(The Center Square) – The University of Maryland is offering a course called “Intro to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness and Their Intersections” this spring. The three-credit course will be taught by Professor Sydney Lewis on Tuesdays and Thursdays and looks at “fatness as intersectional,” particularly highlighting “the relationship between fatness and blackness,” according to the […]
(The Center Square) – The State Board of Education (SBOE) on Friday approved the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) proposal for Texas’ state-owned textbooks, known as Bluebonnet Learning. It passed by a vote of 8-7. It includes new Mathematics curriculum for K-8 students, new Language Arts material for K-5 students and additional instructional support for teachers. […]
(The Center Square) – After an agreement was reached between U.S. and Mexican authorities requiring Mexico to deliver water to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to accept an offer of San Juan River water from Mexico. He also raised concerns about Mexico not […]
(The Center Square) – Momentum is with the emerging electric vehicle industry even with many question marks surrounding energy policy as the Trump administration takes office in January, observers of the industry say. “At the local and state level, there’s an incredible amount of energy and action taking place to support transportation electrification,” Ben Prochazka, […]
(The Center Square) – The group Judicial Watch is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse federal court rulings that upheld Illinois’ law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted for 14 days after Election Day. Roy Horras, a leader for an Illinois election integrity group, said that in a split decision, a Seventh Circuit […]
(The Center Square) – The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has recommended a number of new and revised policies for its institutions, such as a commitment to institutional neutrality, the prohibiting of DEI tactics, and a mandatory education in America’s founding documents. The University System of Georgia (USG) is made up of Georgia’s […]
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) called for all Department of Justice employees who worked on President-elect Donald Trump’s indictments to be fired. In an appearance on NBC News’s Meet the Press, Schmitt went further than most in calling for “accountability” against those who prosecuted Trump, saying retribution should extend to all employees who helped prosecute Trump. […]
More than half of the nation approves of how President-elect Donald Trump is handling his transition into office, according to a poll published Sunday. Trump’s transition process received approval from 59% of respondents and disapproval from 41% of respondents in the poll, which was conducted by CBS News and YouGov. GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE’S HOW TRUMP […]
The Democratic Party, to quote President Joe Biden, has reached an inflection point. Blame for Vice President Kamala Harris‘s landslide loss, not to mention losing control of the Senate, has fallen squarely on the current regime. And while pundits and strategists may disagree on the specifics of how those losses came to pass, the 2024 […]
Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) contended House Republicans banning transgender people from Capitol bathrooms is “an attempt” to distract the public. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) issued a policy banning transgender individuals from using single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms inside the Capitol building following legislation introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) addressing this topic. When asked […]
