MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 28 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * 'We Dissent' explains important Supreme Court case The "We Dissent" podcast tackles the Supreme Court case, Skrmetti vs. U.S. The most recent episode of the "We Dissent" podcast focuses on a Supreme Court case with potentially worrisome implications for transgender rights. On Episode 38, FFRF Deputy Legal Director Liz Cavell and Americans United Legal Director   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: Tennessee school administrators are openly admitting their intent to bypass state law by continuing to teach Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public schools. Despite legislative efforts to prohibit CRT, educators are finding ways to embed its divisive principles under the guise of buzzwords like "equity" and "inclusion." This defiance has raised concerns among parents who want their children's education to focus on academics rath  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: Accuracy in Media released a hidden-camera video investigation in Tennessee. There, Accuracy in Media investigators caught school administrators saying that they were still teaching Critical Race Theory. They might have changed the name to Social and Emotional Learning, or changed it once again from that, but the ideas and structures were exactly the same. That educational bureaucracy was just going to keep on doing the same w  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee Celebrates Major School Choice Victory # Jan 30, 2025 by AFP Education Freedom Act Passes Legislature Nashville, TN - Today, in a resounding victory for educational freedom, the Education Freedom Act (SB 6001/ HB 6004) passed both the House and Senate floors. Americans for Prosperity - Tennessee (AFP-TN) applauds the General Asse  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 28 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity issued the following news release: * * * Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee Cheers Progress of the Education Freedom Act Senate and House Education Committees Advance School Choice Legislation  Nashville, TN - Today, Americans for Prosperity - Tennessee (AFP-TN) applauds the advancement of Governor Bill Lee's Education Freedom Act (SB 6001/ HB 6004). This bill extends school choice to every child across Tennes  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns Distribution of KKK Flyers in Memphis The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of racist flyers promoting the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the Memphis, Tennessee, area. Recruitment flyers for a KKK group featuring anti-immigrant images were distri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns Distribution of KKK Propaganda in Virginia The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of flyers promoting the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Virginia. Flyers, in bags weighted with stones, were found near Round Hill Elementary in Loudoun County last F  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: * * * CAIR Encourages Mosques to Review Security After Man Arrested for Plotting Mass Shooting at Nashville Mosque The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today encouraged mosques and other Islamic institutions nationwide to review their security procedures after law enforcement arrested a Ten  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Snail Darter's Taxonomic Status WASHINGTON-- In January 2025 a paper published in Current Biology (Ghezelayagh et al. 2025) explained that genetic analysis demonstrated that snail darters ( Percina tanasi ) represented a population of the more widely distributed stargazing darter ( Percina uranidea ) and are no longer a valid spec  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression issued the following news release: * * * Her grad school tried to expel her for a tweet about Cardi B. Now they'll pay a $250K lawsuit settlement * The University of Tennessee's pharmacy school twice investigated a grad student for her sex-positive social media posts. * UT voted to expel her from her doctoral program -- but reversed its decision when FIRE intervened. * Today's settlement is a war  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 31 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * MSC Prepares for Annual Meeting in Nashville Jan 31, 2025 Washington - Registrations are underway for the American Trucking Associations' Moving & Storage Conference 2025 MSC Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. "We are excited to bring together hundreds of industry leaders from independent moving companies, van lines, agents, state moving associations   more