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Education Department launches hiring spree in key office
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Politico
...roughly a year after mass layoffs. The Federal Student Aid office plans to hire 334 full-time employees by 2027, despite staffing cuts last year and efforts to send the department’s work to other agencies. The Education Department’s Federal Student Aid office saw some of the most significant staffing cuts at the agency last March during the administration’s government-wide reduction in force. Now, that same office is trying to hire 334 full-time employees by 2027 — a 45 percent increase from its staffing levels as of last month — according to the presentation delivered to FSA staff in mid-April.

New York City's declining public school enrollment projected
Topic: Children and Family
Source: FOX News
... to lose over 150K more as population declines. A Citizens Budget Commission study found NYC lost approximately 114,000 more domestic residents than it gained in 2025. According to a "Statistical Forecasting" prepared for the New York City School Construction Authority, New York City is projected to lose thousands of students in the 2034-35 school year. "Enrollment is projected to be 721,251 in 2034-35, which would be a decline of 153,000 students from the 2024-25 enrollment," the outlet reported.

Canadian hockey team FINED $5000 after scout paid compliment to female reporter
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
“Well, thank you very much, you’re a very good-looking girl." The Vancouver Giants have been fined $5,000 by the Western Hockey League after the team’s head scout said that a female reporter was “good looking” while on the air for a broadcast for the WHL Prospects Draft earlier this week. WHL commissioner Dan Near announced the fine on Saturday, saying that the remarks were “not reflective of the organization’s standards of respect and inclusion,” regardless of the intent of the comments.

US to revoke passports of parents owing child support
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Hill
[Ed: this has always been in effect--at least, as a possibility--but now it seems to be strictly enforced.] The State Department announced Thursday it will begin revoking passports of people who owe significant amounts in child support. Parents who owe more than $2,500 in child support payments are not eligible to receive U.S. passports. The government can also strip people of these documents under a 1996 law, which has rarely been enforced. “Any American with significant child support debt should arrange payment to the relevant state or states now to prevent passport revocation,” the State Department said in a statement.

Imprisoned trans pedophile sex criminal who abused own daughter
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
... seeks settlement with NJ for witchcraft ‘religious freedom’ accommodations. A transgender-identifying New Jersey inmate convicted of sexually abusing his 7-year-old daughter is seeking a settlement with the New Jersey Department of Corrections after filing a lawsuit alleging officials denied him access to Wiccan religious accommodations while incarcerated in a women’s prison. Marina Volz, born Matthew Volz, is serving a 25-year sentence after being convicted of sex crimes against his own seven-year-old daughter. Volz was sentenced in May of 2022 and initially housed at a men’s facility.

"Dateflation": 40% Of Singles Are Going On Fewer Dates Due To High Costs
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: Zero Hedge
71% of singles saying dating is more expensive than it was a year ago and 40% saying they are going on fewer dates because of it. Inflation has reshaped nearly every corner of daily life: groceries, rent, gas, and utilities. Now it's coming for romance. Whether or not to date has become a financial decision, one that millions of Americans are weighing against their budgets, their career stability, and their long-term financial goals. What was once a simple dinner-and-a-movie has become a calculus of who pays, how much to spend, and whether the whole thing is even worth it.

B.C. gov't to allow midwives to prescribe abortion pill and other drugs
Topic: Abortion
Source: CBC
Changes made in consultation with regulatory college, comes after changes to midwives' scope of practice. The B.C. government is giving midwives the ability to prescribe abortion pill Mifegymiso and other drugs, in an expansion of their scope of practice. In a statement, the province says the changes will make it easier for people to access reproductive health services. Once the changes come into effect, midwives will be able to independently prescribe Mifegymiso, also known as RU 486, which can treat an early miscarriage in addition to providing a medical abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Female Athletes Slam Gavin Newsom Over California Trans Athlete Controversy
Topic: Gender Discrimination
Source: FOX News
As the girls’ high school track and field championships approach, a trans athlete is set to compete in this year’s girls’ tournament. The main controversy centers on AB Hernandez, a biological high school student at Jurupa Valley High School in Riverside County. Hernandez qualified for and competed in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Track & Field Championships in Clovis in the girls’ long jump, high jump, and triple jump. Hernandez is seeded first in the upcoming tournament.

More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Guardian
Organisers of nationwide protest say its aim is to stop the government turning young Germans into ‘cannon fodder’. Tens of thousands of pupils across Germany are expected to boycott the classroom and take to the streets in a nationwide protest organisers say is to stop the government’s rearmament policy turning young people into “cannon fodder”. Despite threats from teachers’ associations and education ministries, which have said anyone who demonstrates during school hours could risk penalties and even expulsion, organisers say they expect the number of participants at Friday’s school strike to be at least as high as the estimated 50,000 who attended each of the first two.

Israeli forces accused of sexually abusing Sumud Flotilla activists
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Al Mayadeen
The Global Sumud Flotilla says Israeli forces subjected activists to sexual assault, physical abuse, and degrading treatment after intercepting their Gaza-bound aid vessels in international waters. In a statement released by the movement, organizers said preliminary testimonies from crew members and civilian participants point to “a pattern of severe physical and sexual violence and systematic degradation perpetrated against civilian participants following the interception of the flotilla in international waters.”

