A Veterans Affairs group addressed the boycott by dozens of artists and bands who left the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, in protest of the U.S. Army’s sponsorship, claiming the groups supplied weapons to Israel to support “their violent oppression of the Palestinian people.” In February, the Austin for Palestine Coalition launched a campaign that called for …
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UCLA medical school trains future doctors to be climate activists, leaked docs show
UCLA medical school pushes future doctors to become climate activists, leaked class assignments purport to show. First-year students are reportedly assigned readings in the required course, Structural Racism and Health Equity “SRHE,” which pushes far-left views supporting protesting climate change and abolishing police and prisons. Copies of the documents were sent to medical transparency group Do No Harm and shared …
Read More »Top journalism school teaches students to avoid harmful 'microaggressions' that display 'myth of meritocracy'
A top journalism school is being accused of “forcing political indoctrination” on students in a required diversity course for undergraduates. A new report from the Goldwater Institute claims students at Arizona State University’s The Cronkite School are required to learn about racial microaggressions,” and “cisgender privilege” in a course called “Diversity and Civility at Cronkite.” “More than 400 students were …
Read More »Fox News Digital surpasses CNN in multiplatform unique visitors for first time ever
February 2024 marked a historic month for Fox News Digital as it surpassed CNN in multiplatform unique visitors for the first time ever. The latest data from Comscore showed Fox News Digital leading all news organization in total digital multiplatform unique visitors, topping 115 million, while CNN reached 111 million. Year over year, Fox News Digital saw a whopping 18% …
Read More »Seattle pot shop robbed of $15K worth of goods in second such incident in six months
A weed shop in Seattle, Washington suffered an overnight crash-and-grab of around $15,000 worth of merchandise, and it’s not the first time in recent memory it’s been robbed. The burglary is the second time the store, Cannazone Seattle, has been the victim of crime in the past six months. Early Tuesday morning, between the hours of 3 and 4 a.m., …
Read More »College applicants face confusion and anxiety over changing SAT admission requirements: report
Returns to standardized testing have some students riddled with anxiety and confusion during the college admissions process, leaving them to wonder whether they should take a crack at the SAT and ACT or forego testing altogether. A recent Washington Post report uncovered that anxiety among some parents and students as the post-pandemic age attempts its return to some semblance of …
Read More »Teacher who says she was fired after refusing to socially transition 8-year-old student fights back in court
A former primary school teacher in Nottingham, England is defending herself in court this week after she was fired for raising concerns about her school’s endorsement of pro-transgender ideology. The Christian teacher said she was asked by her employer to treat an eight-year-old student who was coming into her class as transgender at the start of the 2021 school year. …
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