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Zuckerberg apologizes for child sexual abuse ads on Instagram
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Oligarch Watch
In a Tuesday meeting with Indian government officials, Mark Zuckerberg apologized for child sexual abuse material and AI-generated deepfake content that had appeared on Meta’s platforms in the country, according to local media utlets.Zuckerberg’s apology came one month after the BBC reported that Instagram had run ads for the promotion and sale of child sexual abuse images in India. After the government ordered Meta to remove the ads, the company agreed and said it would bolster its detection systems.

Turning the page on reading. America faces a literacy crisis with no happy ending in sight.
Topic: Children and Family
Source: World
America is facing a literacy crisis with no happy ending in sight. Nearly one-quarter of U.S. adults—21%—are illiterate, and 130 million people can’t read a simple story to their children or sound out more than a few basic words. The problem isn’t confined to high school dropouts, those with disabilities, and non-­English speakers. It affects university students, working professionals, and those who grew up speaking English at home. It goes beyond the inability to enjoy books, skim websites, and write emails. Medication instructions, ingredient labels, and posted warnings can conceal deadly risks from nonreaders.

Sudan’s invisible children – born in war with no legal identity
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The BBc
...especially the children of rape. A 17-year-old Sudanese girl holds a young child in her arms with a heavy calm that belies her age and the concerns she has for his future. "This son of mine has no father, no birth certificate and no national number," Amira, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, tells the BBC. Looking down at him, she speaks slowly as if still trying to grasp the details of what has happened to her since the civil war erupted in Sudan. She and her family used to live in the eastern neighbourhoods of el-Fasher, a city that came under siege from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been in a brutal power struggle with the military since April 2023.

NY 3rd-5th graders fail basic reading tests with more than half not even proficient
Topic: Children and Family
Source: New York Post
Preliminary results released this week by the state Education Department that 57% of 3rd graders, 52% of 4th graders and 57% of 5th graders failed to make the grade on their 2025-26 English Language Arts tests. City kids in grades 3-8 saw a 6% drop in their ELA scores from last year, with just about half overall rating proficient.

Paxton secures first-of-its-kind detransition clinic
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Post Millennial
"This historic settlement is a resounding defeat for the radical gender ideology that has preyed on Texas children under the guise of ‘care.'" The $10 million settlement, which Paxton announced as finalized on Wednesday, revealed the new details surrounding what will happen next. Texas Children's Hospital has three months to open the clinic, which will offer free medical care to people who want to reverse their sex change treatments. The clinic must be finished by the end of October.

Date night, anyone? NYC launching free babysitting program for parents
Topic: Children and Family
Source: ABC 7
New York City is giving parents a chance for a night off through a new pilot program that will provide free child care for hundreds of families next month. Mayor Mamdani announced the launch of "Parents' Night Out," a city-sponsored program that will offer free babysitting for up to 500 children on Aug. 16 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WNBA To Hold 'Listening Sessions'
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Zero Hedge
After Second Former NBA Star Says He's A Woman, Declares For Draft. NBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert sent a memo to teams that addresses ongoing discussions around transgender athletes in women's basketball. "I know many of you have received questions in recent weeks regarding transgender athlete participation in women's basketball, and I expect this topic will continue to receive significant attention," Engelbert wrote in the memo, which was sent Friday afternoon and obtained by The Associated Press and ESPN. I wanted to reach out to share how we are approaching these conversations at the league office and to thank those of you who have responded to questions from the media with thoughtfulness and professionalism."

"We're Here To Destroy The White Race"
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Zero Hedge
Democratic Socialist Of America Hero Declares War On West. "We want more immigrants to come into your countries and then they're gonna f**k your sisters and then your daughters. We're here to destroy the White Race, Bitch." Marxist streamer Hasan Piker has emerged as an increasingly visible, if unofficial, spokesman for the Democratic Socialists of America's rapidly expanding political action network. He campaigned for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong while cultivating close ties with socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Teacher Exposes Chaos
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Remix News
Violence, Drugs, & Prostitution At 75% Migrant School In Germany. A special education teacher in the Rhineland says police are called to her school several times a week, nearly 40 percent of pupils failed to obtain a school-leaving certificate this year, and staff are increasingly being threatened or assaulted

University of California weakens due process in student discipline cases
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: Campus Reform
At some campuses, only a small fraction of conduct cases would now qualify for a formal hearing under the updated system.
The University of California says the revised system is meant to improve consistency and clarity, while narrowing hearings to the most serious cases. The updated Policies Applying to Campus Activities, Organizations and Students policy, known as PACAOS 100, took effect systemwide and changed how the UC system handles disciplinary referrals sent to student conduct offices.

