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Echoes of Mao: Weaponizing Schools With ‘Critical Race Theory’
By Alex Newman   |   06.18.21
The racist effort to divide and conquer Americans by “race,” all under the guise of examining everything through the “lens of racism” and fighting “structural” or “systemic” racism, has come to be known as critical race theory, or CRT.
IFI Prayer Team: God’s Call for Unity
By David E. Smith   |   06.17.21
In the Gospels, often we see Jesus going to a secluded place to spend time with the Father in prayer.  We are blessed to have some of the prayers of Jesus recorded in the Holy Scriptures. One of the most intimate prayers our Lord prayed was in the Garden of Gethsemane. Moments before His arrest, Jesus’ humanity was on display as He poured His heart out to the Father.
Illinois Legislators Pass Bills Allowing Transgender, Nonbinary Individuals to Change Vital Records
By Christine Misner   |   06.17.21
Just in time for LGBTQ Pride Month, the Illinois Senate passed House Bill 2590 requiring county clerks to issue new marriage certificates upon request to reflect legal name changes for transgender and non-binary individuals. It passed by a vote of...
Christian Education is Vital: We Have A Plan
By Kathy Valente   |   06.16.21
If you have been receiving IFI’s email alerts for any length of time, you know that the brainwashing taking place in Illinois’ public schools has escalated to what we now believe is a crisis. They are making our students disciples of a new religion some call "wokeism."
School Boards Feel the Heat of Parental Opposition to Critical Race Theory
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.16.21
The poisonous effects of the promulgation of Critical Race Theory (CRT)in both leftist-controlled public schools and private schools—including even Christian private schools—are seen daily. We see the effects in graduation ceremonies ruined, employees fired, and scores of BLM/Antifa “insurrections” that resulted in the destruction of government property and injuries to police officers.
IFI Joins Friends of the Court in Rutledge v. Little Rock Family Planning Services
By James M. Odom   |   06.14.21
On January 22, 1973, U.S. Supreme Court Justices William Rehnquist and Bryon White rightly identified in their dissents that Roe v. Wade was a bad (to put it mildly) decision:

“The decision here ... partakes more of judicial legislation than it does of a determination of the intent of the drafters of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Being a Real Man
By Jonathan Lewis   |   06.12.21
Our culture is sending mixed messages on what it means to be a man. What does the Bible say?
Schools Using Fake ‘History’ to Kill America
By Alex Newman   |   06.12.21
Americans educated by government today are, for the most part, hopelessly ignorant of their own nation’s history—and that’s no accident. They’re beyond ignorant when it comes to civics, too. On the history of the rest of the world, or the history of communism, Americans are generally clueless as well. This was all by design, of course.
Are Public Schools Modern Religious Institutions?
By Micah Clark   |   06.11.21
Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave an outstanding speech a couple of weeks ago covering several key points on education and religious freedom. Barr raises the thought-provoking question asking if today’s public schools have become religious schools promoting the orthodoxy of secularism.
Toolkit: Combatting Critical Race Theory in Your Community
By David E. Smith   |   06.10.21
This guide is meant for anyone of any knowledge and experience level who is concerned about what children are being taught and how they are being treated, with an emphasis on making the banning of Critical Race Theory (CRT) the central theme by which you reclaim your schools. Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a branch of what we call Critical Social Justice (CSJ), or what others may refer to as Critical Theory.
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