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Trump Admin To Stop Univs From Charging ‘Unlimited Tuition’ At Tax Expense
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Federalist
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it has finalized rules to to help stop colleges and universities from charging exorbitant amounts in tuition, paid for by taxpayers. “For 20 years, colleges and universities have been able to charge virtually unlimited tuition for their programs, despite the fact that many graduates see very little or no return on investment, the results of this decades long policy on American graduates are staggering,” Nicholas Kent, Under Secretary of Education, said on a press call Thursday. “American families live within their means, and it’s time for colleges and universities to do the same.

Epstein ‘suicide note’ found by cellmate – NYT
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: RT
“Time to say goodbye,” the message by the late US convicted sex offender allegedly concluded, according to the paper’s source. Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s purported suicide note has remained locked up at a courthouse for years, out of reach of investigators, the New York Times has reported. The message was allegedly discovered by Epstein’s cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, in July 2019 after the disgraced US financier had been found unresponsive with a strip of cloth around his neck at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, the paper said in an article on Thursday. [Ed: "purported" is the operative word.]

DOJ Probes 36 Illinois School Districts
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Epoch Times
...Over Sexual Orientation Content In Pre-K–12 Classes. The department will investigate whether parents are notified about their right to opt out children from gender ideology topics... If the districts are determined to be teaching sexual orientation and gender ideology-related content, “the investigations will examine whether the schools have notified parents of their right to opt their children out of such instruction,” the DOJ said in an April 30 statement. “The investigation will also assess whether the Illinois School Districts limit access to single-sex intimate spaces (such as bathrooms and locker rooms) and girls’ sports teams based on biological sex.”

Appeals court blocks access to abortion pills via telehealth and mail nationwide
Topic: Abortion
Source: NBC News
The ruling is a blow for abortion rights advocates, since it reinstates a requirement that mifepristone — one of the two pills used in medication abortions — be distributed in person. A federal appeals court on Friday granted the state of Louisiana's request to reinstate a nationwide requirement that abortion pills be dispensed in person. The ruling represents a victory for opponents of abortion rights, since it limits access by blocking people's ability to obtain mifepristone — one of the two pills used in medication abortions — through telehealth and by mail.

Female inmate sues Washington state
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: FOX News
...after alleged attack by male-born prisoner in women's facility. Faith Booher-Smith, who is incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, alleges in a federal lawsuit she was "violently attacked" by inmate Christopher Williams, a convicted sex offender who had been transferred to the prison after identifying as female. According to the complaint, the August 2025 assault happened in a common area when Williams allegedly approached Booher-Smith from behind, struck her in the face, grabbed her hair and threw her to the ground before "kicking her repeatedly."

Doctors can refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients in several states
Topic: Gay/Lesbian Issues
Source: The Conversation
– these religious exemption laws lead to drops in HIV testing. An increasing number of U.S. states have passed laws that allow health care providers – including doctors, nurses and pharmacists – to refuse to treat patients based on their personal or religious beliefs. While these conscientious objection laws have long existed for issues such as abortion, their effects on LGBTQ+ people have not been well studied. As of April 2026, 11 U.S. states have enacted conscientious objection laws specifically targeting LGBTQ+ people. As public health researchers who study the effects of public policies on the health of LGBTQ+ people, we wanted to examine how these laws have affected the roughly 1 in 5 LGBTQ+ Americans living in a state where a provider can legally refuse them care.

This State Is Trying to Ban AI 'Nudification'
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: Minnesota Public Radio
Bill in Minnesota targets sexually explicit AI deepfakes, offering new protections for victims. Minnesota is on the verge of drawing a legal line around one of AI's darker uses. Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would outlaw "nudification" tech—software that turns ordinary photos into realistic, sexually explicit deepfakes—sending it to Gov. Tim Walz, who's expected to sign it, per The 19th and Minnesota Public Radio. That would make Minnesota the first state to explicitly ban the creation of AI-generated pornographic images without a person's consent.

Most Swiss Back Initiative To Cap Population At 10 Million
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Reuters
Switzerland's population is now more than 9 million, with official data showing foreign nationals accounted for more than 27% by 2024. The survey, conducted on April 22 and 23 and published in newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, showed 52% of 16,176 respondents in favor of the proposal or leaning that way, while 46% took the opposite view. The rest gave no opinion. A previous poll from early March had shown 45% backing the initiative and 47% against it, the newspaper said, flagging the latest result as unusual in that Swiss referendum proposals generally lose support as the voting day comes closer. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Should Schools Get Rid of Homework?
Topic: Children and Family
Source: NPR
Federal survey data shows that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been steadily declining for the past decade. Some educators and parents say this is a good thing -- students shouldn't spend six or more hours a day at school and still have additional schoolwork to complete at home. But the research on homework is complicated. Some studies show that students who spend more time on homework perform better than their peers. For example, a longitudinal study released in 2021 of more than 6,000 students in Germany, Uruguay and the Netherlands found that lower-performing students who increased the amount of time they spent on math homework performed better in math, even one year later.

A JPMorgan Exec Was Accused of Turning a Coworker Into Her "Sex Slave."
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Yahoo
Then things started to fall apart. Not for Hajdini. For the lawsuit. The lawsuit's entire premise was that Hajdini controlled her accuser's career — his bonus, his promotion, his future at the bank. According to the New York Post, she didn't. Hajdini reported to managing director Brandon Graffeo. Her accuser reported to a different managing director, Jon Wolter. They worked in the same division. They were not in the same chain of command. She had no say over his compensation. According to the Post's reporting, the lever the lawsuit said she pulled did not exist. None of this proves what did or did not happen behind closed doors. But it does raise a question about how quickly an untested complaint became a public conviction.

