Working-Class Americans & Family Policy
The Institute for Family Studies (IFS) recently released a report entitled “Working-Class Americans’ Views on Family Policy.” The report drew its results from a variety of focus groups and essays from working-class Americans from across the country. Patrick T. Brown is a fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and he authored the IFS […]
The Life and Legacy of Senator James Forrester
In 2012, 61 percent of North Carolina voters voted to add the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman to our state constitution. This vote was decades in the making, and the primary champion of this fight was State Senator James Forrester, who served in the North Carolina Senate from […]
Stop Removing Parents from the Equation
Many Americans have heard about or in some cases even felt the growing assault on parental rights in recent years. Decisions that have for so long rested with parents are, in many areas, being passed to schools, government entities, or in some cases, the children themselves. From underaged abortion to life-altering “gender reassignment” surgeries, children—and […]
COVID-19 and a Baby Boomlet?
Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, birthrates in America had been steadily falling since the 2007-2008 Great Recession. During 2020, as most of us stayed at home and lived with the uncertainty of this new virus, birthrates saw an even larger decline than expected. But a new report from the Institute for Family Studies reveals a […]
How to Build a Biblical Worldview in Your Children
Our friends at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. have recently started a new Center for Biblical Worldview, featuring resources to help parents, students, pastors, and more learn how they can foster a Biblical worldview. David Closson is the Director of FRC’s new Center for Biblical Worldview, and he joins host Traci DeVette Griggs on […]
NC Legislature Passes Bill to Raise Minimum Age for Marriage
The North Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill this afternoon that would raise the minimum age for marriage in North Carolina from fourteen to sixteen years of age. SB 35–Max 4-Yr Age Diff to Marry Under 18 Yrs, has already passed in the State Senate, and now heads to Governor Roy Cooper for his signature […]
A Record Year for School Choice
North Carolina recently released the enrollment numbers for the 2020-2021 school year, and while many expected schools of choice to see a rise in enrollment numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, few anticipated just how much of a rise it would be. Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John […]
Political and Lonely
** This show originally aired in April 2020 ** Even before COVID-19 and social distancing consumed our nation, we were reading headlines about the “loneliness epidemic” as loneliness and depression seemed to be consistently rising across multiple demographics. Researchers at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) have discovered that there is a high correlation between loneliness […]
Putting Children First
Them Before Us is a nonprofit organization, founded in 2012, that fights for the rights of children, and aims to equip everyone to defend the rights of children over the desires of adults. The organization believes that so many of the problems confronting our nation and world could be solved if everyone adopted this child-focused […]
North Carolina’s Fight Against Human Trafficking
** This show deals with mature subject matter that may be inappropriate for young children ** The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, in coordination with the FBI, recently rescued 150 runaway and trafficked children and young adults in the Charlotte, NC area. These rescued youth were then aided by Project NO REST, a statewide initiative that helps raise awareness […]