Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S
The United States ranks first among developed nations in rates of both teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. In an effort to reduce these rates, the U.S. government has funded abstinence-only sex education programs for more than a decade. However, a public controversy remains over whether this investment has been successful and whether these programs […]
Daryl Davis Gets KKK Members to Disavow by Befriending Them
Daryl Davis, an accomplished keyboardist who has worked with Chuck Berry and Little Richard, has quite the side interest. For the past few decades the black musician, actor and author has made it his mission to befriend people in hate groups like the Klu Klux Klan by calmly confronting them with the question: “How can […]
Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
Every time an act of terror or shooting occurs, Muslims closely watch the news with extreme trepidation praying that the suspect is not Muslim. This is not because these terrorists are likely to be Muslim but rather because in the instances where they happen to be, we see amplified mass media coverage and extreme unjustified […]
FBI: Terrorism (2002-2005)
Since the mid-1980s, the FBI has published Terrorism in the United States, an unclassified annual report summarizing terrorist activities in this country. While this publication provided an overview of the terrorist threat in the United States and its territories, its limited scope proved inadequate for conveying either the breadth or width of the terrorist threat […]
GOP congressman on climate change: God will ‘take care of it’ if it’s real
WASHINGTON (USA Today) Michigan GOP Rep. Tim Walberg isn’t concerned about the effects of climate change — if it exists — because God will “take care of it.” Walberg was speaking to constituents in Coldwater, Mich., last week when he was asked about climate change. Walberg, who has previously questioned the existence of global warming, […]
Abstinence-Only Education Increases Disease and Pregnancy
The United States ranks first among developed nations in rates of both teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. In an effort to reduce these rates, the U.S. government has funded abstinence-only sex education programs for more than a decade. However, a public controversy remains over whether this investment has been successful and whether these programs […]
