Discourse: Fixing the Indian Child Welfare Act

At the end of June, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in Haaland v. Brackeen, deciding that the Indian Child Welfare Act and its controversially unequal treatment of Native American children in child custody disputes survives constitutional scrutiny—for now.

Adi Dynar reflects on the decision as a call to reconsider the 1978 law’s original intent—and as a reminder that important work is still needed to reform adoption and child custody laws to best protect all kids.

The California Reparations Task Force Report: A blueprint for discriminatory central planning

Despite two long years of intensive study, research, and public hearings, the California Reparations Task Force has come to the mistaken conclusion that the way to end systemic racism is by injecting more race into the system.

The Task Force’s final report provides a flurry of policy proposals as reparations for the damage to African Americans from slavery and its vestiges.

To fix past bigotry, writes Andrew Quinio, the Task Force insists that every aspect of the state, from education to healthcare, must be more race-conscious.

New lawsuit challenges California’s mandatory implicit bias training in healthcare

Dr. Azadeh Khatibi, whose first name means “freedom,” was born in Iran and immigrated to the U.S. when she was six. She went on to become an ophthalmology specialist in Los Angeles, never imagining she’d face creeping collectivism and unfree speech in America.

Then, in 2019, California lawmakers passed a chilling new mandate known as AB 241. It requires all continuing medical education courses involving direct patient care to include implicit bias training—regardless of who teaches the course or what is taught.

Forcing physician educators to espouse views favored by the government, however, violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech. Dr. Khatibi is fighting back.

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