DOJ school board memo 1 year later: Lawmakers outraged over lack of answers

Post Content One year after Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a controversial school board memo, some lawmakers say they still are not getting answers from the Justice Department. Angry parents, lashing out at school board meetings across the country, captured headlines for much of 2021. Many were fed up with COVID-19 restrictions and curriculum mandates […]

Putin ally says Taiwan will be ‘returned’ to China

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and CEO of state-owned oil company Rosneft, Igor Sechin, claimed on Thursday during an international convention that Taiwan was “on schedule” to be returned to China. Speaking at an international economic forum in Azerbaijan, Sechin said Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ability to secure a historic third term […]

Carbon tax: How it affects households

Read More The carbon tax is a tax in response to climate change. The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by making polluters pay for emissions. In South Africa, the Carbon Tax Bill of 2019 was signed after a lengthy consultation process. Its main objective is to reduce GHG emissions in a sustainable, […]

The tricky topic of sex after cancer diagnosis

Read More Imagine a once vibrant, but now terminally ill and often pain-racked 30-something woman having careful and tender parting sex with her husband. Pretoria sexologist Petra Burger granted this wish to one of her patients. This case kept an audience of professionals engrossed during a seminar on sexuality and palliative care last week.  Burger […]

Obama boosts Pennsylvania Dems in new ad emphasizing abortion

Post Content Former President Barack Obama is looking to give Democrats in Pennsylvania a push with a new ad less than two weeks before Election Day. In the 15-second spot, first reported on by Axios, Obama urges voters in the battleground state to support Democrats by focusing on abortion and a claim of an existential […]

Latina Republican blocked from joining Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Post Content Democrats who run the Congressional Hispanic Caucusm (CHC) have blocked a freshman Latina Republican lawmaker from joining the group. Mayra Flores, who flipped a long-held Democratic House seat along the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year, said she was refused admission by the CHC because of her party affiliation. “As the first Mexican-born American […]

US-funded drag shows in Ecuador draw GOP scrutiny: ‘Wokified’ State Department

Post Content EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration is under fire for spending more than $20,000 in taxpayer dollars to fund drag shows in Ecuador. House Republicans are demanding answers from the State Department over a September decision to approve a $20,600 grant to Ecuador’s Abraham Lincoln North American Cultural Center. The grant is for the center […]