LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Black Lives Matter advocates attempted to hold up the Minneapolis Pride Parade Sunday by protesting the inclusion of police in the march. A group of about 75 protesters — some of which wore rainbow garb and carried a “Justice for Philando” banner while shouting slogans like “No KKKops at Pride!” — briefly blocked intersections and caused several…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a landmark religious liberty case concerning the rights of merchants who object to participating in same-sex weddings given their moral and theological convictions. The case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, has been pending before the high court for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock North Carolina colleges earned the most pro-free speech ratings from The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education FIRE), a nonprofit group that tracks civil liberties on campus. FIRE gave five North Carolina colleges “green light” ratings for embracing free speech on campus. It gave special distinction to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Benjamin Decatur The Wisconsin state Assembly approved a free speech bill Wednesday night that requires the University of Wisconsin system to discipline students who regularly interrupt speakers. The bill was prompted by dozens of free speech incidents that have swept across college campuses around the country. Conservative pundit Ben…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A professor argued that colleges should ban fraternities “which hoard power and influence specifically for white men” in a May op-ed and justified it on a radio show Monday, but paused when addressing black frats Tuesday on Twitter. Lisa Wade, a sociology professor at Occidental College in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock An institute at the University of California Los Angeles argues that “Trumpism consolidates power through white supremacy, misogyny, nationalism, xenophobia, corporatism, and militarism” and performs research and activism to advance “radical democracy.” UCLA’s Institute on Inequality and Democracy operates out of the university’s school of public affairs….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill A Christian school defended its religious admissions policies after Democrats labeled it as a school that discriminates against LGBT students during Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ congressional hearing. The Lighthouse Christian Academy of Bloomington, Ind. has been the center of the debate about school choice ever since Senate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Schools are getting rid of their “valedictorian” titles over concerns that they create harmful competition, influence course selection and propagate misconceptions of large disparities in GPA because of differences in class rank. Nearly half of American high schools do not display class rank, according to the National Association…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Students in Washington, D.C., criticized the use of the term “radical Islam” in a video published Wednesday by Campus Reform. “The term radical isn’t often assigned to any other religion,” stated one student at George Washington University. “It’s only used in the context of Islam.” WATCH: …
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Canada passed a law Thursday making it illegal to use the wrong gender pronouns. Critics say that Canadians who do not subscribe to progressive gender theory could be accused of hate crimes, jailed, fined, and made to take anti-bias training. Canada’s Senate passed Bill C-16, which puts “gender…