Author: Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner

A group of Wisconsin parents is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take their case against the Eau Claire School District’s policy allowing teachers to hide child gender transitions from parents. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, which is representing local parental rights group Parents Protecting Our Children, filed a petition Wednesday morning with…

A coalition of 21 state attorneys general is demanding that the American Bar Association end its advocacy for race-based accreditation. Led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, a Republican, the GOP attorneys general noted in a letter to the ABA, the organization that serves as the accrediting body for U.S. law schools, that a current…

The North Dakota Board of Higher Education is looking to rein in professor tenure, particularly at its community colleges, according to a draft report. The board’s Tenure/Post-Tenure Ad Hoc Committee has a draft report that could bring a massive decrease in tenured and tenure-track faculty at the state’s five community colleges, as well as pared-back…

EXCLUSIVE — The University of California, Los Angeles medical school solicited first-year medical students for a paid position writing curriculums for courses in their “Structural Racism and Health Equity” mandatory classes. In documents obtained through a public records request from the medical advocacy group Do No Harm, the medical school was recruiting “tutors” to “create…

Missouri Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey is looking into the influence of social workers and therapists as part of his investigation into the Washington University Transgender Center. According to documents arising from lawsuits regarding the investigation, Bailey is casting a wide net to uncover the web of medical professionals who have a hand in pushing…

The labor union that represents thousands of academic employees in the University of California school system has called on its members to strike at UCLA and UC Davis. The union, UAW 4811, is trying to organize its members at the two schools to “walk off the job” on Tuesday, May 28, following the lead of…

Neighborhoods are safer when two-parent households are predominant, according to a report from the Institute for Family Studies. While the primary theories on the causes of crime include “social structural factors” such as unemployment and poverty or the prevalence of law enforcement, the new study found the stability of “core social institutions” such as family,…

The New Mexico Supreme Court will decide whether conservative cities and counties can keep their local abortion restrictions in a state that otherwise allows the procedure up to the moment of birth. The Land of Enchantment’s high court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday in a challenge from state Attorney General Raul Torrez, a Democrat who…

EXCLUSIVE — The Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonpartisan group tasked with ensuring clean voter rolls for 25 states, shares voter data with politically left organizations, according to a new report. The Washington Examiner reviewed a report detailing ERIC’s performance by the Foundation for Government Accountability, which found that ERIC was both not maintaining clean…

Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers and advocacy groups received nearly $2 billion from the federal government from 2019 to 2021, according to a new report. The new report from the Government Accountability Office showed groups that advocate legal abortion obtained at least $1.89 billion in public funds from federal and state governments, according to…