Tennessee Ditches ‘Pride’ Month for ‘Nuclear Family Month’
Topic: Children and Family
Source: FOX News
The signing comes days after the pride flag at Stonewall National Monument was restored after a legal battle. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a resolution declaring June Nuclear Family Month as an alternative to the usual LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Lee, a Republican, signed House Joint Resolution 182 April 9 after it passed the House in April 2025 and the Senate last month. The legislation highlights the importance of celebrating the traditional family unit, described as "consisting of one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children."

Trans 'Animal Farm' star says keeping men out of women's sports is 'genocide'
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
[Ed: the Left is becoming stranger by the second.] “At the heart of every genocide is dehumanization [and] when we stop seeing our fellow citizens as human, then we can commit violence against them with impunity, take away their rights." Cox, who appears in the upcoming film Animal Farm, made the remarks during a red carpet interview for the movie.

Work, Pay, Connect, and Talk
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: Epoch Times Bright
A Doctor’s Prescription for Raising Good, Strong Sons. There’s lots of talk these days about the “masculinity crisis” and building boys into men. From best-selling writer Jordan Peterson to David Goggins and his motivational videos to Brett and Kate McKay’s website, The Art of Manliness, our culture annually produces countless words of encouragement and often worthwhile advice regarding the formation of men. In seeking out some insights on this male metamorphosis, however, I decided to look closer to home for my maharishi of manhood, someone who hadn’t profited by a bestseller or attracted millions of online followers, someone familiar to me whose adult sons were living proof that their parents, particularly their father, had done something right and well.

Calif Can't Define 'Hate Speech' But May Mandate Workplace Training Anyway
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Reason
Author: by J.D. Tucille
The term “hate speech” gets thrown around a lot, but it’s legally protected in the U.S. "Hate speech" is notoriously hard to define and is usually a subjective characterization of harsh words. Though the term is thrown around by people describing comments they don't like, it generally refers to expression that might not be nice but is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as well as state speech protections. But that's not going to stop California lawmakers from trying to hector people into refraining from voicing nasty sentiments.

The repulsive new breed of the ‘socialist socialite’
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Spiked Online
NYC’s decadent, entitled leftists are now championing shoplifting and the murder of wealthy people. You guys, have you heard of this super-cool new fashion trend? It’s called communism! It’s like this really cool vibe. You get all your food and rent for free! You’re encouraged to steal from expensive supermarkets! You even get to hang out with the coolest rich kids and travel to places like Cuba (where they have the best hotels), and sail the Med to Palestine (perfect place to rock your keffiyeh). Everyone on TikTok is talking about it! It seems that Gen Z and some Millennial rich kids are really digging communism at the moment. Though I’m now a crabby middle-aged Gen Xer with sore feet and a desire to be in bed by 10pm on a Friday, I once had some pretty commie-friendly ideas. But I’m still rather alarmed that young people across the media landscape have suddenly turned into well-coiffed, moisturised and manicured Stalins.

A Little-Known Lawsuit May Weaken University Ethics Boards
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: James G. Martin Center
Russell T. Warne analyzes a lawsuit that challenges the scope of Institutional Review Boards' authority.. For 45 years, research at American universities has been supervised by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), which are committees that ensure scientific research is conducted ethically. At most universities, faculty, students, and staff must obtain approval from the IRB before engaging in any aspect of scientific research. To protect research participants, the IRB scrutinizes research protocols, stimuli, and even recruitment materials (such as emails and flyers). Researchers may not begin their research until they receive the IRB’s blessing. This, however, does not end the IRB’s supervision. Any change in procedures—even trivial changes to wording in a recruitment flyer or a clarification of instructions to research participants—must be submitted to the IRB before implementation.

Why Ghislaine Maxwell will get a pardon
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: The Epstein Files
A leaked jailhouse email may offer one clue. The criminal case against Maxwell relied on the testimony of women who said they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein when they were under 18 – and that Maxwell facilitated and sometimes participated in that abuse, too. Maxwell had faced six federal charges: sex trafficking of minors, enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and three counts of conspiracy. She was found guilty by a New York jury on five of the six counts in 2021. She is serving 20 years. Republican members of the House Oversight Committee are now “divided” over whether the President should pardon Maxwell in exchange for her cooperation in the Epstein investigation, the Committee’s chairman, James Comer said last week.

Teens’ Social Media Behaviour in 43 Countries
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Naked Capitalism
– Those From Disadvantaged Backgrounds Face Greater Harms. As social media becomes a central part of young people’s lives, concerns are growing about its impact on their mental health. Yet public debates and measures tend to treat adolescents as one homogeneous group. We frequently ignore the fact that social media use does not affect all young people in the same way – nor does it have the same impacts on their wellbeing. In a recent chapter of the World Happiness Report 2026, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network in partnership with the University of Oxford, we have examined how problematic social media use relates to the wellbeing of adolescents from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Pomona College Black Student Union demands more power
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
The college president, the dean of students, the athletics director and the deans of both admissions and financial aid are all black. Pomona College does not have a racism problem, but you'd never know it from the knots the school is tying itself into over a few "incidents" that have been drummed up into a massive kerfuffle. There has been a great deal of noise made about these incidents, and together they have been said to be part of a pattern of racism.