers doesn’t mince words when discussing what she calls the “illiberal silencing tactics” of the left, including those employed by the Obama administration. “It… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Unraveling the Poverty Myths Obama Is Promoting
Our class warrior in chief was at it again last week complaining about our “ideological divides that have prevented us from making progress” in solving… Read More
SocietyNews
Assisted Suicide: How One Woman Chose to Die, Then Survived
In 1994, Jeannette Hall, a resident of King City, Ore., voted in favor of Ballot Measure 16, which for the first time in the United… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why Giving Your Kids Siblings Is the Best Thing You Can Do for Them (Even If They Resent It)
Giving your kid a sibling is the best thing you can do for them, and as often as not, they resent you for it. My… Read More
SocietyFeature
How One Former American Idol Hopeful Is Drawing Millennials to Church
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It’s a bright, warm morning in late April, and Kurtis Parks is full of ideas. The 33-year-old is so positively positive that it’s neither… Read More
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This Woman Left the Abortion Industry for the Pro-Life Movement. Now, She’s Written a Book About Her Journey ‘From Death to Life.’
Jewels Green was a mess when she was 17. She was a drug-using high school dropout who had had an abortion. Reeling from depression, given… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Money Didn’t Change This Man’s Life. But a Mentor Did.
When mere material assistance has failed, relationships can be transformational. That’s the message of a video series recently released by the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise,… Read More
SocietyNews
House Passes Bill Banning Most Abortions After 20 Weeks
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The bill, passed by a 242-to-184 vote, would prohibit abortion after… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Remembering Kermit Gosnell’s Victims by Protecting Other Women and Children From Abortion Industry
Today marks the second anniversary of the conviction of Kermit Gosnell, the late-term abortionist who brutalized women and routinely killed living, breathing infants in his… Read More
SocietyNews
How Many Illegal Immigrants Have Been Deported in Your County? This Map Has the Answer.
The Center for Immigration Studies has released an interactive map by depicting the number of illegal immigrants deported from each county as part of the U.S…. Read More
SocietyNews
How to Make Life Better in Baltimore
The feelings expressed during Baltimore’s recent protests—of being trapped in poverty and circumstance—have roots in a first-of-its-kind policy enacted more than 100 years ago. In… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How the Illiberal Left Uses Silencing Tactics
In March 2014, pioneering Internet company Mozilla announced the appointment of co-founder Brendan Eich as CEO. That same day, a Twitter mob exploded with criticism… Read More
