University of Maryland offers ‘fat studies’ course on how ‘fatness’ and ‘Blackness’ intersect
An upcoming class at the University of Maryland will have students consider how “fatness” relates to “blackness” and is a “social justice issue.” “Introduction to Fat Studies: Fat, Blackness, and Their Intersection” provided as a general education course for students in the spring semester. The three-credit course can be taken to satisfy the university's distribution […]
Sen. Ernst gives DOGE blueprint to slash $2 trillion in government waste — from vacant buildings to absurd scientific studies
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has issued a statement to President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency: blueprint Cut more than $2 trillion in wasteful government spending. Ernst's Monday letter Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy enumerated to the co-chairs a number of ways DOGE could begin to wean the United States out of its $36 […]
University of Maryland to Offer ‘Intro to Fat Studies’ Course in 2025
University of Maryland students will have the opportunity to take a course called “Introduction to Fat Research” during the spring 2025 semester. The three-credit course, “Introduction to Fat Studies: Obesity, Blackness, and Their Intersections,” examines obesity “as an area of human difference subject to privilege and discrimination,” and the course “highlights The relationship between fatness […]
Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal | Climate crisis
At least 24 previously unprecedented heatwaves have hit communities around the globe, a new assessment shows, in a clear sign of how severely human-induced global warming is causing extreme weather events. It became proof. Impossible heatwaves have claimed lives across North America, Europe and Asia, with evidence that the chances of them occurring would have […]
Taxpayer-Funded Doctor Studies Puberty Blockers on ‘Trans Kids’ but Hides Results
A doctor says he withheld publication of a $10 million taxpayer-funded study showing there were no mental health benefits from using puberty blockers in transgender children. I admitted it. The National Institutes of Health funded a study that began in 2015 and observed 95 children, with an average age of 11, taking puberty blockers that […]
Homeschooling Is Growing Rapidly in the United States, New Studies Reveal
Homeschooling is on the rise in the U.S., according to two new studies. The studies found that many families changed how they thought about education during the pandemic and are sticking with that new approach. National Center for Education Statistics investigation A survey released this month by the Department of Education found that 5.2% of […]
Despite Billions In Backing, Studies Show Diversity Trainings Just Aren’t Working
Numerous studies suggest that the billions of dollars spent on diversity training by American corporations, academia, and government agencies have little impact on people's behavior. Meta-analyses (a type of review that combines the results of hundreds of studies) have found that the effects of diversity training are often short-lived or affect beliefs without affecting behavior. […]
New York City Public Schools mandate Black studies curriculum
New York City public schools will implement a new Black studies curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade this fall. of Coursework It was created by the Center for Black Educational Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. The curriculum was funded by the New York City Council, known as the Educational Equity Action Plan (EEAP). The […]
Fat studies: The Ivy League’s latest and craziest academic trend
Brown University’s pre-college program is offering a course about fatphobia in which students will discuss “the social, medical, and cultural implications of fatness” in an introduction to the emerging academic field of “Fat Studies.” You can’t make this stuff up. The weeklong class, titled “The F-Word: Examining the Science, Culture, and Politics of Fatness,” will […]
Instagram Pushes Sexualized Content On 13-Year-Olds Within Minutes Of Logging In, Studies Show
Instagram recommends sexualized content to young teenagers within minutes of their first log in, according to studies from The Wall Street Journal and Northeastern computer-science professor Laura Edelson. The studies, which consisted of scrolling through Instagram Reels using new test accounts with listed ages of 13, found that adult sex-content creators appeared in the test […]