Abortion ‘Gender Affirming Care’
Topic: Abortion
Source: Daily Wire
Planned Parenthood said abortion is “gender-affirming care” Monday in a social media post declaring that “reproductive freedom means every person gets to decide what’s right for their own body. No exceptions.” The abortion giant made the claim less than one month after Planned Parenthood’s federal funding resumed and as the organization has increasingly cashed in on expanding transgender procedures for minors.

Former NBA player Royce White says he is declaring for next WNBA Draft
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: FOX News
...after Enes Kanter announcement. The former NBA player and Republican Senate candidate joins Enes Kanter Freedom in challenging the league. Former NBA player Royce White told OutKick/Fox News Digital that he apparently plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft, as he now claims to be transgender. There are now two former NBA players to announce such a decision, after Enes Kanter Freedom made his announcement earlier on Friday. "I'm transgender. I'm a woman. I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purpose of basketball, professional basketball, so I'll be declaring for the WNBA draft in 2027 as well," White said.

US's biggest teachers' unions efforts to get DEI into AI
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Just the News
... for schools K-12 sparks backlash. The country's two biggest teachers unions are working to get diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ideology into artificial intelligence models before they are used in grades K-12, sparking backlash from at least one education and parental rights advocacy group. The unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, essentially say they are making such efforts, including becoming involved in the process at state-level education departments, to mitigate AI models' "algorithmic bias."

The Tip of the Iceberg
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Quillette
The Jason Arday fiasco is a reminder why academia has developed a reputation for cowardice, careerism, and conformism in recent years. The story of Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor who has just resigned amid a scandal involving plagiarism, fabulism, and résumé-padding, has rattled a number of skeletons in Western academia’s closet.

DiJonai Carrington Forced to Act
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Yahoo Sports
DiJonai Carrington faced a significant and swift wave of backlash from fans following the "White Privilege" post she aimed at the Indiana Fever after her ejection for a foul on Sophie Cunningham. The reaction, it appears, has gotten to her. And she has now been forced to act. Carrington has now set her Threads account to private after BrickCenter described her as being "clowned by fans." BrickCenter shared both a screenshot to support the claim and a screen recording of the fan reactions flooding her comments. The overwhelming majority of the comments were against Carrington for her post.

Teachers Unions Have Become the Democratic Party’s ‘Money Laundering Scheme'
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Daily Signal
Moms for Liberty CEO Says. Tina Descovich, the group’s CEO, says her claim does not stem from her own personal opinion, but from years of tracking union resolutions, curricula, and meetings, as well national education data. The Department of Education’s 2025 National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed that a record 32% of high school seniors cannot read proficiently, and almost half cannot do basic math. Fourth- and eighth-grade math and reading scores also fell, continuing a collapse that began before the COVID-19 school closures.

Disgraced soccer player and trans activist Megan Rapinoe
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
... trashes Sophie Cunningham for taking a photo with Riley Gaines. In a recent episode of her new podcast, former soccer player Megan Rapinoe took aim at Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham for her support of protecting women’s sports from male athletes, criticizing her decision to take a photo with women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines at a recent game. Rapinoe recounted Cunningham’s July comments that have sparked wider discussions in the WNBA regarding the inclusion of transgender athletes, with Cunningham saying she wanted to protect young girls in the locker room.

Todd Blanche Wants to Finish What “Dobbs” Started
Topic: Abortion
Source: The Nation
In a private call before his confirmation vote, the AG said Trump officials are working to make the decision ending the national right to abortion “permanent in every single state.” When the Supreme Court handed down Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022, overturning Roe v. Wade, its defenders insisted the ruling was an act of judicial restraint and a decision that returned the question of abortion to democratic majorities in each state. The United States’ top lawyer, Todd Blanche, apparently has other ideas.

The Bureau of Prisons Built a Men’s Unit Inside a Women’s Prison
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Victory Girls Blog
...and the Men Still Aren’t Happy. They actually did it. Federal Medical Center Carswell, a women’s prison in Fort Worth, Texas, now has a separate unit for male inmates who identify as women. The courts couldn’t agree on what to do with them. D.C. District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, blocked their transfer out of women’s facilities. Another judge ordered them kept away from the female population. So the Bureau of Prisons carved out a men’s wing inside the women’s prison and started moving more of them there.