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Tony Perkins pans Rex Tillerson pick to lead the State Department

Evangelical leader Tony Perkins is raising concerns about Rex Tillerson, calling the nominated secretary of state the "greatest ally" liberals would have in the forthcoming Trump administration due to the oil and gas executive's stances on social issues.

December 13, 2016

Pro-choice group sues Texas over human burial law

Emboldened by its victory at the Supreme Court earlier this year, a pro-choice group is challenging a Texas regulation requiring the human remains from abortions to be buried or cremated.

December 12, 2016

Shakespeare portrait at University of Pennsylvania removed for image of black lesbian poet: Report

Students at the University of Pennsylvania removed an iconic portrait of William Shakespeare located at the entryway to the English Department and replaced it with one of Audre Lorde, a 20th-century black, feminist and lesbian poet.

December 12, 2016

Charles Murray talk: Princeton students, faculty walk out in ‘silent protest’

Dozens of Princeton University students and faculty walked out of a talk set to be delivered by social scientist Charles Murray on Thursday shortly after he was introduced.

December 9, 2016

Brian Williams laments the spread of ‘fake news’

MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, who repeatedly exaggerated or completely fabricated accounts of journalistic valor in the theater of war, is lamenting the role that "fake news" played in President-elect Donald Trump's stunning electoral college victory.

December 8, 2016

Lawyer: Black jurors should refuse to convict black people accused of murdering white people

In response to the mistrial of a former South Carolina police officer accused of murdering a fleeing black man, the editor of a prominent legal site is calling on black jurors to acquit black defendants accused of, among other things, murdering white people.

December 8, 2016

Iranian government opens theme park where children learn to shoot U.S., Israel flags: Report

The Iranian government has reportedly opened a new theme park where, rather than riding roller coasters or Ferris wheels, children dress up as soldiers and pretend to defend the Islamic republic against its enemies, including Israel and the United States.

December 8, 2016

CNN documentary: Republicans are racists for opposing Obama

A new CNN documentary about President Obama speculates that Republican opposition to the first black president's big-government program was rooted in racial animus.

December 8, 2016

Clarence Thomas snubbed by Smithsonian’s museum of African American history

Of the 112 justices appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court since its inception, only two have been black -- and the second one apparently isn't worth consideration, as far as the new National Museum of African American History and Culture is concerned.

December 7, 2016

‘Heartbeat’ abortion bill heads to the desk of Ohio Gov. John Kasich

The Ohio legislature passed a bill this week banning abortions in the state after a baby's first heartbeat, or roughly six weeks into a pregnancy -- a move seen by many as evidence of an emboldened pro-life movement in response to the election of Donald Trump as president.

December 7, 2016

Clarence Thomas ‘omission’ from African-American museum denounced by Congressional Republicans

Republicans in the House and Senate introduced resolutions on Monday denouncing the Smithsonian for omitting Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas from the recently opened National Museum of African American History and Culture.

December 6, 2016

Worry of copycats in states with assisted-suicide laws

Physicians, researchers and ethicists are grappling with the copycat effect of suicide and rising U.S. suicide rates as jurisdictions enact laws to allow the terminally ill to take their own lives with the help of a doctor.

December 5, 2016

Notre Dame waffles on Donald Trump invitation after Obama caused ‘circus’

Notre Dame University may not extend an invitation to President-elect Donald Trump to this year's graduation, a move that would break with a decades-long tradition of inviting presidents in their first year to deliver the main commencement address at the South Bend campus.

December 5, 2016

Pro-Trump sticky note found at Wisconsin college poses ‘no immediate threat,’ police say

A Catholic college called the police after finding a Post-it note with a derogatory message for President-elect Donald Trump's detractors, but police say they are not taking any action.

December 5, 2016

University of Toronto historian: Biological sex a ‘very popular misconception’

A lecturer at the University of Toronto says the notion of "biological sex" -- that humans are born either male or female -- is a "very popular misconception."

December 2, 2016

Abdul Razak Ali Artan, Ohio State University attacker, studied ‘microaggressions’

Abdul Razak Ali Artan, who attempted to kill his classmates at Ohio State University before he was fatally shot by police, was enrolled in a class studying the ways in which microaggressions victimize various identity groups.

December 1, 2016

Planned Parenthood sues three states, says 20-week abortion ban ‘unconstitutional’

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down safety requirements on abortion clinics in Texas, Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice groups are suing three states over their regulations, including a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

November 30, 2016

Mark Langedijk, Dutch man, euthanized over alcoholism

A man who said he could not continue to live as an alcoholic was euthanized by the Netherlands in what politicians across the pond point to as the danger of legalizing physician-assisted suicide.

November 30, 2016

American University students prefer Fidel Castro to Donald Trump: poll

Several students at American University say they would rather live in Fidel Castro's Cuba than President-elect Donald Trump's United States.

November 30, 2016

Abortion poll says half of Americans morally opposed in most cases

A new poll indicates that half of Americans are morally opposed to abortion in most circumstances, even though more people identify as pro-choice than pro-life.

November 30, 2016