Culture Wars/Current Controversies

Michigan Law to Register Prisoners So They Can Vote Upon Release

January 2 2024

 

SPLC Steps in to Protect ‘Patently Unlawful Racial Discrimination’ at Progressive

NEWS
By Tyler O’Neil

The Southern Poverty Law Center steps in to defend a grant program for black-owned small businesses amid a racial discrimination lawsuit against Progressive Insurance.

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Male Might Get Volleyball Scholarship Meant for Female Athletes at University of Washington

NEWS
By Elizabeth Troutman

A transgender volleyball player in California may become the first biological male recipient of a collegiate Division 1 athletic scholarship designated for women.

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Associated Press Gets It Wrong: Wind Farm Contractors Acknowledge Turbines Harm Dolphins, Whales

COMMENTARY
By Diana Furchtgott-Roth

When wind turbine companies seek permission to harm sea life, reporters for The Associated Press blame The Heritage Foundation (where I work) and The Heartland Institute, instead of reporting the facts.

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New House Freedom Caucus Chief Reveals Group’s Priorities for 2024

ANALYSIS
By Virginia Allen

The House will be back in session on Jan. 9, and the new leader of the House Freedom Caucus says border security will be a top priority when they return.

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Here’s Why the Left’s Accusation that Conservatives are Authoritarian Completely Collapses

COMMENTARY
By Tyler O’Neil

Conservatives launch many efforts to restore the federal government to the way the Constitution says it should work, but the Left increasingly demonizes them as authoritarian.

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Reversing Big Tech’s Dangerous Hold on Our Children

COMMENTARY
By Wesley Hodges

U.S. kids spend twice as much time on social media as they do in the car. Our unregulated attention economy inundates their minds with obscenity, addiction, and other forms of exploitation.

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UN Pushes Sexual Rights and Gender Ideology to Attack Parents and Children

COMMENTARY
By Grace Melton, Emilie Kao

The United Nations’ bureaucrats reinterpret a key rights document in a manner that undermines the backbone of all societies—strong families.

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Michigan Law to Register Prisoners So They Can Vote Upon Release

NEWS
By Fred Lucas

A new law in Michigan means that inmates leaving prison will be registered automatically to vote, among other election measures signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat.

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ICYMI: Heritage Foundation Experts Share Reading Recommendations for the New Year

COMMENTARY
By Brian Gottstein

Heritage staff recommend books, old and new, as we begin the new year.

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