Editor’s note: The following column first appeared in City Journal.   Los Angeles Unified School District has adopted a radical gender-theory curriculum instructing teachers to work toward the “breakdown of the gender binary,” to experiment with gender pronouns such as “they,” “ze,” and “tree,” and to adopt “trans-affirming” programming to make …

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have helped scientists find candidates for some of the earliest galaxies seen to date.  GLASS-z13, or GL-z13, was found by combing through data from the GLASS (Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space) and the Webb Telescope Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) early …

The Climate Clock, an online tool and algorithm designed to calculate environment, fell below seven years Friday. The clock, which was developed in 2020 to give a sense of urgency to world leaders, fell from seven years to six years and 364 days, according to algorithm. The tool shows how …

Democrats have long described themselves as the pro-choice party. But it turns out the only choice many progressive politicians can imagine for women facing unintended pregnancies is abortion — and their fanaticism is leading them to stand in the way of actual assistance for women and their babies.   Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen …

The Perseids – one of the biggest meteor showers of the year – have returned this summer. According to NASA, the evenings of Aug. 12 and Aug. 13 will be a great opportunity for skywatchers to catch the show.  However, a full moon could negatively impact the view this year. …

A deal was signed by Moscow and Kyiv Friday to allow for the safe export of grains and other food products from Ukraine as the world grapples with a mounting food crisis.  “Today, there is a beacon on the Black Sea. A beacon of hope, a beacon of possibility, a …

JERUSALEM, Israel – Turkey’s strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plan to purge the U.S.-allied Kurdish force from northern Syria could create an Act 2 for the Islamic State terrorist movement to build a new caliphate, noted experts on the jihadi organization and Turkish power politics.  Erdogan had some harsh words …

An ominous development in American politics is the explicit marriage of abortion advocacy to corporate interests, as the progressive movement and its pro-abortion base have grown increasingly strident and extreme.   In the Dobbs era, there seems to be a competition over which company can be the most pro-abortion. Scores of …

China’s economic rebound may face a greater uphill battle than Beijing would otherwise like the world to believe thanks to pressure within the real estate sector and “frustrations” in the banking industry.  “China’s economy has been slowing for quite some time,” Craig Singleton, a fellow at the nonpartisan Foundation for …

The homes of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison — Monticello and Montpelier respectively — are going “woke.”   The driving force behind a rewriting of the legacies of these two great presidents revolves around the subject of slavery.   To be sure, there is nothing more abominable or obscene in the history …