![The Greatest Threat to Our Children The Greatest Threat to Our Children](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Greatest-Threat.jpg)
By Thomas Hampson
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03.02.23
According to Plato the two most important questions for society is who will teach the children and what is taught to them. That was true 2,500 years ago and it is still true today. Sadly, today there simply is no agreement on who teaches the children and nothing but confusion and wildly different positions on what should be taught. Therein lies the greatest threat to children in our modern age.
![Racist Language (Part 2) Racist Language (Part 2)](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Black_Box-2023.png)
By Ecce Verum
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01.28.23
A little while back, we addressed the topic of "ableist language." Yes, "ableist" is now a word—enshrined in academia at the highest level. Stanford's Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) considers it offensive to use the term "stand-up meeting" to refer to a brief rendezvous, because people in wheelchairs are unable to physically stand, and therefore the term demeans them. Instead, we ought to use the substitute, "quick meeting."
![Salvation Army Responds To ‘Woke’ Criticism Salvation Army Responds To ‘Woke’ Criticism](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Salvation-Army-CRT-1.png)
By Kristi Shaffer
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12.10.21
After receiving complaints from donors and bad press, the Salvation Army has removed the guide, “Let’s Talk About Race.” The removal of the guide is a step in the right direction, and we should applaud the charity for its willingness...
![Salvation Army Goes Woke Salvation Army Goes Woke](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Salvation-Army_Woke.jpg)
By Kristi Shaffer
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12.02.21
The Salvation Army, best known for the red kettles and bell ringers during the Christmas season, recently released disturbing statements regarding racism. These statements included several social justice and Critical Race Theory (CRT) buzzwords. As a result, numerous donors have pulled their financial support from the charity.
![Some Crucial Questions for Proponents and Opponents of CRT Some Crucial Questions for Proponents and Opponents of CRT](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Classroom.png)
By Dr. Michael L. Brown
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11.08.21
In America today, when it comes to the question of Critical Race Theory (CRT), we are like ships – really, like battleships – passing each other in the night. One side shouts, “We’ve got to get CRT out of our schools! It is hurting our children!” The other side responds, “CRT is not being taught in our children’s schools! This is just a racist dog whistle!” Is there any way to bridge the divide?
![No, Juan Williams. ‘Parents’ Rights’ Is Not a Code for White Race Politics No, Juan Williams. ‘Parents’ Rights’ Is Not a Code for White Race Politics](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/juanwilliams-2-516x271.jpg)
By Dr. Michael L. Brown
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11.03.21
In his November 1 op-ed for The Hill, Fox News Analyst Juan Williams claimed that the “parents’ rights’ mantra in the Virginia gubernatorial elections is simply “a code for white race politics.” To the contrary, this really is about parents’ rights and about what is best for all children. To inject charges of white supremacy and racism is to miss the whole point of why so many parents are so upset. In all candor and with due respect, I would have expected better from Mr. Williams.
![Critical Race Theory Is Anti-Christian Critical Race Theory Is Anti-Christian](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CRT-is-anti-Christian.jpg)
By Oliver Perry
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10.08.21
Critical Race Theory is hard to understand, perhaps deliberately so. Its advocates use common terms differently than do the rest of us. For example, almost everybody associates “racist”[1] with someone who thinks one race is superior to others. But to these advocates, every American is automatically racist, even if no racial intent exists at all.Even Christians are being deceived by Critical Race Theory. For example, one religious college held a conference that claimed “there is no such thing as being white and being a Christian.”[2] This statement underscores the need to understand the claims of Critical Race Theory and how it impacts Christianity.
![The Shrinking AMA Wields Outsize Power The Shrinking AMA Wields Outsize Power](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/amaiswoke.png)
By Laurie Higgins
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08.11.21
Here’s a statistic that may surprise many: It is estimated that less than 17% of U.S. doctors belong to the powerful leftist lobbying group, the American Medical Association (AMA). Remember that figure as you read on about the AMA’s role...
![Leftists Freak Out About Efforts to Give Critical Race Theory the Heave Ho Leftists Freak Out About Efforts to Give Critical Race Theory the Heave Ho](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Stop-CRT-1.png)
By Laurie Higgins
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06.21.21
Three recent articles, one on NBC on June 15, one in Vanity Fair on June 16, and one on CNN on June 18, futilely attempt to recast conservative objections to the use of public schools to promote Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a “freakout,” “national panic,” “moral panic,” and “hysteria.” When leftists lack sound arguments, they resort to demagoguery. Any means to the ends of preventing conservatives from being as vocal as leftists in shaping culture are, in the narrow minds of leftists, justified.
![Former BLM St. Paul Leader Says Organization Hurts Families Former BLM St. Paul Leader Says Organization Hurts Families](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Turner-7.png)
06.04.21
In a recent video from TakeCharge Minnesota, Rashad Turner, a former leader of Black Lives Matter explained why he left the organization. “I believed the organization stood for exactly what the name implies,” Turner said...
![Critical Race Theory: It’s A Cancer, Not A Cure Critical Race Theory: It’s A Cancer, Not A Cure](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CRT_Its-A-Cancer.jpg)
05.17.21
I’m half white and half black. My melanin doesn’t change my worth or my propensity to sin. Yet we live in a culture where we are told that our skin color confers upon us a status that is fixed, assigned by an elite class of humans who call themselves “scholars.” They want us to see everything through the broken lens of “race”—a human construct that has only served to dehumanize us throughout history. As a person with brown skin, I reject my assigned “status” and refuse to see everything through that distorted prism.
![Critical Race Theory Finds a Home at Wheaton College Critical Race Theory Finds a Home at Wheaton College](https://staging.illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CRT_encroachment-on-faith.jpg)
By Laurie Higgins
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05.14.21
It’s a curious phenomenon that racists rarely see their own racism—the plank in their own eyes. That was true during the long, torturous days of slavery. It was true during the long torturous days of Jim Crow laws. It was...