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A Skeleton in the ‘Transition Closet’2
- Education
- February 18, 2022
The Transition Closet (TTC) is an organization based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with a mission that seems innocuous albeit odd: to provide “free gender affirming clothing, undergarments, and clothing consultations for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex folks of all ages, world wide.” But there’s a bit more to it than that. In a TikTok video posted to Twitter by the Teachers Exposed account,
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Why So Many Families Are Uprooting and Fleeing to Freer States 0
- Culture
- February 17, 2022
Emily Burns had every intention of staying in Massachusetts. A longtime Boston resident, she, her husband, and three children left the city to settle in the upscale suburb of Newton in January 2020. What followed were two years of ongoing disruption and frustration. Prolonged school closures and continued coronavirus policies such as mask mandates angered
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The Great Joe Rogan N-Word Controversy 0
- Politics
- February 17, 2022
White popular podcaster Joe Rogan apologized after someone posted a 30-second compilation clip on YouTube of Rogan repeatedly saying the N-word. Rogan described his uses of the word, culled from 12 years of shows, as taken “out of context,” but still apologized, now insisting “there’s no context where a white person is ever allowed to
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Our Failing Students Are Crippled for Life 0
- Culture
- February 17, 2022
Thirty-odd years ago, I taught adult basic education two nights a week in a minimum-security prison in Hazelwood, North Carolina. The men in my classes had committed a variety of crimes. The majority were incarcerated for drug-related felonies, mostly possession and dealing. One major dealer from Charlotte was rumored to
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Who Murdered All the Asian Women—and Who’s Covering It Up?0
- International
- February 16, 2022
I’m a 5-foot-1, 105-pound, 51-year-old woman of Pacific Islander/Asian descent. That’s much more personal data than most women are willing to share publicly, but I’m all about being blunt. Let’s face it: My gender, ethnic background and small stature make me a perfect target for violent crime in big cities that are soft on criminals—especially
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Vanderbilt Study Shows Why Biden’s Preschool Program Would Be a Disaster 2
- Education
- February 16, 2022
President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion-plus Build Back Better Act failed to gain U.S. Senate approval in 2021, but efforts remain to move forward with a revised version that would include universal government preschool programs and taxpayer-funded child care subsidies. As U.S. Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA) said recently about taxpayer-backed daycare: “It is the issue that
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