Author: unitedfamilies

Bringing Global Conflict Home

A country whose citizens are at each other’s throats is unlikely to solve the world’s problems. What ought to be avoided is recreating the climate of hatred that exists in so many places overseas here in our own country. This is an inevitable pitfall of taking on so many of these conflicts as our own, especially at a time when we are so deeply polarized ourselves.

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Justice Department Opens Investigation Into California for Allowing Males in Women’s Sports

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division warned California officials Wednesday that it is opening an investigation into whether the Golden State violates federal civil rights law by allowing males to compete in women’s sports. “Title IX exists to protect women and girls in education. It is perverse to allow males to compete against girls, invade their private spaces, and take their trophies,” Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said in a statement on the move. “This Division will aggressively defend women’s hard-fought rights to equal educational opportunities.”

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1 in 4 Sextortion Victims Are 13 or Younger, Survey Finds

According to a survey research by Thorn, sextortion disproportionately affects minors and can have devastating consequences. The 2017 survey showed us that sextortion is not isolated to teens and adults; nearly 1/4 of the 2017 participants were 13 years old or younger when they were sextorted. Approximately 60% of participants who were ages 13 and younger when threatened, and slightly more than 50% of participants aged 14, did not know their offender offline. The 2017 survey showed us that sextortion is not isolated to teens and adults; nearly 1/4 of the 2017 participants were 13 years old or younger when they were sextorted. Approximately 60% of participants who were ages 13 and younger when threatened, and slightly more than 50% of participants aged 14, did not know their offender offline.

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Supreme Court rejects appeal of Massachusetts student who wanted to wear ‘only two genders’ T-shirt

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders. The court should have heard the case, Alito wrote, noting that “the school permitted and indeed encouraged student expression endorsing the view that there are many genders,” but censored an opposing view.

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