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Christopher Rufo
January 6, 2021
Economics

Radicals in the Classroom

Christopher Rufo
January 6, 2021
Economics
The San Diego Unified School District has been radicalized. In recent months, the district has announced mandatory diversity training for teachers, added a new “ethnic studies” curriculum focused on racial grievance, and even abolished the requirement to turn in homework on time—all in the name of becoming, in the words of school board member Richard Barrera, “an anti-racist school district.” Read More ›
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Bill Walton
December 31, 2020
Economics

The Bill Walton Show: Silver Linings

Bill Walton
December 31, 2020
Economics
As we wrap up one of the most chaotic years in modern memory, members of the BWS team gather virtually to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on our lives. What will the future hold when it comes to masks? The economy? Life in general? While 2020 is one most of us would like to forget, we manage to find several “silver linings” heading into 2021. Read More ›
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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education

President Trump Issues Executive Order Expanding Educational Opportunity

Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education
President Trump’s December 28 executive order expands educational opportunity by providing emergency learning scholarships to disadvantaged K-12 students to access in-person learning. These grants meet an urgent need among low-income, special needs, and minority students who have been disproportionately affected by school closures. Read More ›
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Sunrise over planet Earth in space
Steven J. Buri
December 22, 2020
Discovery Institute

Discovery Institute: World Changers

Steven J. Buri
December 22, 2020
Discovery Institute
When Bruce Chapman and George Gilder founded Discovery Institute nearly 30 years ago, they envisioned it as a “distributive think tank,” one in which technology would unite the collaborative work of scholars around the country. It was a forward-thinking model that has served us well in 2020, a year in which Zoom meetings have replaced in-person gatherings, both personal and professional. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
December 18, 2020
Economics

Indoctrinating an Entire School System in PC Racism

Christopher Rufo
December 18, 2020
Economics
What’s the goal here? Simply put, to transform Seattle schools into activist organizations. At the conclusion of the training, teachers had to explain how they will practice “anti-racist pedagogy,” address the “social-justice movements taking place” and become “anti-racist outside the classroom.” Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
December 15, 2020
Economics

Homelessness

Christopher Rufo
December 15, 2020
Economics
This short film will help you understand the homeless and poverty crisis from the inside-out — what drives it, what perpetuates it, and why nothing seems to help. Read More ›
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Photo: Some believe microfossils could be animal embryos; by Sebastian Willman, via EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/248210.php?from=483256
Evolution News
December 15, 2020
Intelligent Design

First Animals? Fossils Won’t Fit Cambrian Evolution

Evolution News
December 15, 2020
Intelligent Design
Evolutionists are still fighting over the first animals. Each new fossil creates new questions, but there is one constant: bluffing confidence that Darwinism is true. Here are some new developments in the Cambrian Explosion debates. Read More ›
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Father of Intelligent Design?
Alfred Russel Wallace: Father of Intelligent Design?
The Center for Science and Culture
December 14, 2020
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design

Celebrate Alfred Wallace’s Birthday on Jan. 8 with Historian Michael Flannery

The Center for Science and Culture
December 14, 2020
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design
One of the greatest naturalists of the nineteenth century, Alfred Russel Wallace co-discovered evolution by natural selection. Unlike Darwin, Wallace became convinced that life and the universe displayed clear evidence of purposeful design. Join us for an online birthday party as we celebrate the life and legacy of Wallace with historian Michael Flannery. Read More ›
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Jay W. Richards, Douglas Axe and William M. Briggs
December 8, 2020
Economics

The Price of Panic

Jay W. Richards, Douglas Axe and William M. Briggs
December 8, 2020
Economics

The last months have been unlike anything we’ve ever seen, with extreme measures taken around the world to slow the spread of COVID-19. The policy of lockdowns and mass quarantines were widely adopted — but each passing day begs the question, did we take the right approach? COVID-19 is no doubt a real disease that should be taken seriously. But, Read More ›