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February 15, 2023
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| Democrat Calls Advocacy for Natural Family 'Dangerous and Un-American' |
| by Ben Johnson |
| A Democratic politician has received massive backlash after she called the scientifically attested belief that children suffer less abuse in nuclear families "dangerous and un-American." "Extremist group Family Heritage Alliance said this morning that the safest place for kids are in families that have a married mom and dad. What a dangerous and un-American belief," tweeted State Representative Erin Healy (D) on Monday. |
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| Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Spotlights Diversity, Not Derailments |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Sooty plumes of toxic smoke towered stories above the quiet, evacuated village of East Palestine, Ohio last week as officials tried to contain what might be the worst rail disaster of the decade. As usual, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has stayed as far from the crisis as possible. |
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| Fearless Athletes Celebrate a Rematch for Girls' Sports in Federal Court |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| "I thought surely there would be someone, whether that be a coach, or another swimmer, or someone within the NCAA - I thought surely someone would stick up for us." For the University of Kentucky's Riley Gaines, that was the moment she realized: they were on their own. The teams forced to swim against Lia Thomas, a biological man, had no other choice but to speak up themselves or lose everything they'd worked for. "It kind of hit me. If we, as women, were not willing to stick up for ourselves, how can we expect someone else to?" |
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| There's More than Meets the Eye in Teen Mental Health Crisis, Experts Say |
| by Dan Hart |
| On Monday, The New York Times reported on new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which found that the rate of sadness among U.S. teenagers is at its highest level in a decade, with almost three in five girls reporting "persistent sadness" in 2021 - double the rate of boys. Strikingly, almost 70% of teens who identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual "reported feeling sadness every day for at least two weeks during the previous year." |
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