Taken from a HSLDA alert: The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is scheduled to hold a hearing on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Thursday, July 12. Phone calls and emails are needed...

As you know by now, in a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled today to uphold the core provisions of President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC). By their decision, we now...

You would think that any piece of legislation that wins a 246-168 majority of the votes of the House of Representatives would be on a fast track to become law. Passing pro-life legislation though, whether it be the earlier ban...

I must admit that I was reluctant to publicly share my perspective on President Barack Obama's recent statement regarding same sex marriage because too often his presidency has caused separation within the ranks of African American leadership. And yet, what does an African American pastor do when his Africa American president makes a decision that eventually will destroy the foundation of not only the African American community, but the nation as a whole? Does that pastor take a risk that he will be misunderstood and labeled as an "Uncle Tom," a Republican Party pawn, or someone "the white man has bought out?"

Across the board, the political establishment, Hollywood, the pop culture and the media would have us believe that the only issue that matters to voters is the economy. The only ones who care about social issues are a few devout...

Millions of Americans will celebrate the National Day of Prayer today as part of a tradition going back to our nation’s founding. It is insightful to read some of the proclamations of early presidents and governors. President Obama’s proclamation is...

Normally I would not post something like this, but I am perhaps motivated by not only the timeliness of the issue, and the mention of another HHS mandate aimed at college students, but also the ‘eldership’ of this Notre Dame grad (’56), Dr. Dan Boland, who received his doctorate in Psychology from Boston College in 1967. He taught at ND until 1974. He has written a letter to Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins.

The two-year anniversary of ObamaCare was “celebrated” last week, but the real news is that the constitutionality of the healthcare takeover now stand before the Supreme Court of the United States which began hearing oral arguments this week. Justices grilled...

Please join the IFI staff, board of directors and me in praying for U.S. Senator Mark Kirk. As you probably have heard, he suffered a stroke over the weekend, leading to surgery on Monday to relieve pressure on his brain....

Six GOP presidential candidates are battling it out in the great “early voting states trifecta.” Voters launched the process in Iowa last week to select the Republican Party’s nominee to challenge President Barack Obama in November. The remaining weeks in...

Nurses in a New Jersey hospital who refused to participate in abortions will be able to keep their jobs under an agreement reached in federal court. The twelve nurses had been threatened with termination from their jobs by the University...

Soldiers in the US Military are taught from day one to take orders and follow them without discussion. So, it should be no surprise that the implementation of open homosexuality in the armed forces on September 20, 2011 has occurred...

According to Open Doors, an organization whose mission is to strengthen and equip Christians to stand firm for Christ in the most oppressive countries around the world, “Nigeria had a total of 300 confirmed martyrs in 2011, Egypt at least...

Two years ago, President Barack Obama followed through on his campaign pledge to “not continue to fund abstinence-only programs.” As a result, President Obama’s 2010 budget eliminated funding for Community-Based Abstinence Education and several other abstinence-education programs. Thankfully, U.S. Representative ...

By Karla Dial, World Magazine American Civil Liberties Union was in federal court in October to argue that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must never again contract with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)...