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Americans who recognize the central role played by biology in shaping human needs and desires are applauding a report by the New York Times that the administration will roll back President Barack Obama’s establishment of the transgender ideology.

A parent group’s petition claims the dress code of a Texas school district is sexist, racist and discriminatory. It calls upon the board of trustees to revamp the code “in a way that is inclusive, equitable, and body positive.”

There has been mounting concern — including from amongst supporters — over Stonewall’s “extreme transgender politics”, as the LGBT advocacy group’s power over scho0ls and elsewhere is on the rise.

A student petition that criticizes a Texas high school’s dress code as “outdated” and “gender biased” wants administrators to change the rules and allow boys to wear makeup on campus so they may express themselves in “what is supposed to be a safe environment.”

LONDON (AP) — One of Britain’s leading astrophysicists is donating her $3 million purse from a major science prize to encourage diversity in physics.

Despite having a long, documented history of allegedly employing workers at slave wages, the multinational Nike corporation has become the face of the social justice wing of the political left with its newest ad featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

The era of TV shows in which white males impart information on a subject is dead, a top BBC executive has said, stating the corporation must find “different ways” of bringing expert insight and knowledge to audiences in future.

Jonathan Neumann’s new book, “To Heal the World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel,” is an important examination of the distorted theology employed by the radical left to lead many Jews astray.

An East Texas school district will keep the name of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on one of its high schools after trustees refused to second a motion on a vote calling for its removal.

Children’s books across every genre need to feature more black characters in central roles, according to a government-funded report on UK-published literature.

Israel should host Eurovision 2019 without being impeded by those calling for a boycott of the Jewish state, according to the editorial board of the the Irish Examiner.

Disney is eager to fire and replace Kathleen Kennedy over her disastrous handling of the Star Wars franchise, reports Grace Randolph of Beyond the Trailer.

An ‘expert’ committee advising the British government on immigration has withdrawn a survey asking students where are from and what they think about international students after cries of “racism”.

Stephen Colbert’s Wednesday night attack on Kanye West’s sanity, followed by the late night host’s demand that the rap superstar stop praising Trump, might have been wrapped in humor, but these tactics are as old as the Democrat Party itself. 

The push to remove all Confederate iconography continues at one Texas high school where eligible students voted to replace its Old South logo with a politically correct “service dog” mascot.

Throngs of protesters from Irvine, Huntington Beach, and Laguna Niguel shouted-down an Orange County Supervisors meeting to force a reversal of the plan to set up homeless tent camps next to local city parks.

The Los Angeles City Council voted last week to develop an “emergency” plan that could operate trailer and tent encampments to house 34,000-homeless — similar to the plan developed by Orange County.

Hoping to quash the now two years of anti-American protests during the playing of the national anthem, the NFL is gearing up to put the finishing touches on its $89 million spending on social justice causes, but many of the extreme left-wing beneficiaries of that spending will not please conservative players or fans.

The three cities where Orange County planned to erect tent camps to warehouse evicted Santa Ana River homeless people are threatening lawsuits to block the move.

A report from the Swedish Children’s Book Institute claims that the hot trends in children’s literature last year were books on sexual harassment and abuse and promoting veganism.

The far-left activist group HOPE not Hate (HnH) received a widespread backlash on social media, including from prominent anti-extremism campaigner Maajid Nawaz, after they released a list of books they campaigned to get banned from UK retailers.

Former Swedish theatre director Benny Fredriksson is said to have taken his own life earlier this week after resigning from his position as head of the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm’s arts and culture centre, due to sexual misconduct actions that have turned out to be false.

The Broward County, Florida, school leniency program that was likely the inspiration for the Obama administration’s plan to shrink the “school to prison pipeline” is part of a larger Obama-era plan to force school “equity.”

In preparation for the student walkout Wednesday, Women’s March Youth Empower designed a community organizing “Toolkit” intended to create a new generation of student activists who will register to vote and continue to support candidates who will promote progressive causes.

The Chicago Republican Party plans to file a lawsuit against the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) over its decision to organize students to participate in Wednesday’s student walkouts that promoted gun control.

Swedish Justice Minister Morgan Johansson has promised to put more pressure on social media giants Facebook and YouTube owner Google to remove illegal “hate speech” material.

Cato Institute Senior Fellow Walter Olson penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal this week in which he mused on whether or not Yale University would accept an applicant who protested in favor of Second Amendment rights.

Unions across the nation are looking to California for new laws to undermine the impact of the expected U.S. Supreme Court ruling against mandatory public-employee union dues.

Tomas Åberg, project manager for Näthatsgranskaren, or “Network Examiner” an internet-based group who report Swedes to authorities if they see them post “hate speech” online, has been nominated for the “Swedish Hero” award by one of the country’s major newspapers.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is setting his sights on the so-called “ethnic pay gap” while the capital is gripped by crime.

Official new guidance on “equal treatment” instructs judges to favour non-white defendants in order to “redress inequality”.

A Swedish online “social justice” group comprised of lawyers, former police officers, and other professionals are said to be behind the rise of prosecutions against Swedes for “hate speech” on social media platforms.

The European Union Capital of Culture competition has rejected the city of Székesfehérvár after claiming a video presented by the city’s mayor showed the city to be too white and Christian.

Book publisher Kristoffer Lind from the publishing house Lind & Co has slammed the Swedish government for only giving financial support through the Culture Council to books that promote social justice values and diversity above quality literature.

Hollywood actress Natalie Portman claimed it was ‘problematic’ that she was cast as a character described as being of ‘Asian heritage’ in Paramount upcoming sci-fi adventure movie ‘Annihilation.’

The mother of seventh-grade student in Austin, Texas, says she plans to meet with school officials over a homework assignment that tasked students to draw pictures of themselves as slaves.