Category: parents

Virginia’s Loudoun County Pulls Sexually Explicit Book From School Libraries

Facing pressure from concerned parents, Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia said it will remove copies of a graphic novel containing explicit sexual scenes. The book in question, “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” was created by California cartoonist Maia Kobabe. It sparked controversy in Virginia and several other states after parents complained about the book’s graphic…


Biden Admin’s Child Tax Credit Expansion Ends This Weekend

This weekend will mark the end of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) benefit, which has allowed tens of millions of families to get an additional monthly payment since last July. Under the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed by President Joe Biden last March, the existing annual CTC benefit was increased…


House Republicans Demand Answers From Education Secretary on ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter, School Closures

House Republican leaders are demanding that Education Secretary Miguel Cardona explain, among other things, his involvement in a letter that notoriously advocated for the use of the FBI to quell parents protesting at local school board meetings. “From the very beginning, the targeting of concerned parents has been nothing short of a witch hunt orchestrated…


Parents Chose Life for Baby With 3 Heart Defects and Organs Growing Outside of Her Body

Faced with the prospect of bringing a baby into the world with three heart defects, and a condition with her liver and abdominal organs growing outside of her body, a couple leaned toward faith to summon the strength to refuse abortion. Today, their baby girl is thriving. Mary-Christine and Ryan Robeson of York, Pennsylvania, both…


Facts Matter (Jan. 12): Documents Show Bill Gates Gave $319 Million to Media Outlets, Promotion of Global Agenda

According to new documents, Bill Gates, as well as his foundation, has given over $319 million to hundreds of media outlets—including CNN, NBC, NPR, PBS, as well as The Atlantic.  Meanwhile, the European Union equivalent to our FDA just expressed serious concerns over the effect that repeated booster shots have on a person’s immune system….


Biden’s Education Secretary Allegedly Requested ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter From School Boards Group

Newly surfaced emails suggest that the U.S. Department of Education might have played a more important role than previously thought in the creation of a highly controversial letter, which likened concerned parents to domestic terrorists. In a letter (pdf) sent to President Joe Biden on Sept. 29, 2021, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) characterized…


Shocked Parents Watch Train Speed Off with Baby on Board

BERLIN—A baby in Germany has been reunited with its parents after they watched in horror as it speed off on a train without them on board, police said Monday. Federal police said the father had put a stroller with his 11-month-old child inside onto the train but was waiting on the platform for his wife…


Battle for School Choice Will Decide Whether State or Parents Control Children’s Education: Neal McCluskey

There are arguments in the United States of whether parents should be able to choose which schools their children go to, with the main focus on school choice and school vouchers. Policies allowing for this are being challenged locally in Ohio, where 100 different school districts are threatening to sue, claiming that policies that allow…


Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Parents to Remove Sexually Themed Books From School Libraries

A new bill proposed in Oklahoma state Senate would give parents the power to request certain books be pulled from the library of their children’s school, and to collect at least $10,000 for every day the school refuses to do so. Senate Bill 1142, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Rob Standridge, would allow parents of…


Parents of Girl Shot Dead in Dressing Room by Los Angeles Police Call for Justice

LOS ANGELES—The parents of a girl killed in a clothing store dressing room by a Los Angeles police officer’s stray bullet last week called for justice on Tuesday, the day after police released a video showing the chaotic moments leading to the fatal shooting. The 14-year-old girl, Valentina Orellana-Peralta, was inadvertently shot dead in a…