Category: critical race theory

‘The Voice’ Could Become An Excuse Not to Help Indigenous Australians, Says Clive Palmer

Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer has revealed he is open to being part of the “No” movement against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The mining magnate, whose net worth was estimated to be over $13 billion (US$8.6 billion) in 2021, has said he will talk to Indigenous leaders and politicians before deciding whether he would…


ABC Defends Coverage of ‘The Voice’ Debate

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has stood by an interview it conducted with Indigenous leader Noel Pearson following the federal opposition’s decision not to back the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. On April 5, opposition leader Peter Dutton announced that MPs of the centre-right Liberal Party voted “overwhelmingly” to not to support The Voice. Sometime this…


NTD Good Morning (April 7): Tennessee Votes to Expel Democratic Lawmakers After Breach at State Capitol; Anti-Woke Activist

A historic expulsion of two state lawmakers in Tennessee. As the aftershocks of the Covenant school shooting continue. A color-blind society based on merit. A conservative activist is fighting race-based admissions policies and warns about a dangerous message in critical race theory. House Judiciary Chairman, Jim Jordan issues a new subpoena for a former Manhattan prosecutor who…


NTD Good Morning (April 7): Tennessee Votes to Expel Democratic Lawmakers After Breach at State Capitol; Anti-Woke Activist Fights Race-Based Policies

A historic expulsion of two state lawmakers came in Tennessee as the aftershocks of the Covenant school shooting continue. A color-blind society should be based on merit. A conservative activist is fighting race-based admissions policies and warns about a dangerous message in critical race theory. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan issued a new subpoena for…


Kansas Parents Could Opt Kids Out of LGBT Lessons After Bill Passes

Parents in Kansas could be able to remove their children from lessons on LGBT topics after lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday. If enacted, House Bill 2236 will allow parents to choose an alternate activity for their K–12 children if they decide lessons don’t align with their “sincerely held beliefs, values, or principles.” The majority…


Former Minister Quits Liberal Party Over Voice Stance

Former Indigenous Minister Ken Wyatt has quit the centre-right Liberal Party following the party’s decision to oppose changing the country’s Constitution to include an Indigenous advisory body. “I still believe in the Liberal Party values but I don’t believe in what the Liberals have become,” he told the West Australian newspaper. “Aboriginal people are reaching…


‘An Abrogation of Leadership’: Australian PM Responds to Liberal Decision Not to Back The Voice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the Liberal Party’s decision not to back a federal Indigenous Voice to Parliament a “sad day.” In response to the opposition’s announcement that its party members were “overwhelmingly” against The Voice, Albanese cited criticism from Indigenous leader Noel Pearson who likened Liberal leader Peter Dutton to an “undertaker preparing…


‘Unending Conflict’: Former Labor Minister Warns of Clash Between ‘The Voice’ and Native Title Holders

Native Title holders are concerned that an Indigenous Voice to Parliament could erode their hard-fought gains, says former Keating Labor government minister Gary Johns. The now-author on Indigenous affairs and committee member of the No Campaign against The Voice says he has spoken to Aboriginal Native Title holders who are worried a new layer of…


George Mason University President Responds to Students Protesting Commencement Address by Gov. Glenn Youngkin

George Mason University President Gregory Washington defended the University’s decision to have Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, give the spring 2023 commencement address, saying that universities are places for healthy debate and hearing ideas one may not agree with. The President of Virginia’s “most diverse” public university called on the school community to support free speech…


PREMIERING NOW: Natan Sharansky on Today’s ‘Evil Empires,’ the War in Ukraine, Soviet Communism, and the New Antisemitism

“When there is nothing to die for, there is nothing to live for … and that’s why I think that nationalism is a very good word when it goes together with freedom and human rights. The moment you separate them, you’re getting awful dictatorship or empty, shallow, decadent life.” I sit down with former Soviet…