Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider in New York State, is denying some benefits to employees it’s firing because they refuse to comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers. Those terminated lose all employer contributions to their retirement plans for this year unless they are older than 62. They are also denied…
Healthcare Giant Northwell Denies Some Benefits to Employees Fired over Vaccine Mandate
Health Care Giant Northwell Denies Some Benefits to Workers Fired Over Vaccine Mandate
Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in New York state, is denying some benefits to employees it’s firing because they refuse to comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers. Those terminated lose all employer contributions to their retirement plans for this year unless they’re older than 62. They are also…
Professor Punished for Refusing to Give Black Students Easier Exams Sues UCLA
A professor who was suspended for declining a push to give black students easier exams has sued his school, alleging a breach of contract and other violations. Gordon Klein, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was asked by a a group of non-black students last year to grade his black classmates…
Ostracizing University Faculty With Nonconforming Opinions Has Become a Common Trend: Constitutional Lawyer
Having a dissenting view within the prevailing orthodoxies of many universities today can lead to “a death by a thousand cuts,” according to a lawyer who specializes in constitutional law. Samantha Harris, with Allen Harris Law in Connecticut, represents Stephen Porter, a professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Porter filed a lawsuit on Sept….
YouTube Bans All ‘Harmful Vaccine Content’ From Its Platform
Google-owned YouTube announced Wednesday it will ban all “harmful vaccine content” from its platform, including claims that vaccines are ineffective at reducing transmission of disease, prompting concerns that the firm will escalate censorship of dissenting viewpoints. “We’ve steadily seen false claims about the coronavirus vaccines spill over into misinformation about vaccines in general, and we’re…
Wikipedia Co-Founder Criticizes Site, Says It Has Slid Into ‘Leftist Propaganda’
Wikipedia has in recent years drifted away from neutrality and slid into “leftist propaganda,” according to its co-founder Larry Sanger. Sanger, who parted ways with Wikipedia almost two decades ago over the project’s direction, told EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” that the online encyclopedia, which turned 20 years old earlier this year, has gradually shifted to…
Mask Up or Shut Down: Colorado School Given Ultimatum Over Mask Mandate
A private Christian school in Loveland, Colorado, is planning to file a lawsuit against the local health department after being forced to impose a mask mandate on students under the threat of an imminent shutdown. Parents at Resurrection Christian School in Loveland, Colorado, were told on Sept. 15 that all persons entering school buildings the…
ACLU Head: Erasing References to Women From Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote a ‘Mistake’
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has reportedly acknowledged it was wrong to rewrite late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s comments on abortion to make the quote sound gender neutral. The quote in question was from Ginsburg’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 21, 1993: “The decision whether or…
Union Representing Thousands of Pilots Warn Vaccine Mandate Could Cause Travel Chaos
A union representing pilots for several major U.S. airlines warned that COVID-19 vaccine mandates could trigger chaos during the upcoming holiday travel season. Allied Pilots Association President Eric Ferguson, in a letter (pdf) to the White House and Congress, said that some pilots “are unable to undergo vaccination for documented medical reasons, while others are…
California Parents Seek Court Injunction Blocking Aztec Prayers in School
Parents and a civil rights group are asking a court to force California to immediately halt Aztec prayers in public school classrooms that are required by the California State Board of Education’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. This novel curriculum includes a section on “Affirmation, Chants, and Energizers.” Among these is the “In Lak Ech Affirmation,”…
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