Category: Education

Atrazine is one of the most extensively used herbicides in the United States. On average, well over 70 million pounds of atrazine is sprayed every year on agricultural crops like corn and sugarcane. This chlorotriazine herbicide — reportedly the most commonly detected herbicide in American tap water — is a potent endocrine and metabolic disruptor…

1. We’re incurable optimists H. Armstrong Roberts/Classic Stock If you’re on music duty for the barbecue this weekend, don’t overlook “Little Pink Houses.” The John Cougar Mellencamp classic is a dependable crowd-pleaser because it’s one of those songs people tend to forget they love. At least until it gets to the first “Ain’t that America?”…

While it’s easy to get sucked into the festivities of backyard BBQs and dazzling firework displays on July 4, it’s important to remember what we’re celebrating: Our hard-won independence from Great Britain and the establishment of our great nation founded on freedom. And there’s no better way to do that than revisiting the timeless principles…

This week, my university emailed a Fourth of July reflection that caught my attention. It claimed the “backbone of our independence” is entrepreneurship and praised secular universities as the seedbed of innovation — and, by extension, democracy itself. I’m all for business. Enterprise, creativity, and free markets foster prosperity and reward initiative. But business doesn’t…

Fourth of July prices are an effective way to gauge simple cost-of-living markers for the average American. However, one industry that provides a crucial aspect of the holiday celebrations is blaming President Trump’s tariffs for a possible explosion in pricing. With the S&P 500 hitting a new record just in time for Independence Day, Trump…

Over 30 members of the Democrat-dominated California legislature signed a letter last month urging Republican congressional members from the Golden State “to request the President to end the crackdowns on hardworking, taxpaying immigrants in Southern California and throughout the state, as the actions are causing significant harm to our economy.” The June 18 letter noted…

Although America’s 250th birthday is still one year away, there is a fun, unique, and mathematical fact about this year’s 249th birthday that will help illustrate just how young America is as a nation. To do that, we can start with the age of President Thomas Jefferson on the day he died — significantly enough,…

Each Independence Day, Prescott, Arizona — a Western city with roughly 47,000 people that still feels like a small-town haven — erupts with vibrant fireworks, the thunder of the rodeo, and parades that fill the streets with Americans waving the Stars and Stripes in celebration of the nation they hold dear. Located approximately two hours…

As we celebrate Independence Day, it’s worth reflecting on America’s founding character — especially the man who defined it: George Washington. Washington didn’t build his legacy on grand speeches. He led with silence, sacrifice, and restraint. He may not have written poetry, but he lived it — with grit in war, grace in peace, and…

The public relations woes of the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to worsen as they face a federal civil rights complaint that their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies are in violation of discrimination laws. The reigning baseball world champions have been criticized by many on the left for not speaking out against immigration raids in Los…

Tonight, across the entire country, explosions of colorful pyrotechnics will light up the sky as red, white, and blue-clad Americans of all ages ooh and aah, just as they have since 1777 when the American tradition first began at the behest of John Adams. Yet most of these patriotic revelers are likely unaware of the…

John Adams believed America’s independence should be marked with “pomp, shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations.” He got his wish. Within a year of the Declaration’s signing on July 4, 1776, celebrations had become a colonies-wide tradition. The reaction across the Atlantic, however, struck a very different tone. This wasn’t just about taxes…

A federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday ordered accused political assassin Vance Luther Boelter held until his trial on charges he gunned down a former state House speaker and her husband, and shot a state senator and his wife on June 14. Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, Minn., told U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko that…

President Donald Trump is kicking off a yearlong celebration for the 250th anniversary of the United States with a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Thursday. The massive celebration has been planned by America250, a bipartisan group of lawmakers and private citizens, in order to observe the 250th anniversary since the…

Transgender influencer Lilly Contino — who rose to TikTok fame for posting videos of himself complaining about being misgendered at restaurants — could be in serious legal jeopardy after filming himself using the women’s bathrooms at Walt Disney World. Contino, taunting those who believe women’s bathrooms should only be for biological women, posted selfies in…

The political world recoiled in shock when a relatively unknown left-wing politician defeated Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for the mayor’s office in New York City. More and more damaging policies and statements from Zohran Mamdani have resurfaced since then, but Rolling Stone magazine has rode in on a white horse in an attempt…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 in favor of the Trump administration deporting violent criminal illegal aliens to countries not of their origin, and the dissenting justices issued scathing dissents. In contention is whether the administration can deport illegal aliens who have been convicted of violent crimes to countries other than where they…

As an illegal immigrant, Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus hadn’t called Guatemala home in over a decade — but that’s where she found herself after being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Lenoir City. Monterroso-Lemus, who was pregnant, was detained at the Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana before being deported. While there, she lost her mid-term…

The Federal Reserve uses protecting the free market as one of the biggest reasons for its existence, but former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) knows better. “That’s the argument they use,” he tells Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck. “You know, bank runs and all this, and the Fed was established to stop all that.” “And you…

On the third day of a union strike of municipal workers, garbage is piling up in Philadelphia, and some workers are resorting to threats and vandalism against residents who dare to break the strike. The City of Philadelphia is negotiating with members of the AFSCME District Council 33 union, who are asking for a wage…

Well, there it is. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk for a big, beautiful Independence Day signing. It took many sleepless nights and hard days to get here, and it wasn’t remotely a sure thing when it all began a few months ago. Much has changed…

President Donald Trump notches the first major legislative victory of his second term in office after months of tumultuous negotiations on Capitol Hill. The House passed the final version of the “big, beautiful bill” Thursday in a 218-214 vote after a tense overnight rules vote that was finalized just after 3:20 in the morning. The…

A jury found Sean “Diddy” Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but the rap mogul was acquitted of the most serious charges in his federal criminal trial. While Combs still faces up to 20 years in prison for the two counts on which he’s been convicted, America is divided on…

Bono, the Irish singer valued at around $700 million whose real name is Paul David Hewson, did his apparent best on the May 30 episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” to push the narrative that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development would result in the deaths of multitudes of foreigners….

Many young women have had enough of being told men can be in their locker rooms, that being alone is better, and that Republicans want to take their rights away. In fact, hundreds of thousands of conservatives — particularly in big cities — have been searching for alternatives to transactional dating experiences that push liberal…

The Republican attorney general of Idaho has taken aim at supposedly inclusive “welcome” signs in public school classrooms, saying they violate a new law banning political displays. “All are welcome.” “Everyone is welcome.” ‘All Are Welcome Here’ signs were printed in multiple languages and, in the words of the outlet, for ‘all gender identities.’ Signs…

Congressional investigators looking into Biden’s cognitive decline while in office, its cover-up, and its alleged exploitation behind the scenes are set to continue peeling the onion later this month. The House Oversight Committee grilled former Biden White House Domestic Policy Council Director Neera Tanden last week, gleaning some insights into what was going on behind…