Last year, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren came under fire for claiming she was Native American based on family lore and trace amounts of Indigenous DNA an ancestry test detected. This week at a forum in Sioux City, Iowa she apologized for her previous statements and pledged she would…
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Massachusetts Fights to Protect LGBTQ Youth Against Conversion Therapy
Massachusetts is working to protect LGBTQ youth. On Monday, Governor Charlie Baker signed a law that bans conversion therapy on minors. The new legislation overwhelmingly passed through the state House and Senate in March and it bans Massachusetts health care providers from doing the so-called “therapy” on people under 18….
Tucker Carlson: Women Are ‘Primitive’ and ‘Just Need to Be Quiet and Kind of Do What You’re Told’
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson is under fire for his degrading comments about women. An audio recording has surfaced of Tucker calling women “primitive,” “basic” and “not hard to understand.” He also defended child rapists and underage marriage. The remarks were recorded between 2006 and 2011 on the “Bubba the…
Teacher, Two Aides Charged in Abuse of Children With Autism
A special education teacher and two aides have been arrested for abusing three autistic children at Silver Sands School in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Between Sept. 1 and Nov. 14, 48-year-old Margaret Wolthers and her two assistants Carolyn Madison, 47, and Dana LaCroix, 52, locked three children with autism into…
Viral Video of Daycare Employee Mistreating a Black Child Spurs Investigation
In a video that has now gone viral on Instagram and Facebook, a woman is shown pushing and pulling the hair of a toddler at a daycare center. The incident was allegedly filmed by another employee at the My Little Playhouse Learning Center in Lubbock, Texas. The employee, who was…
Detention Centers and Separations Equals Trauma for Immigrant Children, Say Experts
There is no doubt that the immigrant children being put in detention centers and separated from their parents and loved ones will not forget these experiences for the rest of their lives. Dr. Colleen Kraft, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, who last month condemned the practice of separating…
Deputy Accused of Sexually Assaulting 4-Year-Old Daughter of Undocumented Immigrant
The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy allows for undocumented parents and kids to be separated. And in the midst, children of undocumented immigrants are subject to intimidation by law enforcement, and in this case, sexual abuse. Jose Nunez, a sheriff’s deputy, is being held on a felony charge of…
Officials Saw Signs of 'Abuse,' 'Neglect' in Black Children Killed in SUV Crash But Did Not Intervene
Officials were aware of signs of abuse and neglect but said there was “no identified safety threat” in the home of the six Black children who were adopted by Jennifer and Sarah Hart, according to records from the Oregon Department of Human Services. They also knew that Jennifer Hart had…
Duggar Sex Abuse Scandal and the Hypocrisy of the Anti-LGBT Right
By Michael Nam Josh Duggar, the eldest son of the 19 Kids and Counting family, admitted to sexually abusing several minor-aged girls (most likely his sisters), exposing the anti-LGBT activist family and their allies’ views as hypocritical on the issue of “protecting” women and children. In Touch magazine first reported…