The Trump Administration has been transparent in its desire to allow abortion access through the abortion pill, mifepristone. However, pressure against this decision has been mounting due to the alarming realities that have been found in numerous reports.

On Tuesday, 22 students from Fort Dearborn Elementary School in Chicago were hospitalized after eating THC-laced cookies. Days earlier, a woman in Wheeling gave THC-infused chocolate to children in a park. These incidents highlight the results of foolish drug policies.

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Progressive Democrats Will Guzzardi, Kelly Cassidy, and Theresa Mah introduced House Bill 3518 on February 7, 2025. The 168-page bill, titled “Keeping Sex Workers Safe Act,” would legalize prostitution in this state, returning us to the late 19th and early 20th century standards. What would that look like?

Generation Z is plagued by substance abuse. Over 13 million people aged 18-25 reported marijuana use in 2022. In addition to this, “Gen Z drug use outpaces all other age groups for factors such as prescription benzodiazepine misuse and cocaine use.”

Assisted suicide is incompatible with biblical teaching. Human life is sacred, and suffering has a divine purpose. While believers must be compassionate toward those who suffer, we must also stand firm against assisted suicide as an affront to God’s sovereignty.

I still remember a particular airline flight I took in high school. I was heading out of Colorado after an academic event, dutifully reading a literature assignment to make the most of the travel time. Part-way through the trip, however, I put a bookmark in my volume and got into conversation with a lady sitting in my row.

As you have undoubtedly noticed, auto insurance rates have increased significantly in recent years. According to the latest data, auto insurance rates have jumped by nearly 26% for full coverage since the start of the pandemic, and the trend is expected to continue into 2025.

We all send emails because they are faster and more convenient than snail mail. We don't usually suspect that snail mail would send us to the hospital. However, for precisely this reason, one state representative is pushing for an electronic mail delivery system in the state's correctional facilities. In Illinois prisons, physical mail can get you high.

Nearly five years ago, the documentary “The Social Dilemma” (available on Netflix) took direct aim at social media, charging that companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter (now X), Snapchat, and others intentionally designed their products to addict users, especially children, and knowingly wreaked emotional harm on them.

Dr. Pamela Garfield Jaeger has been in the mental health field for over 20 years. Known as The Truthful Therapist due to her transparency and honesty when it comes to the transgender debate, Dr. Jaeger discusses the overlooked dark side of mental health and gender distress.

Gender-affirming care, until recently, has been gaining popularity around the world for treating gender dysphoria in children and adults. All that is changing. The term itself mischaracterizes the treatment. Gender-affirming care is not care. It is chemical and surgical mutilation.

On June 6 of this year, the Doctors Protecting Children Declaration officially launched. Included in the coalition of co-signers are members of the healthcare community representing a variety of specialties, including psychiatrists, pediatricians, nurses, physicians, scientists, and more.

On a recent flight across the country, I sat next to a man who was probably in his late 20s or early 30s. We'll call him Joe. Joe seemed amiable and outgoing enough—he even threw in a friendly curse word here and there. So, as I usually do on airplane flights, I engaged my fellow passenger in conversation about a topic of real significance. I asked Joe about his opinion on abortion.

hicago has found a convenient time to finally do something about a homeless encampment—one that city leadership has already allowed to exist for years. For several years, a narrow strip of land nestled next to the Dan Ryan Expressway and Roosevelt road has been home to a veritable "tent city," one which has boasted up to 20–30 residents at times. However, a couple months before the Democratic National Convention is set to commence in Chicago, the city decided to permanently shut down this settlement.