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These 11 must-see movies of 1984 will take you back to the blockbuster era of four decades ago. While the special effects have not aged perfectly, that’s an unreasonable thing to expect from a ...

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President Donald Trump signed three executive orders that direct federal agencies to “end indoctrination” in K-12 education, launch investigations into campus protests and enact a federal ...

February 17, 2025 • In the new movie Paddington In Peru, Paddington Bear and the Brown family fly across the globe, into the wilds of Peru, in search of Paddington's Aunt Lucy. Along the way ...

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But that isn’t indoctrination — it’s education. The difference lies in empowering students to arrive at their own conclusions, not prescribing a specific ideology. And while I am sure there ...

What is described as "media literacy" quickly morphs into a mechanism for indoctrination, with teachers being trained to monitor and report students whose thoughts diverge from leftist ideology. The ...

What does Trump consider “radical indoctrination,” and is it happening in schools? Trump’s executive order identifies “discriminatory equity ideology” and “gender ideology” as two ...

The month of February is bringing terror and heartbreak with films hoping to capitalize on Valentine’s Day outings, as well as a new slew of sequels to popular ...

As the third adaptation following the 1984 movie and 2000 miniseries, Dune is set in the future on a harsh desert planet. It follows the conflicts among different leaders and houses as they vie ...

In his second week as president, Donald Trump began wholeheartedly to act on his intentions with education policy—with efforts that could fundamentally change the federal government’s ...