TX Orders Unauthorized Dallas-Area Muslim ‘University’ to Cease Operations Immediately
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Texas Scorecard
State officials say Richardson-based institution was illegally offering degree programs without authorization. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has ordered a Richardson-based institution calling itself “Texas American Muslim University at Dallas” to immediately cease operations, saying it has been illegally offering higher education programs in Texas without state authorization. The “TexAM University at Dallas” or “Texas American Muslim University” (TexAM) has been marketing itself as a new Islamic-centered university offering STEM degree programs combined with mandatory Islamic studies coursework.

UK Nurseries Urged To Report 'Racist' Toddlers To Police In £1.3M Scheme..
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Zero Hedge
Childcare workers across Wales are being trained to spot and report “racist incidents” by toddlers under fresh guidance endorsed by government ministers and bankrolled with taxpayer cash. The push, which includes lessons on “white privilege,” turns playgroups and nurseries into surveillance hubs for the state’s ‘anti-racism’ agenda — even when the alleged offenders are barely out of nappies. The initiative has received over £1.3 million in taxpayer funding via the Welsh Government.

Cyberattack That Disrupted Schools, Finals Ends
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: CBS News
Ransom note from ShinyHunters forced campuses to delay exams after Canvas hack. A digital backbone of American education was back online Friday, a day after crashing and taking finals week went with it. Canvas—the platform used by more than 8,000 schools and 30 million users worldwide—went down in an apparent ransomware attack, knocking students offline just as exams and deadlines peaked, reports CNN. The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack, per CBS News, after a ransom note threatening a data release appeared on Canvas portals at universities including Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Georgetown, and Rutgers, as well as at K-12 districts in at least four states. Canvas' parent company, Instructure, said Friday most users are again able to use the system.

Inmates Say They Paid for Talk About Ghislaine Maxwell
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: CNN
Women report communications with reporters brought punishment. When Ghislaine Maxwell showed up at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, some of the women locked up there say they learned a fast lesson: Don't talk about her. CNN reports that Julie Howell, serving a year for embezzlement, said she checked the rules, then sent her thoughts about Maxwell's transfer—"every inmate I've heard from is upset she's here"—to a British reporter through her husband. Days later, Howell said, she was pulled from a prison dog-training program, berated by the warden for "ruining her weekend," written up for "disruptive conduct" and "mail abuse," and abruptly shipped to a higher-security federal detention center in Houston for three months.

New Jersey's Iconic Diners Are Dying.
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Reason
This Is the Wrong Way To Save Them. Democratic state lawmakers want to give tax carveouts to certain restaurants. The real problem is New Jersey's tax code itself. New Jersey's diners are apparently in trouble. As many as 100 have shuttered in the past decade, according to Amanda Stone, the vice president of public affairs for the New Jersey Restaurant & Hospitality Association. The closures appear to be due to a combination of factors: continued aftershocks from the COVID-19 pandemic, rising food prices from tariffs and inflation, and changing consumer preferences.

Belief that words cause ‘lasting’ harm tied to politics, poor mental health: study
Topic: Unspecified
Source: The College Fix
Individuals more likely to believe words can harm rated themselves as higher in intellectual humility, while also expressing greater support for censorship. A new psychology study suggests that Americans who believe words can cause “lasting” psychological harm are also more likely to support censorship, safe spaces, and silencing controversial viewpoints. These individuals are also more likely to struggle with depression and believe themselves to be intellectually humble, according to the research, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.

Berkeley Refuses to Act as Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt Campus Event
Topic: Affirmative Action
Source: Jonathan Turley
erkeley has long been viewed as one of the most viewpoint-intolerant universities in the United States. Conservatives and those with opposing views are rarely invited and often face protests or cancellations. Some of us have long accused the Berkeley administrators and faculty of fostering this culture of intolerance. That culture was again on full display in the cancellation of an event with Jeffrey Dean, Chief Scientist at Google, in Jarvis Auditorium on Friday, May 1. The passive position taken by the campus police speaks volumes about why Berkeley is an academic echo chamber. The university reportedly maintained that it will take no action in preventing such disruptions absent violence. In adopting this position, the university effectively enables a heckler’s veto. The inexplicable position would leave the level of permitted speech to the mob at Berkeley.

First black transgender woman with quadriplegic cerebral palsy
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
... signed to a modeling agency rages against whiteness at Met Gala. [Ed: not from the Onion.] Aaron Rose Philip became the first ever black, trans-identified male with quadriplegic cerebral palsy who was signed to a major modeling agency, and as Philip rolled onto the red carpet at the Met Gala—again a first—it was said that he was "breaking barriers with every step." When giving a Ted X talk in Berkeley in 2024, Philip blamed the fashion industry's saying he doesn't have the "right look" on his not being white.

1 in 5 councils ban swearing
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Campaign for Freedom
Councils in England and Wales have introduced a swathe of bizarre bans that will turn ordinary people into unwitting criminals. Councils have used Public Spaces Protection Orders (which allow them to ban any activity they judge to have a ‘detrimental effect on the quality of life’) to introduce over 1000 new laws, each of which can contain dozens of separate restrictions. These orders are not subject to democratic or legal scrutiny: they can be brought through by a single unelected council officer, and do not require public consultation or full council assent.